PROCEEDINGS 
/d7 XOi 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
VOL. XXI. 
SESSIONS 1895-96—1896-97. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Election of Office-Bearers, Session 1895-96, .... 1 
Chairman’s Opening Address, Session 1895-96. By Professor Janies 
Geikie, F.R.S., Vice-President , ...... 2 
Notes regarding, and Model of, Mass of Manufactured Iron, bearing 
date 1807, found beside Glacier de la Plaine Morte, Rhone Yallev, 
By James Milne, Milton House Works, . , . .18 
On the Relationship of the Liver to Fats. By D. Noel Patou, M.D., 
F.R.C.P.E., Superintendent of the Research Laboratory of the Royal 
College of Physicians, Edinburgh, . . . . . . . 22 
On the Cause and Nature of the Chemical Changes occurring in 
Oceanic Deposits. By W. N. Hartley, F.R.S., Royal College of 
Science, Dublin, . . . . . 25 
On Chemical Changes in Marine Muds. By Robert Irvine and John 
Murray, LL.D., ........ 35 
Note of a Case of Early Appreciation of Musical Pitch. By John G. 
M‘Kendrick, M.D., Professor of Physiology in the University of 
Glasgow, . . . . . . 40 
Demonstration of the Acoustic Turbine or Sound Mill of Alfred M. 
Mayer and Y. Dvorak. By John G. M‘Kendrick, M.D., Professor 
of Physiology in the University of Glasgow, . . . .44 
Note on a Sensitive Flame. By John G. M‘Kendrick, M.D., Professor 
of Physiology in the University of Glasgow, .... 45 
Note on Mr Alfred Graham’s Method of producing Sound by an 
Electrical Arrangement. By John G. M £ Kendrick, M.D., Professor 
of Physiology in the University of Glasgow, . . . , 46 
The Cranial Nerves of ( 'Jhimcem monstvosa. By Frank J. Cole, Demon- 
strator of Zoology, University College, Liverpool. Communicated 
by Professor Ewart, F.R.S. ( Preliminary Communication ), „ . . 49 
Experiment illustrating the Modern Theory of Salt-Solution. By 
Professor Crum Brown, . J . , .57 
