604 
Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. A Contribution to the Craniology of the People of Scotland. Part 
I., Anatomical. (With Illustrations.) By Sir Wm. Turner, K.C.B., 
D.C.L., F.R.S. Trans., vol. 40, pp. 547— 613. 
2. The Electrical Conductivities and Relative Densities of certain 
samples of Sea-water. By J. J. Manley, Esq., Daubeny Curator, 
Magdalen College, Oxford. Communicated by Sir John Murray, 
K.C.B. pp. 347-362. 
3. The Generating Functions of certain Special Determinants. By 
Thomas Muir, Esq., LL.D. pp. 387-392. 
4. The Generating Function of the Reciprocal of a Determinant. By 
Thomas Muir, Esq., LL.D. Trans., vol. 40, pp. 615-629. 
Mr John S. Samuel and Dr David Anderson-Berry were 
"balloted for, and declared duly elected Fellows of the Society. 
SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 17th November 1902. 
The Rev. Professor Duns, D.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Local Distribution of Cancer in Scotland. By W. G. 
Aitchison Robertson, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.E. ( With Maps and 
Chart.) 
2. Note on Pure Periodic Continued Fractions. By Thomas Muir, 
LL.D. pp. 380-386. 
3. To Trisect an Angle. By John Ross, Esq., M.A., late Rector, 
Arbroath High School. Communicated by Dr C. G. Knott. 
THIRD ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 1st December 1902. 
The Rt. Hon. Lord Kelvin, G.C.V.O., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Callosities of the Horse. By Professor J. Cossar Ewart, 
F.R.S. 
2. A New Horse from the Western Islands, Equus caballus celticus. 
By Professor J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
Dr Henry Harvey Littlejohn was balloted for, and declared 
duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 
