1905-6.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
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SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , bth February 1906. 
Professor Crum Brown, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read — - 
1. The Relation between Normal Take-up or Contraction and Degree 
of Twist in Twisted Threads. By Thomas Oliver, B.Sc. Com- 
municated by Dr C. G. Knott, p. 182. 
2. Some Experimental Results in Connection with the Hydro- 
dynamical Theory of Seiches; with Experiments. By Peter White, 
M.A., and Mr W. Watson. Communicated by Professor Chrystal. 
p. 142. 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 19 th February 1906. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Elevation of the Boiling Point of Aqueous Solutions of 
Electrolytes. By the Rev. S. M. Johnston, B.A. (With Lantern 
Illustrations.) Trans ., vol. 45, p. 193. 
2. On the Formation of certain Lakes in the Highlands. By Dr 
L£on W. Collet and Dr T. N. Johnston. With a Note on Two 
Small Rock Basins in the Alps, by Dr Collet, p. 107. 
3. On the Methods of Standardising Suprarenal Preparations. By 
Dr Isabella Cameron. Communicated by Dr Noel Paton. p. 157. 
Lt.-Col. Arthur Frederick Appleton, P.R.C.V.S., Dr Thomas 
Wm. Dewar, F.R.C.P., the Rev. Alexander Moffat, M.A., 
B.Sc., Mr Herbert Watkins Pitchford, F.R.C.V.S., and Dr 
Caleb Williams Saleeby were balloted for, and declared duly 
elected Fellows of the Society. 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 5 th March 1906. 
Professor Crum Brown, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Igneous Geology of the Bathgate and Linlithgow Hills. 
Part II. — Petrography. By J. D. Falconer, M.A., D.Sc. Com- 
municated by Professor Geikie, F.R.S. Trans., vol. 45, p. 133. 
