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On the Linear and Vector Function. By Professor Tait, . . 547 
Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of 
1 India. Part I. — The Hill-Tribes of the North-East Frontier and 
the People of Burma. By Professor Sir William Turner, D.C.L., 
F.R.S., . . . . . . .550 
Decorated and Sculptured Skulls from New Guinea. By Professor 
Sir William Turner, D.C.L., F.R.S. (Plates I.-VL), . . 553 
The Propagation of Earthquake Vibrations through the Earth. By 
Professor C. G. Knott, D.Sc., ..... 573 
Magnetic Twist in Nickel Tubes. By Professor C. G. Knott, D.Sc., 586 
The Hydrolysis of Thallic Sulphate. By Hugh Marshall, D.Sc., . 596 
Note on Mr Joseph 0. Thompson’s Results regarding Vibrating 
Wires. By Dr W. Peddie, . . . . . . 598 
An Improved Form of Craniometer for the Segmentation of the 
Transverse, Vertical, and Antero-Posterior Diameters of the 
Cranium. By David Hepburn, M.D., C.M., Lecturer on Regional 
Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. (With a Plate), . 601 
Preliminary Note of Experiments showing Heat of Combination in 
the Formation of Alloys of Zinc and Copper to be Negative when 
the Proportion of Copper is less than about 30 per cent. By 
Alexander Galt, D.Sc., ...... 619 
On Duplicitas Anterior in an Early Chick Embryo. By Thomas 
H. Bryce, M.A., M.B. (With Four Plates), . . . 622 
Magnetism and Molecular Rotation. By Lord Kelvin, P.R.S.E., . 631 
On the Restoration of Co-ordinated Movements after Nerve Section. 
By Robert Kennedy, M.A., D.Sc., M.D., Glasgow. ( Communicated 
by Professor M‘Kendrick), ...... 636 
On the Anatomy of. Prosthccocotyle torulosa (Linstow) and Prosthe- 
cocotyle heteroclita (Dies.). By Dr O. Fuhrmann, University of 
Geneva. ( Communicated by Sir John Murray, K.C.B.) (With a 
Plate), . . . . . . . .641 
On the Vascular System of the Hypocotyl and Embryo of Ricinus 
communis , L. By Edith Chick, B.Sc., Quain Student in Botany, 
University College, London. (With Three Plates), . , 652 
Changes that occur in some Cells of the Newt’s Stomach during 
Digestion. By E. Wace Carlier, M.D., B.Sc., etc., Professor of 
Physiology, Mason University College, Birmingham. (With Five 
Plates), ... . . . . . . 673 
On some Remains of Scottish Early Post-Pliocene Mammals. By 
the Rev. Professor Duns. No. II., . 
. 692 
Meetings of the Royal Society — Session 1897-98, 
701-711 
Meetings of the Royal Society — Session 1898-99, 
712-732 
Donations to the Library, .... 
733-760 
Obituary Notices, ..... 
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Index, ...... 
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