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Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
ELEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 1 6th May 1898. 
The Hon. Lord M‘Laren, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr W. Owen Williams and Dr Albert A. Gray were 
admitted Fellows of the Society. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Guesses as to the Origin of some of the Characters in the Phoenician 
Alphabet. By Professor Crum Brown. 
2. On the Absolute Thermal Conductivity of Nickel. By Mr T. C. 
Baillie. Communicated by Professor Tait. Trans., xxxix. pp. 361- 
382. 
3. The Emblem of the Crab in relation to the Sign Cancer. By 
Professor D’Arcy Thompson. Trans., xxxix. pp. 603-611. 
TWELFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 6 th June 1898. 
The Hon. Lord M‘Laren, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Strains produced in Iron, Steel, Nickel, and Cobalt Tubes in 
the Magnetic Field. By Dr Knott. Trans., xxxix. pp. 457-490. 
( Abstract ) pp. 216-218. 
2. On the further Anatomy and Budding Processes of Cephalodiscus 
dodecalophus. By A. T. Masterman, D.Sc. Trans., xxxix. pp. 507- 
527. 
3. A new Silurian Scorpion, and some additional Eurypterid Remains, 
from the Pentland Hills. By Malcolm Laurie, B.Sc. Trans., xxxix. 
pp. 579-590. 
4. On the Theory of Archimeric Segmentation and its bearing upon 
the Phyletic Classification of the Coelomata. By Dr Masterman. pp. 
270-310. 
THIRTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 20 th June 1898. 
Sir William Turner, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On Steam and Brines. By J. Y. Buchanan, M.A., F.R.S. Trans., 
xxxix. pp. 529-573. 
