1898-99.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
725 
Oceanographic Problems, and Novel Modes of Research.” ( With 
Lantern Illustrations.) pp. 391-408. 
A large Model of the Russian “ Ice-breaker ” Ermack was 
exhibited. 
SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 20 th February 1899. 
Professor Chrystal, LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Note on the Tidal Currents of the North Sea. By Alexander 
Buchan, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. pp. 478-481. 
2. The Experimental Bases of Professor Andrews’ Paper on the 
Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States of Matter {Phil. Trans ., 
1869). By Professor Tait. 
3. Magnetic Twist in Nickel. By Professor Knott, pp. 586-595. 
By permission of the Meeting, the Communication not having been 
announced in the Billet. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 6th March 1899. 
Professor M £ Kendrick, M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Convection of Heat, Part I. : — On Newton’s Law of Cooling. 
By Professor A. Crichton Mitchell. Trans., xl. 
2. The Meteorology of Ben Nevis. By Dr Alexander Buchan. 
3. Note on Polarisation Phenomena observed in Quantitative Electro- 
lytic Determinations. By Hugh Marshall, D.Sc. pp. 532-538. 
4. Changes in the Metabolism due to Fever. By Drs Noel Paton, 
Dunlop, and Ivison Macadam. 
5. {a) The First Foundation of the Lung of Ceratodus ; 
(6) The Embryonic Excretory Organs of Ceratodus. By Gregg 
Wilson, D.Sc. Communicated by Professor J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. 
Mr Thomas S. Goodwin, Mr R. Tatlock Thomson, and Mr 
Edward Graham Guest were balloted for, and declared duly 
elected Fellows of the Society. 
