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The Multiplication of an Alternant by a Symmetric Function of the 
Variables. By Thomas Muir, LL.D., ..... 539 
Note on a Persymmetric Eliminant. By Thomas Muir, LL.D., . . 543 
On the Linear and Vector Function. By Professor Tait, . .547 
Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of 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 .-VI.), . . . 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 Trans- 
verse, 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 Pro- 
portion 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 Prosthecocotyle torulosa (Lins.tow) and Prosthecocotyle 
heteroclita (Dies.). By Dr O. Fuhrmann, University of Geneva. (Com- 
municated by Sir John Murray, K.C.B.) (With a Plate), . . 641 
On the Vascular System of the Hypocotyl and Embryo of Ricinus com- 
munis , 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, . . . . . . i-vi 
Index, ........ vii-xv 
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