1174 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess* 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 1th March 1904. 
Professor Geikie, LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
Communications on the Establishment of a Research Institute. The 
need of such an Institute as an aid to — 
1. Biological Research. By Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael* 
Bart., Professor Cossar Ewart, Professor Schafer, and 
F. H. A. Marshall, Esq. 
2. Pharmacological and Pathological Research. By Sir Thomas 
R. Fraser and Dr Ford Robertson. 
Mr John Cuthbertson, Mr R. B. Young, Dr James Haig 
Ferguson, and Mr E. M. Horsburgh were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society. 
TENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 21s^ March 1904. 
The Rev. Professor Flint, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Dr James Haig Ferguson was admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On a Differentiating Machine. By J. R. Erskine-Murray, D.Sc.,. 
pp. 277-280. 
2. Spectroscopic Observations of the Rotation of the Sun. By Dr J. 
Halm, Assistant Astronomer, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Com- 
municated by the Astronomer-Royal for Scotland. Trans., vol. 41, 
pp. 89-104. 
3. The Viscosity of Aqueous Solutions of Chlorides, Bromides, and 
Iodides. By W. W. Taylor, D.Sc., and Clerk Ranken, B.Sc. Com- 
municated by Professor A. Crum Brown, pp. 231-241. 
4. Note on the Standard of Relative Viscosity and on “ Negative 
Viscosity.” By W. W. Taylor, D.Sc. Communicated by Professor 
A. Crum Brown, pp. 227-230. 
5. The Action of Chloroform on the Heart and Arteries. By Professor 
E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., and H. J. Scharlieb, C.M.G., M.D. ( With 
Lantern Illustrations.) Trans., vol. 41, pp. 311-341. 
6. On the Thermal Expansion of Dilute Solutions of certain 
Hydroxides. By G. A. Carse, M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Pro- 
fessor J. G. MacGregor, pp. 281-291. 
