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2. Studies in Floral Zygomorphy. I. — The Initiation of Staminal Zygomorphy. By John 
M‘Lean Thompson, M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Professor F. 0. Bower, F.R.S. Trans., 
vol. xlix. pp. 691-704. 
3. Changes of Electrical Resistance accompanying Longitudinal and Transverse Magnetisations 
in Nickel. By Dr C. G. Knott. Proc., vol. xxxiii, pp. 200-224. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and declared duly elected : — 
Tarak Nath Majumdar, D.P.H. (Cal.), L.M.S., F.C.S., Walter Hume Kerr, M.A., B.Sc., 
and George Francis Scott Elliot, M.A. (Cantab.), B.Sc., etc. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 3rd February 1913. 
Professor T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. A New Method of Starting Mercury Vapour Apparatus. By John S. Anderson, M.A. , 
B.Sc., and George B. Burnside. Communicated by Professor A. Gray, F.R.S. Proc., vol. 
xxxiii. pp. 117-123. 
2. On the Electron Theory of Thermo-electricity. By John M'Whan, M.A., B.Sc. Com- 
municated by Professor A. Gray, F.R.S. Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 169-176. 
3. On the Application of Manley’s Differential Densimeter to the Study of Sea Waters on Board 
Ship. By Norman Phillips Campbell, B.A. (Oxon.). Communicated by Sir John Murray, 
K.C.B. Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 124-136. 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 17 th February 1913. 
Dr Horne, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Polychseta of the Families Serpulidee and Sabellidae, collected by the Scottish National 
Antarctic Expedition. By Helen L. M. Pixell, B.Sc., F.Z.S. Communicated by Dr J. H. 
Ashworth. Trans., vol. xlix. pp. 347-358. 
2. The Error caused by “Lag” in a Recording Instrument: An Experimental Study. By 
Dr J. R. Milne and H. Levy, M.A., B.Sc. Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 103-116. 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 3rd March 1913. 
Professor F. O. Bower, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of R. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. By Dr Horne, F.R.S. Proc., 
vol. xxxiii. pp. 336-341. 
2. The Absorption of Light by Inorganic Salts. No. IX. : Solutions of Copper, Nickel, and 
Cobalt Salts in Alcohol and in Acetone. By Dr R. A. Houstoun and A. H. Gray, M.A., B.Sc. 
Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 137-146. 
3. The Absorption of Light by Inorganic Salts. No. X. By Dr R. A. Houstoun and 
Mr Charles Cochrane. Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 147-155. 
4. The Absorption of Light by Inorganic Salts. No. XI. : Conclusion. By Dr R. A. 
Houstoun. Proc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 156-165. 
5. Note on a Comparison of Records of Atmospheric Electric Potential at two Stations in 
Edinburgh. By Dr G. A. Carse and G. Shearer, M.A., B.Sc., and H. Jameson, B.Sc. Proc., 
vol. xxxiii. pp. 194-199. 
TENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 17 th March 1913. 
Dr B. N. Peach, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Measurements and Weights of Antarctic Seals taken by the Scottish National Antarctic 
Expedition. By Dr W. S. Bruce. Trans., vol. xlix. pp. 567-577. 
