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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
intendent, Edmonton Infirmary, London, N. ; and Charles Gloyer Barkla, D.Sc., F.R.S., 
Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, Littledene, 34 Priestfield 
Road, Edinburgh. 
Mr W. B. Coutts, D.Sc., M.A., signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the 
Society. 
SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , February 2, 1914. 
Professor James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
At the request of the Council the following Address was delivered : — 
Notes on the Evolution of Antarctica. By T. W. Edgeworth David, C.M.G., Hon. D.Sc. 
Oxon., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Sydney, N.S.W. ; Scientific Officer with 
the Shackleton Expedition, 1907-09 ; Leader of Party which reached South Magnetic Pole. ( With 
Lantern Illustrations . ) 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , February 16, 1914. 
Professor James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L. , F.R.S. , F.G. S., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Axial Inclination of Curves of Thermoelectric Force : A Case from the Thermoelectrics 
of Strained Wires. By John M‘Whan, M.A., Ph.D. Communicated by Professor Andrew 
Gray, LL.D., F.R.S. 
2. Rupture Strains in Beams and Crane Hooks. By Angus R. Fulton, B.Sc., A. M. Inst.C.E. 
Communicated by Professor A. H. Gibson, D.Sc. 
3. A Description of the Systematic Anatomy of a Foetal Sea-Leopard ( Stenorhynchus leptonyx), 
with Remarks upon the Microscopic Anatomy of some of the Organs. By Harold A. Haig, 
M. B., B.S., M.R.C.S. Communicated by Professor Arthur Robinson, M.D., M.R.C.S. ( With 
Lantern Illustrations. ) 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and declared duly elected : — Robert 
John Harvey-Gibson, M.A., F.L.S., Professor of Botany, University of Liverpool, 22 Falkner 
Square, Liverpool, and John Noble Jack, Professor of Agriculture to the County Council of 
Sussex, Kingscote, The Avenue, Lewes, Sussex. 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, March 2, 1914. 
Professor Sir E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Electrolytic Treatment of Lead Poisoning. By Professor Sir Thomas Oliver, M.D., 
LL.D., F.R.C.P., and Mr T. M. Clague. ( With a Demonstration and with Lantern 
Illustrations. ) 
2, The Aborigines of Tasmania. Part III. — The Hair of the Head, compared with that of 
other Ulotrichi, and with Australians and Polynesians. By Principal Sir William Turner, K.C.B. 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, March 16, 1914. 
Professor James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Stalk-eyed Crustacea Malacostraca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By the 
Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S. Communicated by Dr J. H. Ashworth. 
