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2. Note on the Atmospheric Electrical Potential Gradient in Industrial Districts. By Mr 
Daniel W. Steuart and Mr Ingvar Jorgensen. Communicated by James A. S. 
Watson, B.Sc. 
3. A Chemical Examination of the Organic Matter in Oil-Shales. By John B. Robertson, 
M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Dr J. S. Flett, F.R.S. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
Mr William Fraser signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
TENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , May 4, 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. Description and Exhibition of a Four-Dimensional Model. By Dr D. M. Y. Sommervtlle. 
2. Changes of Electrical Resistance accompanying Longitudinal and Transverse Magnetisations 
in Iron and Steel. By Dr C. G. Knott. 
3. Rocks from Gough Island, S. Atlantic : Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By Dr 
Robert Campbell. Communicated by the President. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
ELEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , May 25, 1914. 
Dr B. N. Peach, F’.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Inheritance of Certain Characters of the Wool of Sheep. By A. D. Darbishire, 
M.A., and Mr M. W. Gray. {With Lantern Illustrations.) 
2. On a New Species of Sclerocheilus, with a Revision of the Genus. By Dr J. H, Ashworth. 
TWELFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, June 1, 1914. 
Professor James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S,, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Council awarded : — 
1. The Neill Prize for the biennial period 1911-1912, 1912-1913 to William Speirs Bruce, 
LL. D. , in recognition of the scientific results of his Arctic and Antarctic explorations. 
2. The Keith Prize for the biennial period 1911-1912, 1912-1913 to Mr James Russell, 
for his series of investigations relating to magnetic phenomena in metals and the molecular theory 
of magnetism, the results of which have been published in the Proceedings and Transactions of 
the Society, the last paper having been issued within the period. 
The above prizes will be presented at the Ordinary Meeting on July 6, 1914. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Analytical Study of the Mechanism of Writing. By James Dreyer, M.A., B.Sc. 
Communicated by Dr Alexander Morgan. ( With Exhibition of Apparatus and Lantern 
Illustrations. ) 
2. The Pinna-Trace in the Ferns. By R. C. Davie, M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Professor 
Isaac Bayley Balfour, F.R.S. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
3. Abnormal Echinoids in the Collection of the Royal Scottish Museum. By Dr James 
Ritchie and James A. Todd, M.A. , B.Sc. Communicated by William Eagle Clarke. ( With 
Lantern Illustrations. ) 
The following signed the roll, and were admitted Fellows of the Society : Dr J. W. Pare, Dr 
Alex. C. Cumming, Mr James B. Ritchie, Mr Basil A. Pilkington, and Mr Theodore E. 
Salyesen. 
