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4. On an attempt to detect radiation from the surface of wires 
carrying currents of high frequency. By O. W. Richardson, B.A., 
Trinity College. 
5. On the diminution of the potential difference between the 
electrodes of a vacuum tube produced by a magnetic force at the 
cathode. By J. E. Almy, University of Nebraska. 
6. Liveingite, a new mineral from the Binnenthal. By R. H. 
Solly, M.A., Downing College, and H. Jackson, B.A., Downing 
College. 
May 20 th, 1901. 
In the Optical Lecture Room. 
Professor Macalister, President, in the Chair. 
The following were elected Fellows of the Society : 
Hon. R. J. Strutt, B.A., Trinity College. 
G. H. F. Nuttall, M.A., Christ’s College. 
G. Birtwistle, B.A., Pembroke College. 
The following Communications were made : 
1. On the rate of growth of certain Corals. By J. Stanley 
Gardiner, M.A., Gonville and Caius. 
2. On the Recovery of foliage Leaves from surgical Injuries. By 
F. F. Blackman, M.A., St John’s College, and Miss G. L. C. Matthaei. 
3. On the breeding habits of Xenopns laevis Daud. By E. J. 
Bles, B.A., King’s College. 
4. On a new species of Bothriocephalus. By A. E. Shipley, 
M.A., Christ’s College. 
5. On a class of matrices of infinite order and on the existence of 
matricial functions on a Riemann surface. By Dr A. C. Dixon. 
6. On liquid motion from a single source. By Rev. H. J. Sharpe. 
A paper on Some remarks on the notion of number by Dr Hobson 
was postponed. 
