PROCEEDINGS

79663

OF THE

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

From March 3, 1898, to June 16, 1898.

VOL. LXIII.

LONDON:

HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE,

Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

MDCCCXCVIII.

LONDON:

HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY,

ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

CONTENTS.

VOL. LXIII.

No. 389.

Meeting of March 3, 1898, and List of Candidates for Election

List of Papers read................

On the Depletion of the Endosperm of Hordeum vulgare during Germi-

nation. By Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., and F. Escombe, B.Sc., F.L.S.

(Plate 1)

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Meeting of March 10, 1898, and List of Papers read

On the Modifications of the Spectra of Iron and other Substances

radiating in a strong Magnetic Field. By Thomas Preston, M.A.

Communicated by Professor Geo. Francis FitzGerald, F.R.S.........

Note on the Connection between the Faraday Rotation of Plane of

Polarisation and the Zeeman Change of Frequency of Light Vibra-

tions in a Magnetic Field. By Geo. Fras. FitzGerald, F.R.S.,

F.T.C.D.

On Artificial Temporary Colour-blindness, with an Examination of the

Colour Sensations of 109 Persons. By George J. Burch, M.A.

Communicated by Professor Gotch, F.R.S.

On the Connection between the Electrical Properties and the Chemical

Composition of different kinds of Glass. By Professor Andrew Gray,

LL.D., F.R.S., and Professor J. J. Dobbie, M.A., D.Sc.

On the Magnetic Deformation of Nickel. By E. Taylor Jones, D.Sc.

Communicated by Professor Andrew Gray, F.R.S.

Upon the Structure and Development of the Enamel of Elasmobranch

Fishes. By Charles S. Tomes, M.A., F.R.S...............

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On Apogamy and the Development of Sporangia upon Fern Prothalli.

By William H. Lang, M.B., B.Sc., Lecturer in Botany, Queen

Margaret College, and "G. A. Clark" Scholar, Glasgow University.

Communicated by Professor F. O. Bower, Sc.D., F.R.S.

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Experimental Observations on the Early Degenerative Changes in the

Sensory End Organs of Muscles. By F. E. Batten, M.D. Commu-

nicated by Professor Victor Horsley, F.R.S..

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