PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

From Nov. 17, 1887, to April 12, 1888.

VOL. XLIII.

LONDON:

HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE,

Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

MDCCCLXXXVIII.

LONDON:

HARBISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

CONTENTS.

VOL. XLIII.

No. 258.

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On the Relation between Tropical and Extra-tropical Cyclones. By Hon.

Ralph Abercromby, F.R.Met.Soc.

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Conduction of Heat in Liquids. By C. Chree, B.A., King's College,

Cambridge

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On Rabies. By G. F. Dowdeswell, M.A., F.L.S., F.C.S. (Plate 1) ...... 48

A Further Minute Analysis, by Electric Stimulation, of the so-called

Motor Region of the Cortex Cerebri in the Monkey (Macacus sinicus).

By Charles E. Beevor, M.D., M.R.C.P., and Victor Horsley, B.S.,

F.R.C.S., F.R.S.

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No. 259.

The Influence of Stress and Strain on the Physical Properties of Matter.

Part I. Elasticity-continued. The Velocity of Sound in Metals and

a Comparison of their Moduli of Longitudinal and Torsional Elastici-

ties as determined by Statical and Kinetical Methods. By Herbert

Tomlinson, B.A. (Plate 2)

On the present Position of the Question of the Sources of the Nitrogen

of Vegetation, with some new Results, and preliminary Notice of New

Lines of Investigation. By Sir J. B. Lawes, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S.,

and J. H. Gilbert, LL.D., F.R.S. Preliminary Notice...

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November 17, 1887.

Researches on the Spectra of Meteorites. A Report to the Solar

Physics Committee. Communicated to the Royal Society at the re-

quest of the Committee. By J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.........

Specific Inductive Capacity. By J. Hopkinson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

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