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MEMOIRS AND PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE MANCHESTER
LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
1
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
CONTENTS.
MEMOIRS.
On the possible equations expressing the decomposition of Potassic
Chlorate by Heat. By JAMES Bottomley, D.Sc., B.A., F.C.S.
Pasteur and Faraday: Note on Dr. Tyndall's Introduction to the English
Edition of the "Histoire d'un Savant par un Ignorant." By F. J.
FARADAY, F.L.S....
On the Electrical Attraction of Quartz, &c. By ALEX. HODGKINSON,
M.B., B.Sc.
...
The effect of the small variation of the density of the atmosphere on the
amplitude of plane waves of Sound approaching the earth.
RALPH HOLMES, B.A.
PAGE
4
7
15
Memoir of the late Joseph Baxendell, F.R.S., F.R.A.S. By JAMES
BOTTOMLEY, D.Sc.
An application of Huyghens' Principle to a spherical wave of light. By
R. F. GWYTHER, M.A.
Notes on a Small Collection of Mosses from Mauritius. By J. Cosmo
MELVILL, M.A., F.L.S....
On the change of incidence of Small-Pox at different ages during the years
1848-86. Part I. By R. F. GWYTHER, M.A.
... 105
A method of calculating the Electrostatic Capacity of a Conductor. By
HENRY HOLDEN, B.Sc., Bishop Berkeley Fellow in Physics at the
Owens College, Manchester. Communicated by Professor SCHUSTER,
F.R.S.
On the change of incidence of Small-Pox at different ages.
By P.
159
Descriptions of twenty-three new species of Hymenoptera.
CAMERON. Communicated by CHARLES BAILEY, F.L.S.
A survey of the genus Cypræa (Linn.), its Nomenclature, Geographical
Distribution, and Distinctive Affinities: with descriptions of two new
species and several varieties. Plates I. and II. By JAMES COSMO
184