Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume CVII 1925 (Numbers 741-744)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1925. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Vii, 765, xvi pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Occasional spot of foxing. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A. VOL. CVII Minutes of Meetings, December 1, 4, 1924 ; January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 12, 19, 26, 1925.No. A 741.-January 1, 1925.Ñ Address of the President, Sir Charles S. Sherrington, at the Anniversary Meeting, December 1, 1924 Ñ On the Total Reflexion of Light. By Sir Arthur Schuster, For. Sec. R. S Ñ The Structure of the Spectrum of Ionised Nitrogen. By A. Fowler, F. R. S, Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society, Imperial College, South Kensington. (Plate 1) Ñ Spheroidal Wave-Functions. By J. W. Nicholson, M. A, D. Sc, F. R. S, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford Ñ Thermionic Effects caused by Vapours of Alkali Metals. By Irving Langmuir and ? . H. Kingdon, of the Research Laboratory, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ 1 : 2 : 3-Triamino propane and its Complex Metallic Compounds. By Frederick George Mann, Ph. D, and Sir William Jackson Pope, F. R. S Ñ The Union of Hydrogen and Oxygen in Presence of Silver and Gold. By D. L. Chapman, M. A, F. R. S, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford ; J. E. Ramsbottom, D. Sc, Ph. D, Superintendent Chemical Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough ; and C. G. Trotman, B. A, Jesus College, Oxford Ñ The General Law of Electrical Conduction in Dielectrics. By Spencer W. Richardson, M. A, D. Sc, F. Inst. P. Communicated by Sir William Bragg, K. B. E, F. R. S Ñ Recent Developments in Tensile Testing. By J. V. Howard, D. Sc, and S. L. Smith, D. Sc, A. C. G. I. Communicated by W. E. Dalby, F. R. S Ñ The Effect of Superposed Alternating Current on the Polarisable Primary Cell Zinc-Sulphuric Acid-Carbon. Part I. -Low-Frequency Current. By A. J. Allmand, D. Sc, and V. S. Puri, M. Sc, Ph. D. Communicated by Prof. S. Smiles, F. R. S Ñ The Spark-Spectra of Indium and Gallium in the Extreme Ultra-Violet Region. By Mollie Weinberg, M. A, M. Sc, Physical Laboratory, University of Toronto. Communicated by Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S. (Plate 2) Ñ On the Atomic Fields of Helium and Neon. By J. E. Jones, D. Sc, 1851 Exhibition Senior Research Student, Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. S. Chapman, F. R. S. No. A 742.-February 2, 1925.Ñ Experiments on the Distortion of Single-Crystal Test-Pieces of Aluminium. By H. C. H. Carpenter, F. R. S, Professor of Metallurgy, Imperial College of Science and Technology, and Miss C. F. Elam, M. A, Armourers+ and Brasiers+ Company Research Fellow. (Plate 3) Ñ On the Thirteen Semi-regular Solids of Archimedes, and on their Development by the Transformation of certain Plane Configurations. By D+Arcy Wentworth Thompson, F. R. S. Ñ On the Formation of Water Waves by Wind. By Harold Jeffreys, M. A, D. Sc, Fellow and Lecturer of St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. G. I. Taylor, F. R. S. (Plates 4 and 5) Ñ The Thermal and Electrical Conductivities of some Pure Metals. By F. H. Schofield, B. A, B. Sc. Communicated by Sir Joseph Petavel, F. R. S. Ñ The Colours Due to Thin Films on Metals. By Ulick R. Evans. Communicated by C. T. Heycock, F. R. S. Ñ On the Quantum Dynamics of Degenerate Systems. By A. M. Mosharrafa, D. Sc, Ph. D. Communicated by Prof. 0. W. Richardson, F. R. S. Ñ On the Effect of Temperature on the Anomalous Reflection of Silver. By M. De SÄlincourt, Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford. Communicated by Prof. F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S. Ñ The Catalytic Activity of Copper. Part V. -The Comparison of the Rates of Dehydrogenation of Various Alcohols. By W. G. Palmer, Fellow of St. John+s College, Cambridge, and F. H. Constable, Strathcona Research Student, St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Sir William Pope, F. R. S. Ñ The Catalytic Action of Copper. Part VI. -An Explanation of the Reproducibility of the Catalyst, and of the Periodic Change in its Activity, together with some Experiments on the Activation of the Catalyst by Alternate Oxidation and Reduction. By F. H. Constable, Strathcona Research Student of St. John's College, Cambridge. Communicated by Sir William Pope, F. R. S. Ñ The Catalytic Action of Copper. Part VII. -A Study of the Effect of Pressure on the Rate of Dehydrogenation of Alcohols. By F. H. Constable, Strathcona Research Student of St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Sir William Pope, F. R. S. Ñ A Centrifugal Method of Making Small Pots of Electrically Fused Refractory Materials. By Fred. S. Tritton. Communicated by Dr. W. Rosenhain, F. R. S. Ñ On the Precise Measurement of the Critical Potentials of Gases. By E. G. Dymond, B. A, St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. Ñ On the Determination of Resistance in Terms of Mutual Inductance. By Albert Campbell, B. A. Communicated by F. E. Smith, F. R. S Ñ The Absorption of X-Rays. By E. C. Stoner, B. A, Lecturer in Physics at Leeds University, and L. H. Martin, M. Sc, 1851 Exhibition Scholar (Melb. ) , Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ Ionisation by Alpha-particles in Monatomic and Diatomic Gases. By R. W. Gurney, B. A, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ The Stopping-Power of Gases for Alpha-particles of Different Velocities. By R. W. Gurney, B. A, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ The Ejection of Protons from Nitrogen Nuclei, Photographed by the Wilson Method. By P. M. S. Blackett, Moseley Research Student of the Royal Society and Fellow of King+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plates 6 and 7) Ñ The Apparent Tripling of Certain Lines in Arc Spectra. By T. Royds, D. Sc, Director, Kodaikanal Observatory. Communicated by J. Evershed, F. R. S. (Plate 8) No. A 743.-March 2, 1925.Ñ On the Life Statistics of Fellows of the Royal Society. By Sir Arthur Schuster, F. R. S Ñ The Thermionic Work-Functions and Photo-electric Thresholds of the Alkali Metals. By O. W. Richardson, F. R. S, Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society, and A. F. A. Young, Ph. D. T King+s College, London Ñ On Experiments relating to the Spectrum of Nitrogen. By T. R. Merton, M. A, D. Sc, F. R. S, Professor of iSpectroscopy in the LTniversity of Oxford, and J. G. Pilley, B. A Ñ The Heat Developed during Plastic Extension of Metals. By W. S. Farren, M. A, and G. I. Taylor, F. R. S, Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal SocietyÑ An Experimental Study of the Vibrations in the Blades and Shaft of an Airscrew. By A. Fage, A. R. C. Sc, of the Aerodynamics Department, National Physical Laboratory. Communicated by H. Lamb, F. R. S Ñ Thermal Diffusion Measurements. By T. L. Ibbs, M. C, M. Sc. Communicated by Prof. S. W. J. Smith, F. R. S Ñ Overvoltage and Transfer Resistance. By Edgar Newbery, D. Sc, F. I. C, University of Cape Town. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plates 9-11) Ñ The Magnetic Properties of Iron Crystals. By W. L. Webster, B. A, 1851 Research Student of the University of Toronto. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ On the Measurement of the Ratio of the Specific Heats using Small Volumes of Gas. -The Ratios of the Specific Heats of Air and of Hydrogen at Atmospheric Pressure and at Temperatures between 20í C. And -183í C. By J. H. Brinkworth, A. R. C. S, M. Sc, D. I. C. Communicated by Prof. H. L. Callendar, F. R. S Ñ The Interpretation of the Results of Bucherer+s Experiments on e/m. By Thos. Lewis, B. Sc, Garrod Thomas Fellow of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Communicated by Prof. G. A. Schott, F. R. S Ñ The Variation with Temperature of the Intensity of Reflection of X-Rays from Quartz and its Bearings on the Crystal Structure. By Reginald Edmund Gibbs. Communicated by Sir William Bragg, F. R. S Ñ The Fulcher Hydrogen Bands. By W. E. Curtis, D. Sc, A. R. C. S, Reader in Physics in the University of London, King+s College. Communicated by Prof. O. W. Richardson, F. R. S Ñ On the Determination of the Directions of the Forces in Wireless Waves at the Earth+s Surface. By R. L. Smith-Rose, Ph. D, M. Sc, and R. H. Barfield, M. Sc. Communicated, by permission of the Radio Research Board, by Sir Henry Jackson, F. R. S No. A 744.-April 1, 1925.Ñ Regularities in the Secondary Spectrum of Hydrogen. By O. W. Richardson, Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society, and T. Tanaka, Professor in the College of Niigata, Japan Ñ The Lattice Points of a Circle. By G. H. Hardy, F. R. S Ñ On the Calculation of certain Crystal Potential Constants and on the Cubic Crystal of Least Potential Energy. By J. E. Jones, Ph. D, Trinity College, Cambridge, and A. E. Ingham, B. A, Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. S. Chapman, F. R. S Ñ The Kinetics of Haemoglobin. III. -The Velocity with which Oxygen combines with Reduced Haemoglobin. By H. Hartridge, M. D, Sc. D, Fellow of King+s College, Cambridge, and F. J. W. Roughton, M. A, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. J. N. Langley, F. R. S Ñ The Structure of Molecules in Relation to their Optical Anisotropy. -Part I. By K. R. Ramanathan, M. A, D. Sc, Assistant Lecturer in Physics, University College, Rangoon. Communicated by Prof. C. V. Raman, M. A, D. Sc, F. R. S. Ñ On the Alternating Current Resistance of Solenoidal Coils. By S. Butterworth, M. Sc. Communicated by F. E. Smith, F. R. S Ñ On the Field of Force near the Neutral Point produced by Two Equal Coaxial Coils, with Special Reference to the Campbell Standard of Mutual Inductance. By Raymond M. Wilmotte, B. A, National Physical Laboratory. Communicated by Sir Joseph Petavel, F. R. S Ñ The Adiabatic Invariance of the Quantum Integrals. By P. A. M. Dirac, St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ On the Theory of Elastic Stability. By W. R. Dean, B. A, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. G. I. Taylor, F. R. S Ñ On the Fluorescence and Channelled Absorption of Bismuth at High Temperatures. By K. Rangadhama Rao, M. A, Madras University Research Scholar. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S. (Plate 12) Ñ A Note on the Absorption of the Green Line of Thallium Vapour. By K. Rangadhama Rao, M.A, Madras University Research Scholar. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. (Plate 13) Ñ OBITUARY NOTICES OF FELLOWS DECEASED. S. S. 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