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ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
J. C. BEATTIE
Pages: i-xxi
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Pages: i-xxiv
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ADDENDUM
Page: vi
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ERRATUM
Page: vi
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LIST OF MEMBERS
Pages: xxii-xxvi
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LIST OF MEMBERS
Pages: xxv-xxix
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THE GLACIAL CONGLOMERATE IN THE TABLE MOUNTAIN SERIES NEAR CLANWILLIAM
A. W. Rogers
Pages: 1-8
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THE ROCKS OF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA, BROUGHT BACK BY H.M.S. ODIN, 1904, WITH THEIR BEARING ON THE QUESTION OF THE PERMANENCE OF OCEAN BASINS
E. H. L. Schwarz
Pages: 9-51
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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THE FORMING OF THE DRAKENSBERG
Alex. L. du Toit
Pages: 53-71
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ON THE AFFINITIES OF TRITYLODON.
R. Broom
Pages: 73-77
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SOME RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS MADE WITH A BLACK BULB THERMOMETER IN VACUO.
J. R. Sutton
Pages: 79-96
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RESULTS OF FURTHER EXPERIMENTS ON TABLE MOUNTAIN FOR ASCERTAINING THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE DEPOSITED FROM THE SOUTHEAST CLOUDS
R. Marloth
Pages: 97-105
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ON THE DISCOVERY OF A LARGE NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTS OF PALÆOLITHIC TYPE AT VEREENIGING, TRANSVAAL
J. P. Johnson
Pages: 107-109
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SOME NOTES REGARDING SOUTH AFRICAN PHARMACOLOGY
C. F. Juritz
Pages: 111-133
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AFRICAN FLORA
Harry Bolus
Pages: 135-152
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NOTES ON SEMICIRCULANTS
Thomas Muir
Pages: 153-163
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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON MIMICRY AMONG PLANTS
R. MARLOTH
Pages: 165-167
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ON THE VARIATION OF THE HOURLY METEORO-LOGICAL NORMALS AT KIMBERLEY DURING THE PASSAGE OF A BAROMETRIC DEPRESSION
J. R. Sutton
Pages: 169-188
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THE VOLCANIC FISSURE UNDER ZUURBERG
A. W. Rogers
Pages: 189-199
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ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN DINOSAUR (HORTALOTARSUS)
R. Broom
Pages: 201-206
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTES ON SOME RECENTLY REDISCOVERED INSCRIBED STONES BEARING ON THE HISTORY OF THE CAPE COLONY
W. L. Sclater
Pages: 207-212
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTES ON ALOE SUCCOTRINA, Lam
R. Marloth
Pages: 213-215
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THE CLIMATE OF EAST LONDON, CAPE COLONY
J. R. Sutton
Pages: 217-236
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THE CYCLE YEAR 1905 AND THE COMING SEASON
D. E. Hutchins
Pages: 237-250
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UNDERGROUND WATER IN SOUTH-EASTERN BECHUANALAND
Alex. L. du Toit
Pages: 251-262
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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A SET OF LINEAR EQUATIONS CONNECTED WITH HOMOFOCAL SURFACES
Thomas Muir
Pages: 263-265
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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RECENT INFORMATION CONCERNING SOUTH AFRICAN FERNS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
T. R. Sim
Pages: 267-300
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON THE NATURE OF THE EFFECT OF THE SUN-SPOT FREQUENCY ON THE VARIATION OF THE MAGNETIC ELEMENTS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
G. H. H. Fincham
Pages: 301-311
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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THE EXPRESSION OF CERTAIN SYMMETRIC FUNCTIONS AS AN AGGREGATE OF FRACTIONS
Thomas Muir
Pages: 313-315
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE FUNCTION OF THE ETHEREAL OILS OF XEROPHYTIC PLANTS
R. Marloth
Pages: 317-321
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF HYMENOPTERA FROM PEARSTON, CAPE COLONY
P. Cameron
Pages: 323-333
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON THE HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITES OF THE MEALIE STALK BORER (SESAMIA FUSCA, HAMPSON)
P. Cameron
Pages: 334-336
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON TWO SPECIES OF ICHNEUMONIDÆ PARASITIC ON THE CODLING MOTH IN CAPE COLONY
P. Cameron
Pages: 337-339
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTES ON SOUTH AFRICAN CYCADS.—1
H. H. W. Pearson
Pages: 341-354
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON OF THE OSTRICH, WITH REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS
R. Broom
Pages: 355-368
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON SOME LITTLE-KNOWN BONES OF THE MAMMALIAN SKULL
R. Broom
Pages: 369-372
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTE ON THE LACERTILIAN SHOULDER GIRDLE
R. Broom
Pages: 373-375
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON A NEW CYNODONT REPTILE (ÆLUROSUCHUS BROWNI)
R. Broom
Pages: 376-378
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ON A NEW SOUTH AFRICAN TRIASSIC RHYNCHOCEPHALIAN
R. Broom
Pages: 379-380
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AFRICAN FLORA
Harry BolusO. Stapf & R. A. Rolfe
Pages: 381-400
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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ON ROCK-ENGRAVINGS OF ANIMALS AND THE HUMAN FIGURE, THE WORK OF SOUTH AFRICAN ABORIGINES, AND THEIR RELATION TO SIMILAR ONES FOUND IN NORTHERN AFRICA
L. Péringuey
Pages: 401-412
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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SOME UNDESCRIBED GENERA AND SPECIES OF SOUTH AFRICAN RHYNCHOTA
W. L. Distant
Pages: 413-418
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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DISCUSSION OF THE ERRORS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF MINIMUM SPIRIT THERMOMETEES IN USE AT THE ROYAL ALFRED OBSERVATORY, MAURITIUS
A. Walter
Pages: 419-436
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTE ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RAINFALL AT DURBAN AND MAURITIUS
T. F. Claxton
Pages: 437-442
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BERRY WAX
B. de ST. J. Van Der Riet
Pages: 443-444
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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A PROPERTY OF AXISYMMETRIC DETERMINANTS, CONNECTED WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS VANISHING OF THE SURFACE AND VOLUME OF A TETRAHEDRON
Thomas Muir
Pages: 445-457
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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EXAMINATION OF THE VALIDITY OF AN APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF A CERTAIN VELOCITY EQUATION
A. Brown
Pages: 459-464
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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NOTES ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF HYDNORA AFRICANA Thunb
R. MARLOTH
Pages: 465-468
Published online: 28 Jun 2010
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