Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 8

Royal Society of Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1875 - Science

Obituary notices are included in many of the volumes.

Contents

• Opening Address Session 187273 By Sir Robert Christison: 1
• On the Philological Genius and Character of the NeoHellenic Dialect: 31
• Notices of deceased Fellows By David Milne Home LL D: 37
• Laboratory Notes By Professor Tait: 44
• On the Anatomy of a new Species of Polyodon the Polyodon Gladius: 50
• On the Thermal Conductivity of Ice and a new Method of Deter: 62
• On the Formation of Coal and on the Changes produced in the Com: 68
• The Meteorology of the Month of May By Alexander Buchan M A: 79
• Notice of a Singular Property exhibited by the Fluid enclosed: 87
• On the Electrical Conductivity of Certain Saline Solutions with: 95
• On the Physiological Action of Light No I By James Dewar: 100
• Notice of two Fossil Trees lately uncovered in Craigleith Quarry near: 104
• On the Physiological Action of Light No II By James Dewar: 110
• Observations and Experiments on the Fluid in the Cavities of Calca: 126
• Election of OfficeBearers: 129
• A Theory of Volcanic Eruptions By Daniel Vaughan: 133
• On the Physiological Action of Light No III By James Dewar: 179
• Laboratory Notes By Professor Tait: 208
• On a Compound formed by the addition of Bromacetic Acid to Sul: 219
• Address on Ozone by Professor Andrews Hon F R S E Vice: 229
• Remarks upon the Footprints of the Dinornis in the Sand Rock: 236
• On a Method of Demonstrating the Relations of the Convolu: 243
• Preliminary Note on the sense of Rotation and the Function of: 255
• Biographical Notice of J S Mill By Professor Fraser: 259
• Obituary Notice of the Rev Dr Guthrie By the Rev Dr Lindsay: 273
• Obituary Notice of Archibald Smith By Sir William Thomson: 282
• Obituary Notice of the Very Rev Dean Ramsay By the Rev D: 289
• Obituary Notice of Professor Rankine By Lewis D B Gordon: 296
• Obituary Notice of Justus Liebig By Professor CrumBrown: 307
• Obituary Notice of the Rev Professor Stevenson D D By John: 314
• Obituary Notice of Dr J Lindsay Stewart: 321
• On the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy By the Rev Thomas Brown: 339
• On the Establishment of the Elementary Principles of Quaternions: 348
• On the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Fans By James C: 351
• Laboratory Notes By Professor Tait: 362
• On the Semicircular Canals of the Internal Ear By Professor Crum: 370
• Note on the Submerged Fossil Trees of Granton Quarry By: 377
• On a New Example of the Opheliida Linotrypane apogon from: 386
• Remarks on the Great Logarithmic and Trigonometrical Tables com: 421
• On the Elimination of a ß y from the conditions of integrability: 436
• On the Equipotential Surfaces for a Straight Wire: 443
• Biographical Notice of Cosmo Innes By the Hon Lord Neaves: 453
• Biographical Notice of Francis Deas: 461
• Biographical Notice of Adam Black: 467
• Biographical Notice of Christopher Hansteen By Alexander Buchan: 473
• On the Complete Theory of the Stone Arch By Edward Sang: 479
• b Determination of the SurfaceTension of Liquids by: 485
• Obituary Notice of Dr Robert Edward Grant late Professor of Com: 486
• On a Faulty Construction common in Skewed Arches By Edward: 497
• Presentation of the Makdougall Brisbane Prize to Professor Lister: 505
• Presentation of the Neill Prize to Charles Wm Peach: 513
• On the Capillary Surface of Revolution By Sir William Thomson: 520
• Laboratory NoteAnalysis of Titaniferous Iron Sand from North: 523
• Preliminary Note on the Anatomy of the Pia Mater By Dr J Batty: 534
• An Essay towards the General Solution of Numerical Equations: 544
• On High Flood Marks on the Banks of the River Tweed and some: 559
• Observation relative to Mr Edward Sangs Remarks on the Great: 574
• Reply to M Leforts Observations By Edward Sang: 581
• Note on Electric Resistance of Solutions By William Durham Esq: 587
• On some Remarkable Changes Additions and Omissions of Letters: 596
• De linterpolation des fonctions irrationnelles en général et: 602
• The Theory of the Causes by which Storms Progress in an Easterly: 612
• On Electric Images By Professor Tait: 623
• On the Electric Resistance of Iron at a High Temperature By Messrs: 629
• 229: 657
• 282: 660

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 8; Landmarks II: Journals
• Author: Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Publisher: Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1875
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Oct 3, 2005