Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 3

Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1857

Obituary notices are included in many of the volumes.

neer By his Son Alan Stevenson LL	27

On Iron and its Alloys Part I By J D Morries Stirling Esq	43

On the Geology of the Eildon Hills By Professor J D Forbes	53

On the Economy of SingleActing Expansive SteamEngines	60

Farther Remarks on the Intermitting Brine Springs of Kissingen	66

On the Total Eclipse of the Sun on July 28 1851 observed at Göte	73

On the Nature of the Red Prominences observed during a Total	79

W J Macquorn Rankine	90

Note on the extent of our knowledge respecting the Moons Sur	274

Notice of Ancient Moraines in the Parishes of Strachur and Kilmun	279

Supplement to the first	287

On Annelid Tracks in the Exploration of the Millstone Grits	294

Notice of the Occurrence of British newer Pliocene Shells in	301

On Glacial Phenomena in Peebles and Selkirk Shires By Robert	308

On the Volatile Bases produced by Destructive Distillation of Cin	314

Remarks on the Coal plant termed Stigmaria By the Rev	316

On the Absolute Intensity of Interfering Light By Professor	98

Defence of the Doctrine of Vital Affinity against the Objections	105

On some Improvements in the Instruments of Nautical Astronomy	114

Notice regarding the occurrence of Pumice in the Island of Tyree	120

On a Modification of the Process for the determination of Nitrogen	126

Researches on some of the Crystalline Constituents of Opium	132

On the Red Prominences seen during Total Eclipses of the	135

On Rifle Cannon By Captain Davidson Bombay Army Com	142

On the Glacial Phenomena of Scotland and parts of England	148

On the Structural Characters of Rocks Part I By Dr Fleming	169

On the Species of Fossil Diatomacea found in the Infusorial Earth	176

On Circular Crystals By Sir David Brewster K H D C L	183

On Nitric Acid as a source of the Nitrogen found in Plants	189

Notice of recent Measures of the Ring of Saturn By Professor C	192

sell By Dr Traill	199

On the supposed SeaSnake cast on shore in the Orkneys in 1808	208

On the Mechanical Action of Heat By W J Macquorn Rankine	223

On the Stability of the Instruments of the Royal Observatory	238

On the Mechanical Value of a Cubic Mile of Sunlight and on	253

On the Structure of Diatomaceæ By E W Dallas Esq	261

Some Observations on the Salmonidæ By John Davy M D	267

Geological Notes on Banffshire By R Chambers Esq F R S E	332

Geometry a Science purely Experimental By Edward Sang Esq	341

Memoir of RearAdmiral Sir John Franklin By Sir John	347

An Account of some Experiments on certain Sea Weeds of	363

Weight of a given bulk of Air with reference to Meteorological	368

On a Property of Numbers By Balfour Stewart Esq Commu	390

On the Minute Structure of the Involuntary Muscular Tissue	413

On the Ovum and Young Fish of the Salmonidæ By William	428

On New Species of Marine Diatomaceæ from the Firth of Clyde	442

On the Principles of the Stereoscope and on a new mode of exhi	455

On the Crania of the Kaffirs and Hottentots and the Physical	456

J Nicklès claim to be the Discoverer of Fluorine in	463

On the Functions of the Spinal Cord By Professor Hughes Ben	470

Notice respecting Father Secchis Statical Barometer and on	480

On the Structure of Pedicellina By Professor Allman	487

On the recently discovered Glacial Phenomena of Arthurs Seat	497

On a Dynamical Top for exhibiting the Phenomena of the Motion	503

On Atmospheric Manoscopy or on the direct Determination of	511

183	512

On the Computation of the Specific Heat of Liquid Water at vari	517

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Title	Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 3 Landmarks II: Journals
Author	Royal Society of Edinburgh
Publisher	Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1857
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	4 Oct 2016

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