Journal Index Vol 1 onwards to 1952 - The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

Society Journal Index : Volumes 1-5 : 1841-1864
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME I

On the Oxides of Bismuth	Professor Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS	3 February 1841	I	1841	4
On the Melting Points of Metals	Professor Lewis D B Gordon		I	1841	10
On the Means of Extinguishing Fires in Factories	D Mackain MICE		I	1841	13
The Cultivation of Plants in Close Cases	William Gourlie		I	1841	16
On Chlorimetry and on a New Mode of Testing Weak Solutions of Bleaching Powder	Walter Crum		I	1841	17
On Ventilation of the Glasgow Fever Hospital	D Mackain	26 January 1842	I	1842	24
Description of an Improved Tilting Apparatus, for Emptying Waggons at the Termini of Railways, Shipping Places, etc.	James Thomson, FRSE, MRIA	26 January 1842	I	1842	25	Nobel 1906 Physics?
On the Physiology of Cells	Andrew Anderson, MD	9 February 1842	I	1842	28
Report on the Best Means of Supplying the Poor with Cheap and Nutritious Food	Dr R D Thomson		I	1842	29
On Dynamometrical Apparatus; or the Measurement of the Mechanical Effect of Moving Powers	Professor Gordon		I	1842	41
On the Fertilization of Plants	Dr Balfour	8 March 1842	I	1842	43
On an Improved Method of Preparing Oxygen Gas	John Joseph Griffin	8 March 1842	I	1842	44
Description of an Apparatus for Exhibiting the Formation of Water by the Combustion of Hydrogen Gas in Atmospheric Air	John Joseph Griffin	8 March 1842	I	1842	46
Notice of Divi-divi	John Stenhouse, PhD	22 March 1842	I	1842	47
On Artificial Ultramarine	John Stenhouse, PhD	22 March 1842	I	1842	49
Comparative Experiments Made with Different Manures	John Wilson	6 April 1842	I	1842	51
On the Nature and Cure of Blindness Produced by Oil of Vitriol	Robert D Thomson, MD	20 April 1842	I	1842	52
On the Statical Relations of the Gases	John Joseph Griffin	21 April 1842	I	1842	53
Notice of Some New Minerals	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS L&E, MRIA		I	1842	61
Notice of Some Recent Additions to Chemistry			I	1842	68
On the Melting Points of Alloys of Lead, Tin, Bismuth and Zinc	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS		I	1842	77
Notices of Some Recent Botanical Facts			I	1842	82
Practical Remarks on Blast Surfaces	George Thomson	4 January 1843	I	1843	84
Experiments on Various Manures	Lord Blantyre	18 January 1843	I	1843	93
Results of Experiments with Manure on Potatoes	Dugald Dove	18 January 1843	I	1843	94
Experiments with Manures on Oats and Turnips -1842	William McLintock		I	1843	97
On the Manner in Which Cotton Unites with Colouring Matter	Walter Crum	1 February 1843	I	1843	98
On a Specimen of Artificial Asbestos	F Penny PhD	1 February 1843	I	1843	104
Notice of New Zealand Minerals		1 February 1843	I	1843	105
Notice of the Fossil Plants in the Glasgow Geological Museum	William Gourlie		I	1843	105
Section of Lanarkshire Coal Field	William Murray		I	1843	113
On the Vital Statistics of Five Large Towns of Scotland	Alexander Watt	1 March 1843	I	1843	114
Examination of the Cowdie Pine Resin	Robert D Thomson MD	15 March 1843	I	1843	123
On the Fibrin Contained in Animal Fluids	Andrew Buchanan MD	29 March 1843	I	1843	131
New Mode of Employing Creasote for the Preservation of Butchers' Meat and Fish	John Stenhouse PhD	12 April 1843	I	1843	145
On the Existence of Chalk Deposits in Brazil	George Gardner FLS	12 April 1843	I	1843	146
Report on the State of Disease in Scotland		12 April 1843	I	1843	153
Remarks on the Comet of March 1843	William Gourlie	26 April 1843	I	1843	156
A New Kind of Charcoal Support for Blowpipe Experiments	John Joseph Griffin	26 April 1843	I	1843	158
The Nutritive Power of Bread and Flour of Different Countries	Robert D Thomson, MD	26 April 1843	I	1843	163
On Coal Gas	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS, L&E, MRIA		I	1843	165
On the Formation of a Friendly Society for the Professional and Mercantile Classes	William Spens		I	1843	177
On Parietin, a Yellow Colouring Matter, and on the Inorganic Food of Lichens	Robert D Thomson, MD		I	1843	182
The Laws of Mortality at Different Ages	Alexander Watt, LLD	3 January 1844	I	1844	193
Table of Specific Gravities of Some Crystallized Salts	John Adam	17 January 1844	I	1844	199
Note on the State in which Fibrin Exists in the Blood	Andrew Anderson MD	31 January 1844	I	1844	200
Antarctic Minerals		31 January 1844	I	1844	207
Note on the Measure of Impact, by Pressure or Weight	Professor L Gordon		I	1844	208
Short Account of a Botanical Excursion to Galloway and Dumfriesshire in August, 1843	J H Balfour MD		I	1844	209
On Life Insurance	William Spens	13 March 1844	I	1844	217
On the White or Opaque Serum of the Blood	Andrew Buchanan MD	13 March 1844	I	1844	226
On the Impurity of Some Drugs	David Murdoch	27 March 1844	I	1844	236
Printing for the Blind	John Alston	10 April 1844	I	1844	239
On the Supposed Influence of the Moon Upon the Weather	Walter Crum	10 April 1844	I	1844	243
On a Theoretical Rule for the Compression of Water	Daniel MacKain, MInstCE	10 April 1844	I	1844	249
Report of Statistical Section		12 April 1844	I	1844	256
Test of Formula for Discharge of Water Through Pipes	L D B Gordon	12 April 1844	I	1844	258
Description of a Steam Boiler	James Johnston	12 April 1844	I	1844	262
Notice of Excursions Made from Glasgow with Botanical Pupils during the Summer of 1843	J H Balfour, MD FRSE	12 April 1844	I	1844	263

VOLUME II

Notice of a Visit to the Island of Lewis	James Smith		II	1844	1
Experiments with Manure on Potatoes and Turnips	Lord Blantyre		II	1844	8
Analysis of Two Species of Epiphytes, or Air Plants	John Thomson		II	1844	9
Account of a Dredging Excursion in the Firth of Clyde	Rev David Landsborough	22 January 1845	II	1845	12
Report from the Botanical Section		22 January 1845	II	1845	13
On the Acid of the Stomach, and on the Digestion of Vegetable Albumen, Fat and Starch	R D Thomson MD	5 February 1845	II	1845	14
Analysis of Ceradia Resin	R D Thomson MD	5 February 1845	II	1845	14
Report from the Botanical Section			II	1845	15
On the Coagulation of the Blood and Other Fibriniferous Liquids	A Buchanan MD		II	1845	16
Botanical Excursion to the Mull of Cantyre or Kintyre and the Island of Islay, in August 1844	J H Balfour MD		II	1845	22
On the State of the Blood After Taking Food	A Buchanan MD	5 March 1845	II	1845	49
Conversational Meeting		12 March 1845	II	1845	65
On the Action of Bleaching Powder on the Salts of Copper and Lead	W Crum	19 March 1845	II	1845	68
On the Unemployed Lands of Great Britain	G Sutherland	30 April 1845	II	1845	73
Nepaul Barley		30 April 1845	II	1845	75
Report from the Botanical Section		27 May 1845	II	1845	76
Biographical Account of the Late Dr John Dalton	T Thomson MD		II	1845	79
Abstract of Treasurers Account			II	1845	88
On the Artificial Production of the Potato Disease	W Crum		II	1845	90
On the Mode of Testing Minute Quantities of Alcohol	R D Thomson MD	7 January 1846	II	1846	94
On the Analysis of Some Minerals	R D Thomson MD	7 January 1846	II	1846	97
Reports from the Botanical Section		24 June 1845	II	1845	100
On the Wound of the Ferret	A Buchanan MD	4 February 1846	II	1846	104
Theory of the Reaction Water Wheel	W M Buchanan	1 April 1846	II	1846	111
On Caries, or Decay of the Teeth	F Hay Thomson MD	15 April 1846	II	1846	131
Table, Showing the State of Education in the City of Glasgow in 1846		29 April 1846	II	1846	134
Abstract of treasurer's Account			II	1846	135
On the Chemistry of Food			II	1846	137
Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow and Neighbourhood		13 January 1847	II	1847	138
On the Temperature of the Earth	L D B Gordon	27 January 1847	II	1847	140
Account of the Society's Exhibition During the Christmas Holidays	A Liddell		II	1847	145
On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether	A Buchananan MD		II	1847	153
On the Arithmetical Calculation of the Contents of Solids	Thomas Clark MD	31 March 1847	II	1847	161
On the Analysis of a Slag, from a Lime Kiln	J Brown	31 March 1847	II	1847	163
On a Method for the Analysis of Bodies Containing Nitric Acid and on Explosive Cotton	W Crum	14 April 1847	II	1847	163
Notice of Stirling's Air Engine	William Thomson	21 April 1847	II	1847	169
Mr Liddell's Concluding Report of the Society's Exhibition		28 April 1847	II	1847	170
On the Chemical Composition of the Substances Employed in Pottery	R A Couper	28 April 1847	II	1847	171
On the Analysis of Molydbate of Lead	John Brown	28 April 1847	II	1847	180
On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether (Continued from Page 161)	Dr Buchanan	28 April 1847	II	1847	184
Report on the Library			II	1847	191
Notice of the Geology and Climate of Nice	Dr T Thomson		II	1847	192
Abstract of Treasurer's Report			II	1847	196
Reprt from Botanical Section			II	1847	197
On the Geology of the Island of Bute	J Bryce		II	1847	198
Reprt from the Botanical Section			II	1847	209
On the Native Agriculture of the Lews	James Smith	5 January 1848	II	1848	210
Notes on the Proportions of the Pyramids of Egypt	G A Walker Arnott	19 January 1848	II	1848	214
On the Preparation of Chloroform	J King	19 January 1848	II	1848	219
On the Fall of Rain in the Neighbourhood of Glasgow and Description of the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company's Works	A Harvey	2 February 1848	II	1848	222
A New Self-Acting Railway Break	Mr Montgomery	2 February 1848	II	1848	225
On the Mode of Preparing Manila Hemp	T McMicking		II	1848	226
List of Zoophytes Found in the West of Scotland	Rev D Landsborough	1 March 1848	II	1848	230
History and Description of the Kelp Manufacture	C F O Glassford	15 March 1848	II	1848	241
Contributions to a Sanatory Report on Glasgow		29 March 1848	II	1848	260
Analysis of Titwood Mineral Water	E T Wood and Thomas Coutts	29 March 1848	II	1848	261
On the Composition of the Products of the Soda Manufacture	John Brown	12 April 1848	II	1848	262
Table Exhibiting the Composition of Salt and Products of the Soda Manufacture		12 April 1848	II	1848	282
Note on the Composition of Shea Butter and Chinese Vegetable Tallow	R D Thomson and Mr Wood	26 April 1848	II	1848	283
On the Yellow Prussiate of Potash Cake	H B Tennent	26 April 1848	II	1848	286
Report from the Botanical Section		26 April 1848	II	1848	291
On the Introduction of Anomalous Genera into Natural Orders	G A Walker Arnott, LLD	18 April 1848	II	1848	292




VOLUME III

Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1848	5
On Piassava or Piacaba	Dr Arnott		III	1848	6
On Two New Salts of Chromic Acid	Archibald Duncan Jun.		III	1848	7
On the Measurement of Heights, by Means of the Boiling Point of Water	G A Walker Arnott, LLD		III	1848	8
On the Structure of Staffa and the Giant's Causeway	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	3 January 1849	III	1849	19
Note on the Altered Dolomites of the Island of Bute	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	3 January 1849	III	1849	20
Electric Light	Mr Glassford	17 January 1849	III	1849	22
Locomotive Carriages	Professor Gordon	31 January 1849	III	1849	24
Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow		14 March 1849	III	1849	26
Tables of the Fall of Rain at Greenock		29 January 1849	III	1849	27
Analysis of the Yam	James Patterson	29 January 1849	III	1849	30
Chloropicrine	Mr Stenhouse	28 March 1849	III	1849	32
On the Geological Features of the District of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire	William Ferguson	11 April 1849	III	1849	33
Report from the Botanical Section		25 April 1849	III	1849	50
Account of a Botanical Excursion to the Rhinns of Galloway	G A Walker Arnott, LL.D	18 April 1849	III	1849	51
On a Peculiar Fibre of Cotton which is Incapable of Being Dyed	Walter Crum, FRS	18 April 1849	III	1849	61
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1849	65
Report of the State of Library			III	1849	67
New Portable Smith's Forge			III	1849	68
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1849	69
On Some Remarkable Effects of Lightning Observed in Moniemail, Cupar, Fife	William Thomson, MA		III	1849	69
On Sanitary Reform and the Use of Sewage Water of Towns	James Smith		III	1849	73
On Reinsch's Process for the Detection of Arsenic	Harry Rainy, MD		III	1849	77
On the Occurrence of Sugar in the Animal Economy	Arthur Mitchell		III	1850	85
On the Parallel Roads of Lochaber	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	6 March 1850	III	1850	99
Composition of Some Fermented Liquors	John Wright Currie	3 April 1850	III	1850	109
The Electric Telegraph	Mr Mitchell	3 April 1850	III	1850	111
On the Geological Structure of the Peninsula of Rosneath, Renfrew and Argyll	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	17 April 1850	III	1850	113
Observations and Experiments on the Paper Manufacture	John Macadam	17 April 1850	III	1850	127
Botanical Report			III	1849	132
Biographical Account of Dr Wollaston	Thomas Thomson, MD		III	1850	135
Report on the State of Library			III	1850	145
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1850	146
Notice of a Marine Deposit Containing Shells, Lately Discovered in Sauchiehall Street	William Fersuson		III	1850	147
Report of the Botanical Section		5 February 1851	III	1851	154
Notice of the Species of Salvadora	G A Walker Arnott, LL.D	5 February 1851	III	1851	155
On Copper Sheathing and the Probable Cause of its Deterioration	James Napier, FCS	5 February 1851	III	1851	161
On the Physiological Actions of Spartine and Scoparine, with a Notice of their Chemical Constitution	Arthur Mitchell, MA, MD	19 March 1851	III	1851	173
On the Estimation of the Commercial Value of Some Specimens of Black Oxide of Manganese	George William Brown	19 March 1851	III	1851	185
The Effects on Health of Inhaling the Fumes of Cynide of Potassium Solutions	James Napier	2 April 1851	III	1851	188
Report of the Botanical Section		22 April 1851	III	1851	192
Sketch of the Climate and Vegetation of the Himalaya	Thomas Thomson, MD	22 April 1851	III	1851	193
Thermometric Observations for 1850, Made at Windsor Terrace, Glasgow	James King	22 April 1851	III	1851	204
Chemical Examination of Drift Weed Kelp from Orkney	George William Brown		III	1851	208
Report of Librarian			III	1851	219
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1851	220
The Late Mr John Hart			III	1851	222
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1851	224
Notes on the Introduction of the Potato into Scotland	John Scouler, MD, LL.D, FLS		III	1851	226
Remarks upon Mineral Veins and Water Worn Stones	James Napier, FCS	3 March 1852	III	1852	231
Notice of the Vinegar Plant	Dr R D Thomson	17 March 1852	III	1852	238
Examination of the Waters of the Dead sea	Robert M Murray	14 April 1852	III	1852	242
The Force of Vapour from Saline water, as Applied to Marine Engines	Paul Cameron	14 April 1852	III	1852	246
Sketch of the Life and Labours of Dr Thomas Thomson, FRS, President of the Philosophical Society	Walter Crum, FRS		III	1852	250
Report of Librarian			III	1852	265
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1852	267
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1852	268
On the Economy of the Heating or Cooling of Buildings by Means of Currents of Air	Professor William Thomson		III	1852	269
On Ventilation	Mr John Ure		III	1852	272
On the General Law of Transformation of Energy	W J Macquorn Rankine	5 January 1853	III	1853	276
On the Mechanical Values of Distributions of Electricity, Magnetism, and Galvanism	Professor William Thomson	19 January 1853	III	1853	281
On Transient Electric Currents	Professor William Thomson	19 January 1883	III	1853	285
Illustrations of the Utility of Watertight Compartments in Iron Vessels	J R Napier	2 February 1853	III	1853	289
Experiments on the Evaporation of Water in Copper, Iron and Lead Vessels	J R Napier	2 February 1853	III	1853	291
On the Natro-Boro-Calcite, or 'Tiza' of Iquique	Thomas Anderson, MD		III	1853	293
On the Acetates and Other Compounds of Alumina	Walter Crum, FRS	27 April 1853	III	1853	298
Remarks Upon Sandstones used for Building	J Napier	4 April 1853	III	1853	313
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1853	325
Librarian's Report			III	1853	327
Office-Bearers of the Society			III	1853	328
Memorial on Ordnance Survey		8 March 1854	III	1854	331
Volumetrical Method for the Estimation of Yellow Prussiate of Potash	Mr Wallace	19 April 1854	III	1854	332
Damp Walls	J Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	333
Spurious Coins	J Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	344
Description of an Instrument for Measuring the Velocity of Ships and Currents	James R Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	350
Death of Andrew Liddell			III	1854	356
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1854	361
Office-Bearers of the Society			III	1854	363
Remarks on Ships' Compasses	James R Napier	24 January 1855	III	1855	365
Note on the determination of the Magnetic Meridian at a Distance from Land	J W Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	24 January 1855	III	1855	376
Note on the Approximate Determination of the Azimuth of a Star, Etc.	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	24 January 1855	III	1855	378
Outlines of the Science of Energetics	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	18 April 1855	III	1855	381


VOLUME IV

Presidents's Address 1855	Dr Allen Thomson		IV	1855	1
Office Bearers			IV	1855	5
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1855	6
Memorial on the Ordnance Survey			IV	1855	9
Spontaneous Fracture of Cast Iron	J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D		IV	1855	10
On Metallurgy Among the Ancient Hebrews	James Napier	9 January 1856	IV	1856	11
On the Mode in Which the Water of Loch Katrine May be Obtained of Uniform Temperature at all Seasons	James Patterson	9 January 1856	IV	1856	12
On the Stability of Factory Chimneys	J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D	5 March 1856	IV	1856	14
Notice of Discovery of a New Granite Tract in Arran	James Bryce, MA, FGS	19 March 1856	IV	1856	18
Report on the Low Temperatures of the Spring Months of the Year 1855	James Bryce, MA, FGS	16 April 1856	IV	1856	22
President's Address 1856			IV	1856	39
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1856	42
Metallic Iron in Trap Rock from Lochwinnoch	Dr Thomas Anderson		IV	1856	44
Office Bearers			IV	1856	46
On the Discovery of Native Copper in the Trap Rocks Near Barrhead	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	47
On Coal-bearing Strata in the Island of Bute	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	49
On the Geological Relations of Certain Copper Veins Recently Discovered in Bute	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	51
An Adaptation of the Philosophy of Newton, Leibnitz and Boscovitch to the Atomic Theory	John Macvicar, DD	28 January 1857	IV	1857	52
On Bessemer's Process for Manufacturing Iron	William Cockey		IV	1857	81
On the Education of the Working Classes and the Best Means of Promoting it.	George Anderson	11 March 1857	IV	1857	82
On the Phenomena and Causes of the Adaptation of the Eye to Distinct Vision at Different Distances	Dr Allen Thomson	11 March 1857	IV	1857	93
On Some Copper and Other Metallic Ores from Tarbet on Loch Long	James Bryce, MA, FGS	25 March 1857	IV	1857	96
On Some Marine Fossils Lately Found in a Quarry Within in the City of Glasgow	James Bryce, MA, FGS	25 March 1857	IV	1857	97
Notice of Some Iron Ores from Nova Scotia	James Bryce, MA, FGS	26 March 1857	IV	1857	97
On a New System of Sewage	Walter McFarlane	8 April 1857	IV	1857	99
Early History and Proceedings of the Society	W Keddie		IV	1857	101
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1857	114
Early History and Proceedings of the Society	W Keddie		IV	1857	117
Office Bearers			IV	1857	129
On Certain Phenomena Connected with Rotary Motion, the Gyroscope, Precession of the Equinoxes and Saturn's Rings	Edmund Hunt		IV	1857	130
On the Recent Progress and Present State of the Sciences of Meteorology and Terrestrial Magnetism, Part 1	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1857	158
The Different Conductivity of Samples of Copper Wire	Professor W Thomson	13 January 1858	IV	1858	185
On the Recent Progress of our Knowledge of the Chemical Elements	Dr Thomas Anderson	27 January 1858	IV	1858	187
On Incrustations in Steam Boilers	James Napier		IV	1858	191
On a Method of Voting at Limited Liability Companies More Uniform than the Present, and its Expression by a Mathematical Formula	James R Napier		IV	1858	199
Additional Notes on Rotary Motion	Edmund Hunt	24 March 1858	IV	1858	201
Report on the Progress and State of Applied Mechanics	James R Napier, Walter Neilson, W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D	7 April 1858	IV	1858	207
Recent Acquisitions Made by Russia at the Expense of the Chinese Territory of Manchooria, with Some Account of the River Amoor	W G Blackie, PH.D, FRGS	21 April 1858	IV	1858	231
President's Address, 1859			IV	1859	249
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			IV	1859	250
Office Bearers			IV	1859	251
Periodical Printing of Proceedings			IV	1859	252
On the Cinephantic Colour Top	Edmund Hunt		IV	1859	252
Notes on a Visit to Iceland in the Summer of 1859	David Mackinlay		IV	1859	259
Recent Investigations of M Le Verrier on the Motion of Mercury	William Thomson, MA, LL.D, FRS		IV	1859	263
On Photographed Images of Electric Sparks	Professor William Thomson		IV	1859	266
Note on the Bursting of the Reservoirs of Crinan Canal	William Keddie		IV	1859	267
Election of Honorary Members		4 January 1860	IV	1860	271
On the Variation of the Periodic Times of the Earth and Inferior Planets, Produced by Matter Falling into the Sun	Professor William Thomson	4 January 1860	IV	1860	272
On Instruments and Methods for Observing Electricity	Professor William Thomson	4 January 1860	IV	1860	274
On Incrustations of Boilers Using Sea Water	James R Napier	18 January 1860	IV	1860	282
On the Density of Steam	W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D, FRS		IV	1860	285
Observations on Sensations Experienced While Climbing the More Elevated Mountains of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia	Mathie Hamilton, MD	1 February 1860	IV	1860	287
On Spots on the Sun	Robert Hart	1 February 1860	IV	1860	292
Observations on the Supply of Coal and Ironstone, from the Mineral Fields of the West of Scotland	William Moore	1 February 1860	IV	1860	292
Remarks on Glass Painting	C Heath Wilson		IV	1860	309
On the Incrustation of Marine Boilers	William Wallace, PhD, FCS	7 March 1860	IV	1860	317
On Electrical Discharges in Rarefied Media	Dr Wallace	7 March 1860	IV	1860	320
On Trap Dykes, between Cordon and South End of Whiting Bay, Arran	James Napier	21 March 1860	IV	1860	321
On the Force of the Voltaic Current	George Blair, MA	21 March 1860	IV	1860	324
Historical Notes of Copper Smelting	Dr Francis H Thomson	4 April 1860	IV	1860	325
On a New Process of Ornamenting Glass	James Napier	18 April 1860	IV	1860	345
On the Spinal Cord and Nerves	Allen Thomson, MD, FRS	18 April 1860	IV	1860	348
On the Distribution and Probable Origin of the Petroleum or Rock Oil, of Western Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio	Henry D Rogers, FRS, Hon. FRSE, FGS	2 May 1860	IV	1860	355
On the Ageing of Mordants in Calico Printing	Walter Crum, FRS		IV	1859	360
Abstract of Proceedings of Session 1858-59			IV	1859	362
The Late William Murray Esq. of Monkland			IV	1859	362
On Some Points in the Chemistry of Sugar Refining	Dr William Wallace	4 May 1859	IV	1859	367


VOLUME V

President's Address	Dr Anderson		V	1860	1
Fossil Rain Markings and Fucoid Impressions on Sandstone Near Newtonards	James Bryce, LL.D FGS		V	1860	4
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1859-60			V	1860	5
Office Bearers 1860-61			V	1860	6
On the Geological Structure of Ben-Nevis	Dr Bryce		V	1860	6
On the Relations of Deposits of Common Salt to Climate	Henry D Rogers, FRS, Hon. FRSE, FGS		V	1860	7
Notes on a Tour in Iceland in 1959	David Mackinlay		V	1860	10
On the Motion of the Strings of a Violin	Professor H Helmholz		V	1860	17
Some Results in Electro-Magnetism, Obtained with the Balance Galvanometer	George Blair, MA	16 January 1861	V	1861	21
Remarks Upon the Fall of Rain in the Districts Supplying Glasgow with Water	James M Gale, CE	30 January 1861	V	1861	29
Report of the Temperature and Rainfall etc., of the Year 1860, Observed at Cessnock Park	Robert Hart	30 January 1861	V	1861	35
On the Stalactitic Sulphate of Barytes Found in Derbyshire	Walter Crum, FRS		V	1861	39
On Street Railways	T Currie Gregory, CE		V	1861	41
Notes on a Journey Across the Cordilleras of the Andes from the Coast of the Pacific Ocean to Chquisaca	Mathie Hamilton, MD		V	1861	51
On the Uses of the Antennae of Corystes Cassivelaunus, the masked Crab	David Robertson	13 March 1861	V	1861	55
On the Origin of Cyclones	Professor H D Rogers	13 March 1861	V	1861	57
On Explosions of Fire-damp in Coal Mines	Mark Fryar, FGS	27 March 1861	V	1861	61
On the Whin Floats and Dykes of Ayrshire	John Goodall	27 March 1861	V	1861	71
On an Apparatus for Indicating the Proportion of Fire-damp in the Atmosphere of Coal Mines	John Taylor, MD	10 April 1861	V	1861	75
A Method of Increasing the Efficiency of Watertight Bulkheads in Iron Ships and of Rendering them Available as a Means of Preventing Destruction by Fire	John Taylor, MD	24 April 1861	V	1861	80
Notice of a Series of Osteological Specimens, Illustrating Contrasts and Deviations From the Common Type of the Mammalia	Dr Allen Thomson	24 April 1861	V	1861	82
President's Address, Session 1861-62	Professor Rankine		V	1861	83
Absract of Treasurer's Account 1860-61			V	1861	90
Office Bearers 1861-62			V	1861	90
On Accidents by Fire from the Prevailing Use of Crinoline	Francis H Thomson, MD		V	1861	92
Effects of the Frost of December 1860, in the Vale of Clyde	Peter Clark		V	1861	99
On the Geolgical Structure of the Ben Nevis Group of Mountains	James Bryce, LL.D FGS	15 January 1862	V	1862	104
On the Flora and Climate of the Island of Cumbrae	William Keddie	15 January 1862	V	1862	105
On the Distribution of Marine Algae on the C.L.T. Buoys in the Clyde	Jhn Grieve, MA, MD, and David Robertson	15 January 1862	V	1862	121
On the Use of Mechanical Hypothesis in Science and Especially in the Theory of Heat	W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D, FRS	15 January 1862	V	1862	126
On Co-operative Societies in Glasgow	John D Campbell		V	1862	133
Joint Address of Condolence to the Queen on the Death of Prince Albert			V	1862	140
Mechanical Theory of the Predominance of the Right Hand over the Left	Andrew Buchanan, MD	12 March 1862	V	1862	142
On a New Instrument for Measuring Electric Resistance in Absolute Units	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	26 March 1862	V	1862	167
On the Rigidity of the Earth	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	26 March 1862	V	1862	169
On the Landslip and Movement of the Moss in Auchengray Estate, Slamannan, on 12th and 15th August 1861	Thmas Gibb	23 April 1862	V	1862	170
Notes on Dyeing and Dyed Coulours in Ancient Times	James Napier, FCS	23 April 1862	V	1862	175
President's Address, Session 1862-63	Professor Rankine		V	1862	199
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for session 1861-62			V	1862	208
Office Bearers, 1862-63			V	1862	208
Black and Clayband Ironstones; Their Composition and Valuation	James Napier		V	1862	210
On Sections of Least Resistance for Ships of Limited Breadth and Limited Draft of Water	James Robert Napier		V	1862	217
The Government Scheme for Aiding Instruction in Science	John Mayer		V	1863	222
On the Chemistry of Coal-tar Colours	C Greville Williams, FRS	25 March 1863	V	1863	232
On Pisciculture	George Anderson	8 April 1863	V	1863	233
On the Recent Discovery of the Remains of a Cetacean in the Banks of the River Irvine	Rev Henry Crosskey	22 April 1863	V	1863	243
On the Tertiary Coal of Borneo, Sarawak, with a section	James Russell	22 April 1863	V	1863	246
History of the Invention of the Optical Illusion Called the "Ghost"	Dr John Taylor		V	1863	255
On the Utlilisation of Seaweed	Edward Alfred Wunsch		V	1863	260
Memoir of the Glasgow Cathedral Windows	C Heath Wilson		V	1864	271
A Practical Application of Dialysis	Alexander Whitelaw		V	1864	293
Notes on the Determination of the Time at the Observatory of the Glasgow University	Professor Grant	9 March 1864	V	1864	300
Remarks on the Great Lakes Titicaha and Aullaga in Upper Peru and Bolivia	Mathie Hamilton, MD	23 March 1864	V	1864	314
On the Prevention of Smoke, and the Means Adopted by the Authorities of Glasgow for its Suppression	William Gorman	20 April 1864	V	1864	321
On a Section of Glacial Clay at Errol, Perthshire	Rev Henry Crosskey	20 April 1864	V	1864	329
Minutes			V	1863	332
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts, Session 1862-63			V	1863	333
Office Bearers for 1863-64			V	1863	334
Report on Patent laws			V	1863	336
Society Journal Index : Volumes 6-10 : 1864-1877
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME VI

On a Means of Preventing Accidents in Diving Bells	Dr John Taylor	5 April 1865	VI	1865	1
On an Electrical Apparatus for Detecting the Presence of Pieces of Metal, such as Musket Balls, &c., in Gunshot Wounds	Dr John Taylor	5 April 1865	VI	1865	9
Description of a Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace, Constructed for Heating Iron	William Gorman	19 April 1865	VI	1865	12
Minutes, 1864-65			VI	1864	20
Obituary Notices of Alexander Hastie, Esq., and Dr Robert Dundas Thomson			VI	1864	20
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1863-64			VI	1864	23
Office Bearers for 1864-65			VI	1864	24
Minutes Connected with the Exhibition of 1846-47			VI	1864	28
On the Most Profitable Speed for a Fully Laden Cargo Steamer for a Given Voyage	James R Napier		VI	1865	33
On the Luminosity of the Sea	David Robertson and William Keddie, FRSE		VI	1865	38
On Petroleum	Henry D Rogers, LL.D, FRS		VI	1865	48
On Electrically Impelled and Electrically Controlled Clocks	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	24 January 1866	VI	1866	61
On a Land Standard Electrometer and a Marine and Land Telegraphic Testing Electrometer	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	24 January 1866	VI	1866	64
A Few Remarks on the Treatment of Cattle Plague	Richard Brown	7 February 1866	VI	1866	66
On the Determination and Difference of Longtitude Between the Observatories of Greenwich and Glasgow by Galvanic Signals	Robert Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS		VI	1866	80
On the Function of Articulate Speech, and on its Connection with the Mind and Bodily Organs	W T Gairdner, MD	7 March 1866	VI	1866	87
On the Estimation of the Evaporative Power of Fuel	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, LL.D, FRS	18 April 1866	VI	1866	123
Minutes, 1865-66			VI	1865	127
On the Workshops of Glasgow	Francis H Thomson, President		VI	1866	137
On the Water of the River and Frith of Clyde	Dr R Angus Smith, FRS		VI	1866	154
On the Scientific Premonitions of the Ancients: I. Greek Geology	John Young, MD, FRSE		VI	1866	163
On the Proposed Extension of the Factory Act, and its Probable Effects on Juvenile Labour and Education in Glasgow	John D Campbell	23 January 1867	VI	1867	183
On the Phrase "Potential Energy" and on the Definitions of Physical Quantities	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, LL.D, FRSS	23 January 1867	VI	1867	186
Notice of Two New Instruments	John Young, MD, FRSE		VI	1867	191
On Vortex Atoms	Professor Sir William Thomson	6 March 1867	VI	1867	197
Heights, and Other Particulars of the November Meteors	A Herschel, BA, FRAS	3 April 1867	VI	1867	207
Results Obtained from Heating Scrap Iron in the Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace	William Gorman	17 April 1867	VI	1867	215
On Recent Discoveries in the Structure of the Inner Ear	Dr Allen Thomson	17 April 1867	VI	1867	221
Minutes, 1866-67			VI	1866	223
Opening Address by the President	Dr Francis H Thomson		VI	1867	233
On Some Points and Certain Theories Concerning the Purpose and Primal Condition of the Great Pyramid of Jeezeh	St John Vincent Day, CE	20 January 1868	VI	1868	254
On a New Plastic Material	Edmund Hunt	18 March 1868	VI	1868	309
On the Present State of Some Branches of Iron Metallurgy	St. John Vincent Day, CE	1 April 1868	VI	1868	311
On the Sources of Sulphur Used in the Manufacture of Oil of Vitriol, or Sulphuric Acid	James Mactear	29 April 1868	VI	1868	337
Notes on the Post-tertiary Geology of Norway	Rev. Henry Crosskey and David Robertson	29 April 1868	VI	1868	346
On the Recovery of Sulphur from Alkali Waste	Ludwig Mond		VI	1868	363
On Animal Charcoal, Particularly in Relation to its Use in Sugar Refining	William Wallace, PhD, FRSE		VI	1868	377
On the Estimation of Potassium	James Chalmers and Robert Tatlock, FCS		VI	1868	390
Minutes, 1867-68			VI	1867	406
Donations to the Library, Session 1867-68			VI	1868	416
Index to Volume VI			VI	1868	421


VOLUME VII

Opening Address by the President, Session 1868-69	Dr Francis H Thomson		VII	1868	1
On the Chemistry of Sugar Manufacture and Sugar Refining	Dr Wallace, FRSE, FCE		VII	1868	22
On the methods and Recent Progress of Spectrum Analysis	A S Hershel, BA, FRAS	1 March 1869	VII	1869	38
On the Examination of the "Flame" of the Bessemer Converter	Thomas Rowan, FSC, FRSSA	29 March 1869	VII	1869	41
On the Igniting Point of the Vapours of Some Commercial Products	W R Hutton		VII	1868	49
A Chemist's View of the Sewage Question	Edward C C Stanford, FCS	19 April 1869	VII	1869	53
On the Extension of the Coalfields in England Beneath the More Recent Geological Formations	Edward Hull, FRS	10 March 1869	VII	1869	64
The Salt Deposits at Strassfurt	J H Bald and James Mactear	18 January 1869	VII	1869	67
The Sun's Distance and Parallax	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	14 April 1869	VII	1869	76
Recent Researches into the Post-tertiary Geology of Scotland	Rev Henry W Crosskey, FGS		VII	1868	92
On the Physical Constitution of the Sun, as Revealed by the Phenomena of Solar Eclipses	R Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS	24 March 1869	VII	1869	103
Minutes			VII	1868	113
Report of the Council on the State of the Society			VII	1868	115
Report of Chemical Section		28 April 1869	VII	1869	126
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		28 April 1869	VII	1869	127
Donations to the Library			VII	1869	133
Opening Address by the President, Session 1869-70	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VII	1869	137
Discussion on Patents for Inventions			VII	1869	158
On the Principles Affecting the Solvency of a Life Assurance Company, and the Best Means of Protecting the Public Against Their Violation	James R Macfadyen	26 January 1870	VII	1870	221
On Defects of House Construction in Glasgow as a Cause of Mortality	Dr W T Gairdner	9 February 1870	VII	1870	245
Discussion of Defects of House Construction in Glasgow			VII	1870	258
A Glance at Some of the Vital and Social Statistics of Glasgow in 1869	William West Watson, FSS	9 March 1870	VII	1870	262
Discussion on the Vital and Social Statistics in Glasgow		9 March 1870	VII	1870	286
On the Appearance and Chemical Constitution of Ancient Glass Found in Tombs in the Island of Cyprus	John M Thomson	23 March 1870	VII	1870	288
On the Syenitic Rocks of Westfield, near Linlithgow	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS	4 May 1870	VII	1870	293
On China Grass, Rheea, or Ramee Fibre	William Keddie, FRSE	4 May 1870	VII	1870	296
Note on the Action of House Sewage on Lead Pipes	Edward C C Stanford, FCS		VII	1869	307
On the Estimation of Iodine and Bromine, with Special Reference to the Analysis of Kelp	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCS		VII	1869	308
On the Chemistry of Coal-smoke	W R Hutton		VII	1869	313
On Artificial Alizarine	J Wallace Young	17 January 1870	VII	1870	316
Notes of Experiments on Artificial Alizarine	John Christie	31 January 1870	VII	1870	318
Note on a Specimen of Shell Sand From the Island of Coll	Edward C C Stanford, FCS		VII	1870	323
On a Method of Obtaining a Continuous Current of Air or Gas Under Pressure, for Blow-pipe or Other Purposes	T L Patterson, FCS	28 March 1870	VII	1870	323
On the Examination of Air	Dr R Angus Smith, FRS	25 April 1870	VII	1870	326
Minutes			VII	1869	331
Report of Council on the State of the Society			VII	1869	332
Report of Librarian on the State of the Library			VII	1869	336
Report of the Architectural Section		12 January 1870	VII	1870	343
Report of Chemical Section		4 May 1870	VII	1870	351
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		4 May 1870	VII	1870	353
Opening Address of the President, Session 1870-71	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VII	1870	359
Note on Stevenson's Light for Ships	James R Napier, FRS		VII	1870	386
The Farmer and the Chemist	James Napier Sen., FCS		VII	1870	387
On a Wind-direction Rain Gauge	James R Napier, FRS		VII	1870	398
On the Attractions and Repulsions due to Vibration Observed by Guthrie and Schellbach	Professor Sir William Thomson, LL.D, FRS		VII	1870	401
Observations of the Recent Eclipse of the Sun in Spain	Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS	25 January 1871	VII	1871	405
The Eclipse Observations in Sicily	Dr T E Thorpe	25 January 1871	VII	1871	413
On Helmholtz's Analysis of the Vowel Sounds	Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS	8 February 1871	VII	1871	417
The Theory of the Death Rate, with Measurements of the Comparative Force of Mortality in Glasgow and Other Cities	James R Macfadyen		VII	1871	425
On Some Sources of Error in Volumetric Analysis	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCE		VII	1870	442
Note on Scientific Education in National Elementary Schools	Henry W Crosskey, FGS	8 March 1871	VII	1871	446
Discussion on Mr Crosskey's Paper		8 March 1871	VII	1871	450
On the Chemical Constitution of Paraffin	Dr T E Thorpe	13 March 1871	VII	1871	454
Notes on the Analysis of an Earthball and Intestinal Calculi from the Horse	James F Stark, FCS	27 March 1871	VII	1871	456
Preliminary Notice on the Action of Chloride of Zinc upon Morphia and Papaverine, and on the Action of Nitrous Acid, Bleaching Powder and Hydrochloric Acid upon Morphia	E L Mayer	27 March 1871	VII	1871	459
Notes on the Cemetery of Staglieno near Genoa	Charles Heath Wilson	22 March 1871	VII	1871	472
On Some Evidences as to the Very Early Uses of Iron and on Certain Old Bits of Iron in Particular	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	12 April 1871	VII	1871	476
Minutes			VII	1870	289
Report of Council on the State of the Society			VII	1870	490
Report of the Librarian on the State of the Library			VII	1870	492
Report of Chemical Section		12 April 1871	VII	1871	501
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		12 April 1871	VII	1871	503


VOLUME VIII

Opening Address by the Retiring President	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VIII	1871	1
The Astronomy of the Nineteenth Century: Inaugural Address	Professor Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS		VIII	1871	39
Comparison of the Vital Statistics of the Different Districts of Glasgow for the Two Years, 1869 and 1870	Alexander Scott		VIII	1871	78
Biogenesis, as Bearing upon Decomposition, Putrefecation and Decay	Dr Robert Bell	10 January 1872	VIII	1872	101
On the Drainage and Sewerage of Towns	John Phillips, CE	7 February 1872	VIII	1872	112
On Pressure Logs for Measuring the Speed of Ships	James R Napier, FRS	15 March 1872	VIII	1872	146
On the Results of the Recent Solar Eclipse	Dr T E Thorpe, FRSE	6 March 1872	VIII	1872	160
On the Analysis of Chrome Ore	John Clark, PhD		VIII	1871	174
On Some Experiments with Fehling's Copper Solution	T L Patterson, FCS	11 March 1872	VIII	1872	177
On a Double Sulphide of Gold and Silver	M M Pattison Muir, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	184
On the Action of Dilute Saline Solutions Upon Lead	M M Pattison Muir, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	184
The Jargons and Zircons of Ceylon	M H Cochrane, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	186
On the Separation of Phosphoric Acid, Ferric Oxide, Alumina, Lime and Magnesia	Thomas Robertson Ogilvie, FCS	29 April 1872	VIII	1872	189
On the Part which Ferric and Aluminic Oxides Play in the Manufacture of Superphosphate and on the Comparative Value of Mineral Phosphates	T L Patterson, FCS	29 April 1872	VIII	1872	194
On Some Evidences as to the Very Early Use of Iron	St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE		VIII	1872	235
Volcanic Vapours of Mount Vesuvius	James Anderson		VIII	1872	268
Livingstone Relief Expedition, via the Congo	James R Napier, FRS		VIII	1872	278
On Flour-Mill Fire Explosions	Stevenson Macadam, PhD, FRSE		VIII	1872	280
On British Weights and Measures	James R Napier, FRS	8 January 1873	VIII	1873	288
Discussion on Mr Napier's Paper		8 January 1873	VIII	1873	307
On Numeral and Metral Systems	E L Garbett		VIII	1873	329
On the Purification of Water	Professor Bischof	22 January 1873	VIII	1873	357
The Transit of Venus in 1874	Professor G Forbes	19 March 1873	VIII	1873	373
Examination and Defence of the Principles Enunciated by Mr Lowe in his Letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow	William Miller		VIII	1872	394
The Mint Bank-note of the Future	James Anderson	17 March 1873	VIII	1873	417
Technical Education	David Sandeman	9 April 1873	VIII	1873	421
Discussion on Mr Sandeman's Paper		9 April 1873	VIII	1873	431
Bank Acts and the Rate of Discount	Stephen Mason	3 March 1873	VIII	1873	443
On the Decomposition of Sulphate of Potash by Nitrate of Soda	William Henderson	13 January 1873	VIII	1873	457
On the Past and Present of Iron Smelting	St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	3 April 1873	VIII	1873	464
Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society, the Library and Reports from the Sections			VIII		208
Additions to the Library			VIII		227


VOLUME IX

On Some Indications of a Daily Periodicity in the Vital Functions of Man	James Finlayson , MD		IX	1873	1
On the Analysis and Purification of Water	Professor Gustav Bischof		IX	1873	18
On Water Supply	Dr Stevenson Macadam, FRSE, FCS	21 January 1874	IX	1874	23
On the Economy of Fuel in Domestic Arrangements	James R Napier, FRS	4 February 1873	IX	1873	35
On the Economical Combustion of Coal Gas	Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS	4 March 1874	IX	1874	57
On the Cubic Space and on the Volume of Air Necessary for Ensuring the Salubrity of Inhabited Places	James R Napier, FRS	1 April 1874	IX	1874	81
On the Effects of Loch Katrine Water on Galvanised Iron	James R Napier, FRS	1 April 1874	IX	1874	87
On the Methods in Use for Determining the Value of Animal and Vegetable Oils	J J Coleman, FCS	12 January 1874	IX	1874	89
On the Measurement of the Chemical Action of Sunlight	Dr Thomas E Thorpe, FRSE	29 April 1874	IX	1874	108
On Deep Sea Sounding by Piano-forte Wire	Professor Sir William Thomson, LLD, FRS	18 March 1874	IX	1874	111
On Corals of the Carboniferous Limestone-genus Aspidiophyllum	James Thomson, FGS		IX	1874	153
Address to the Chemical Section of the Society	Edward C C Stanford, FCS (President)		IX	1874	163
On the Apparent Absence of Air and Water from the Moon	Francis Napier		IX	1874	175
Experiments on Fluid Jets and Induced Currents	Alexander Morton		IX	1874	179
On an Apparatus for Testing the Lubricating Powers of Various Liquids	R D Napier		IX	1874	188
On the Action between the Loch Katrine Water Supplied to Glasgow and Various Metals	James R Napier, FRS		IX	1874	202
On the Immediate Results of the Operations of the Glasgow Improvement Trust at Last May Term, as Regards the Inhabitants Displaced, &c.	Dr James B Russell		IX	1874	207
Air and Water, in Relation to Public Health	Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS		IX	1875	226
Notes on Niagara, &c.	W Keddie, FRSE		IX	1874	242
On a Waste-preventing Water Supply Apparatus	Matthew Crawford	10 March 1875	IX	1875	257
A Method of Trisecting an Angle	James N Miller	10 March 1875	IX	1875	260
On M'Kay's Machine for Boring Tube-plates, or Other Plates of Metal	William Dron		IX	1875	262
Notes on a Tour in Germany, With Special Inquiry Regarding the Provisions for Scientific and Technical Education	Dr James Bryce, MA, FRSE	27 January 1875	IX	1875	267
A Method for the Interpolation and Summation of Numerical series	John Donald		IX	1875	272
On a Self-acting Railway Train Brake	James Steel		IX	1875	281
On the High Antiquity of Iron and Steel	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	26 April 1875	IX	1875	296
On the Ageing of Whisky and Other Spirits	Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	329
On the Germ Theory of Putrification	Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCE	28 April 1875	IX	1875	329
On Fractured Rivets from a Steam-Boiler	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	330
On a Method of Spinning Tops	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	331
On the Conical Filter of Greatest Capacity for a Given Slant Height or Radius of Filter Paper	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	332
Note on Experiments with Giroud's Rheometer	William Foulis	28 April 1875	IX	1875	332
Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society and on the Library, and Reports from Sections			IX		119
Additions to the Library			IX		134
List of Members of the Society			IX		147


VOLUME X

Report on the Production of Nitric Acid from the Free Nitrogen of the Air	E M Dixon, BSC		X	1875	1
On the Economy of Napier's Stove	J Mackenzie, CE		X	1875	19
On a Waste-preventing Water Tap	William Ross		X	1875	21
On a Boat-lowering Apparatus	Captain Barr		X	1875	24
On a Rope Catch for Turners	James R Napier, FRS		X	1875	25
On a Sandpaper Catch for Turners	James R Napier, FRS		X	1875	25
On a Simple Means of Keeping Biscuits, &c., Dry