Journal Index Vol 1 onwards to 1952
Society Journal Index : Volumes 1-5 : 1841-1864 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW |
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VOLUME I |
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On the Oxides of Bismuth | Professor Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS | 3 February 1841 | I | 1841 | 4 |
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On the Melting Points of Metals | Professor Lewis D B Gordon | I | 1841 | 10 |
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On the Means of Extinguishing Fires in Factories | D Mackain MICE | I | 1841 | 13 |
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The Cultivation of Plants in Close Cases | William Gourlie | I | 1841 | 16 |
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On Chlorimetry and on a New Mode of Testing Weak Solutions of Bleaching Powder | Walter Crum | I | 1841 | 17 |
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On Ventilation of the Glasgow Fever Hospital | D Mackain | 26 January 1842 | I | 1842 | 24 |
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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 |
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Report on the Best Means of Supplying the Poor with Cheap and Nutritious Food | Dr R D Thomson | I | 1842 | 29 |
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On Dynamometrical Apparatus; or the Measurement of the Mechanical Effect of Moving Powers | Professor Gordon | I | 1842 | 41 |
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On the Fertilization of Plants | Dr Balfour | 8 March 1842 | I | 1842 | 43 |
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On an Improved Method of Preparing Oxygen Gas | John Joseph Griffin | 8 March 1842 | I | 1842 | 44 |
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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 |
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Notice of Divi-divi | John Stenhouse, PhD | 22 March 1842 | I | 1842 | 47 |
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On Artificial Ultramarine | John Stenhouse, PhD | 22 March 1842 | I | 1842 | 49 |
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Comparative Experiments Made with Different Manures | John Wilson | 6 April 1842 | I | 1842 | 51 |
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On the Nature and Cure of Blindness Produced by Oil of Vitriol | Robert D Thomson, MD | 20 April 1842 | I | 1842 | 52 |
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On the Statical Relations of the Gases | John Joseph Griffin | 21 April 1842 | I | 1842 | 53 |
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Notice of Some New Minerals | Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS L&E, MRIA | I | 1842 | 61 |
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Notice of Some Recent Additions to Chemistry | I | 1842 | 68 |
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On the Melting Points of Alloys of Lead, Tin, Bismuth and Zinc | Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS | I | 1842 | 77 |
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Notices of Some Recent Botanical Facts | I | 1842 | 82 |
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Practical Remarks on Blast Surfaces | George Thomson | 4 January 1843 | I | 1843 | 84 |
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Experiments on Various Manures | Lord Blantyre | 18 January 1843 | I | 1843 | 93 |
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Results of Experiments with Manure on Potatoes | Dugald Dove | 18 January 1843 | I | 1843 | 94 |
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Experiments with Manures on Oats and Turnips -1842 | William McLintock | I | 1843 | 97 |
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On the Manner in Which Cotton Unites with Colouring Matter | Walter Crum | 1 February 1843 | I | 1843 | 98 |
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On a Specimen of Artificial Asbestos | F Penny PhD | 1 February 1843 | I | 1843 | 104 |
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Notice of New Zealand Minerals | 1 February 1843 | I | 1843 | 105 |
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Notice of the Fossil Plants in the Glasgow Geological Museum | William Gourlie | I | 1843 | 105 |
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Section of Lanarkshire Coal Field | William Murray | I | 1843 | 113 |
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On the Vital Statistics of Five Large Towns of Scotland | Alexander Watt | 1 March 1843 | I | 1843 | 114 |
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Examination of the Cowdie Pine Resin | Robert D Thomson MD | 15 March 1843 | I | 1843 | 123 |
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On the Fibrin Contained in Animal Fluids | Andrew Buchanan MD | 29 March 1843 | I | 1843 | 131 |
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New Mode of Employing Creasote for the Preservation of Butchers' Meat and Fish | John Stenhouse PhD | 12 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 145 |
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On the Existence of Chalk Deposits in Brazil | George Gardner FLS | 12 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 146 |
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Report on the State of Disease in Scotland | 12 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 153 |
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Remarks on the Comet of March 1843 | William Gourlie | 26 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 156 |
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A New Kind of Charcoal Support for Blowpipe Experiments | John Joseph Griffin | 26 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 158 |
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The Nutritive Power of Bread and Flour of Different Countries | Robert D Thomson, MD | 26 April 1843 | I | 1843 | 163 |
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On Coal Gas | Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS, L&E, MRIA | I | 1843 | 165 |
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On the Formation of a Friendly Society for the Professional and Mercantile Classes | William Spens | I | 1843 | 177 |
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On Parietin, a Yellow Colouring Matter, and on the Inorganic Food of Lichens | Robert D Thomson, MD | I | 1843 | 182 |
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The Laws of Mortality at Different Ages | Alexander Watt, LLD | 3 January 1844 | I | 1844 | 193 |
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Table of Specific Gravities of Some Crystallized Salts | John Adam | 17 January 1844 | I | 1844 | 199 |
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Note on the State in which Fibrin Exists in the Blood | Andrew Anderson MD | 31 January 1844 | I | 1844 | 200 |
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Antarctic Minerals | 31 January 1844 | I | 1844 | 207 |
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Note on the Measure of Impact, by Pressure or Weight | Professor L Gordon | I | 1844 | 208 |
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Short Account of a Botanical Excursion to Galloway and Dumfriesshire in August, 1843 | J H Balfour MD | I | 1844 | 209 |
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On Life Insurance | William Spens | 13 March 1844 | I | 1844 | 217 |
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On the White or Opaque Serum of the Blood | Andrew Buchanan MD | 13 March 1844 | I | 1844 | 226 |
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On the Impurity of Some Drugs | David Murdoch | 27 March 1844 | I | 1844 | 236 |
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Printing for the Blind | John Alston | 10 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 239 |
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On the Supposed Influence of the Moon Upon the Weather | Walter Crum | 10 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 243 |
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On a Theoretical Rule for the Compression of Water | Daniel MacKain, MInstCE | 10 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 249 |
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Report of Statistical Section | 12 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 256 |
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Test of Formula for Discharge of Water Through Pipes | L D B Gordon | 12 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 258 |
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Description of a Steam Boiler | James Johnston | 12 April 1844 | I | 1844 | 262 |
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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 |
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VOLUME II |
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Notice of a Visit to the Island of Lewis | James Smith | II | 1844 | 1 |
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Experiments with Manure on Potatoes and Turnips | Lord Blantyre | II | 1844 | 8 |
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Analysis of Two Species of Epiphytes, or Air Plants | John Thomson | II | 1844 | 9 |
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Account of a Dredging Excursion in the Firth of Clyde | Rev David Landsborough | 22 January 1845 | II | 1845 | 12 |
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Report from the Botanical Section | 22 January 1845 | II | 1845 | 13 |
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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 |
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Analysis of Ceradia Resin | R D Thomson MD | 5 February 1845 | II | 1845 | 14 |
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Report from the Botanical Section | II | 1845 | 15 |
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On the Coagulation of the Blood and Other Fibriniferous Liquids | A Buchanan MD | II | 1845 | 16 |
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Botanical Excursion to the Mull of Cantyre or Kintyre and the Island of Islay, in August 1844 | J H Balfour MD | II | 1845 | 22 |
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On the State of the Blood After Taking Food | A Buchanan MD | 5 March 1845 | II | 1845 | 49 |
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Conversational Meeting | 12 March 1845 | II | 1845 | 65 |
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On the Action of Bleaching Powder on the Salts of Copper and Lead | W Crum | 19 March 1845 | II | 1845 | 68 |
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On the Unemployed Lands of Great Britain | G Sutherland | 30 April 1845 | II | 1845 | 73 |
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Nepaul Barley | 30 April 1845 | II | 1845 | 75 |
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Report from the Botanical Section | 27 May 1845 | II | 1845 | 76 |
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Biographical Account of the Late Dr John Dalton | T Thomson MD | II | 1845 | 79 |
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Abstract of Treasurers Account | II | 1845 | 88 |
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On the Artificial Production of the Potato Disease | W Crum | II | 1845 | 90 |
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On the Mode of Testing Minute Quantities of Alcohol | R D Thomson MD | 7 January 1846 | II | 1846 | 94 |
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On the Analysis of Some Minerals | R D Thomson MD | 7 January 1846 | II | 1846 | 97 |
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Reports from the Botanical Section | 24 June 1845 | II | 1845 | 100 |
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On the Wound of the Ferret | A Buchanan MD | 4 February 1846 | II | 1846 | 104 |
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Theory of the Reaction Water Wheel | W M Buchanan | 1 April 1846 | II | 1846 | 111 |
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On Caries, or Decay of the Teeth | F Hay Thomson MD | 15 April 1846 | II | 1846 | 131 |
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Table, Showing the State of Education in the City of Glasgow in 1846 | 29 April 1846 | II | 1846 | 134 |
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Abstract of treasurer's Account | II | 1846 | 135 |
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On the Chemistry of Food | II | 1846 | 137 |
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Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow and Neighbourhood | 13 January 1847 | II | 1847 | 138 |
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On the Temperature of the Earth | L D B Gordon | 27 January 1847 | II | 1847 | 140 |
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Account of the Society's Exhibition During the Christmas Holidays | A Liddell | II | 1847 | 145 |
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On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether | A Buchananan MD | II | 1847 | 153 |
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On the Arithmetical Calculation of the Contents of Solids | Thomas Clark MD | 31 March 1847 | II | 1847 | 161 |
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On the Analysis of a Slag, from a Lime Kiln | J Brown | 31 March 1847 | II | 1847 | 163 |
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On a Method for the Analysis of Bodies Containing Nitric Acid and on Explosive Cotton | W Crum | 14 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 163 |
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Notice of Stirling's Air Engine | William Thomson | 21 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 169 |
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Mr Liddell's Concluding Report of the Society's Exhibition | 28 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 170 |
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On the Chemical Composition of the Substances Employed in Pottery | R A Couper | 28 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 171 |
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On the Analysis of Molydbate of Lead | John Brown | 28 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 180 |
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On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether (Continued from Page 161) | Dr Buchanan | 28 April 1847 | II | 1847 | 184 |
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Report on the Library | II | 1847 | 191 |
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Notice of the Geology and Climate of Nice | Dr T Thomson | II | 1847 | 192 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Report | II | 1847 | 196 |
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Reprt from Botanical Section | II | 1847 | 197 |
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On the Geology of the Island of Bute | J Bryce | II | 1847 | 198 |
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Reprt from the Botanical Section | II | 1847 | 209 |
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On the Native Agriculture of the Lews | James Smith | 5 January 1848 | II | 1848 | 210 |
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Notes on the Proportions of the Pyramids of Egypt | G A Walker Arnott | 19 January 1848 | II | 1848 | 214 |
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On the Preparation of Chloroform | J King | 19 January 1848 | II | 1848 | 219 |
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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 |
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A New Self-Acting Railway Break | Mr Montgomery | 2 February 1848 | II | 1848 | 225 |
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On the Mode of Preparing Manila Hemp | T McMicking | II | 1848 | 226 |
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List of Zoophytes Found in the West of Scotland | Rev D Landsborough | 1 March 1848 | II | 1848 | 230 |
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History and Description of the Kelp Manufacture | C F O Glassford | 15 March 1848 | II | 1848 | 241 |
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Contributions to a Sanatory Report on Glasgow | 29 March 1848 | II | 1848 | 260 |
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Analysis of Titwood Mineral Water | E T Wood and Thomas Coutts | 29 March 1848 | II | 1848 | 261 |
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On the Composition of the Products of the Soda Manufacture | John Brown | 12 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 262 |
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Table Exhibiting the Composition of Salt and Products of the Soda Manufacture | 12 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 282 |
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Note on the Composition of Shea Butter and Chinese Vegetable Tallow | R D Thomson and Mr Wood | 26 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 283 |
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On the Yellow Prussiate of Potash Cake | H B Tennent | 26 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 286 |
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Report from the Botanical Section | 26 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 291 |
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On the Introduction of Anomalous Genera into Natural Orders | G A Walker Arnott, LLD | 18 April 1848 | II | 1848 | 292 |
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VOLUME III |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1848 | 5 |
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On Piassava or Piacaba | Dr Arnott | III | 1848 | 6 |
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On Two New Salts of Chromic Acid | Archibald Duncan Jun. | III | 1848 | 7 |
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On the Measurement of Heights, by Means of the Boiling Point of Water | G A Walker Arnott, LLD | III | 1848 | 8 |
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On the Structure of Staffa and the Giant's Causeway | James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS | 3 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 19 |
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Note on the Altered Dolomites of the Island of Bute | James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS | 3 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 20 |
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Electric Light | Mr Glassford | 17 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 22 |
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Locomotive Carriages | Professor Gordon | 31 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 24 |
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Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow | 14 March 1849 | III | 1849 | 26 |
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Tables of the Fall of Rain at Greenock | 29 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 27 |
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Analysis of the Yam | James Patterson | 29 January 1849 | III | 1849 | 30 |
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Chloropicrine | Mr Stenhouse | 28 March 1849 | III | 1849 | 32 |
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On the Geological Features of the District of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire | William Ferguson | 11 April 1849 | III | 1849 | 33 |
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Report from the Botanical Section | 25 April 1849 | III | 1849 | 50 |
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Account of a Botanical Excursion to the Rhinns of Galloway | G A Walker Arnott, LL.D | 18 April 1849 | III | 1849 | 51 |
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On a Peculiar Fibre of Cotton which is Incapable of Being Dyed | Walter Crum, FRS | 18 April 1849 | III | 1849 | 61 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1849 | 65 |
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Report of the State of Library | III | 1849 | 67 |
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New Portable Smith's Forge | III | 1849 | 68 |
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Office Bearers of the Society | III | 1849 | 69 |
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On Some Remarkable Effects of Lightning Observed in Moniemail, Cupar, Fife | William Thomson, MA | III | 1849 | 69 |
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On Sanitary Reform and the Use of Sewage Water of Towns | James Smith | III | 1849 | 73 |
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On Reinsch's Process for the Detection of Arsenic | Harry Rainy, MD | III | 1849 | 77 |
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On the Occurrence of Sugar in the Animal Economy | Arthur Mitchell | III | 1850 | 85 |
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On the Parallel Roads of Lochaber | James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS | 6 March 1850 | III | 1850 | 99 |
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Composition of Some Fermented Liquors | John Wright Currie | 3 April 1850 | III | 1850 | 109 |
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The Electric Telegraph | Mr Mitchell | 3 April 1850 | III | 1850 | 111 |
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On the Geological Structure of the Peninsula of Rosneath, Renfrew and Argyll | James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS | 17 April 1850 | III | 1850 | 113 |
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Observations and Experiments on the Paper Manufacture | John Macadam | 17 April 1850 | III | 1850 | 127 |
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Botanical Report | III | 1849 | 132 |
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Biographical Account of Dr Wollaston | Thomas Thomson, MD | III | 1850 | 135 |
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Report on the State of Library | III | 1850 | 145 |
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Office Bearers of the Society | III | 1850 | 146 |
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Notice of a Marine Deposit Containing Shells, Lately Discovered in Sauchiehall Street | William Fersuson | III | 1850 | 147 |
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Report of the Botanical Section | 5 February 1851 | III | 1851 | 154 |
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Notice of the Species of Salvadora | G A Walker Arnott, LL.D | 5 February 1851 | III | 1851 | 155 |
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On Copper Sheathing and the Probable Cause of its Deterioration | James Napier, FCS | 5 February 1851 | III | 1851 | 161 |
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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 |
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On the Estimation of the Commercial Value of Some Specimens of Black Oxide of Manganese | George William Brown | 19 March 1851 | III | 1851 | 185 |
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The Effects on Health of Inhaling the Fumes of Cynide of Potassium Solutions | James Napier | 2 April 1851 | III | 1851 | 188 |
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Report of the Botanical Section | 22 April 1851 | III | 1851 | 192 |
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Sketch of the Climate and Vegetation of the Himalaya | Thomas Thomson, MD | 22 April 1851 | III | 1851 | 193 |
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Thermometric Observations for 1850, Made at Windsor Terrace, Glasgow | James King | 22 April 1851 | III | 1851 | 204 |
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Chemical Examination of Drift Weed Kelp from Orkney | George William Brown | III | 1851 | 208 |
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Report of Librarian | III | 1851 | 219 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1851 | 220 |
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The Late Mr John Hart | III | 1851 | 222 |
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Office Bearers of the Society | III | 1851 | 224 |
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Notes on the Introduction of the Potato into Scotland | John Scouler, MD, LL.D, FLS | III | 1851 | 226 |
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Remarks upon Mineral Veins and Water Worn Stones | James Napier, FCS | 3 March 1852 | III | 1852 | 231 |
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Notice of the Vinegar Plant | Dr R D Thomson | 17 March 1852 | III | 1852 | 238 |
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Examination of the Waters of the Dead sea | Robert M Murray | 14 April 1852 | III | 1852 | 242 |
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The Force of Vapour from Saline water, as Applied to Marine Engines | Paul Cameron | 14 April 1852 | III | 1852 | 246 |
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Sketch of the Life and Labours of Dr Thomas Thomson, FRS, President of the Philosophical Society | Walter Crum, FRS | III | 1852 | 250 |
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Report of Librarian | III | 1852 | 265 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1852 | 267 |
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Office Bearers of the Society | III | 1852 | 268 |
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On the Economy of the Heating or Cooling of Buildings by Means of Currents of Air | Professor William Thomson | III | 1852 | 269 |
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On Ventilation | Mr John Ure | III | 1852 | 272 |
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On the General Law of Transformation of Energy | W J Macquorn Rankine | 5 January 1853 | III | 1853 | 276 |
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On the Mechanical Values of Distributions of Electricity, Magnetism, and Galvanism | Professor William Thomson | 19 January 1853 | III | 1853 | 281 |
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On Transient Electric Currents | Professor William Thomson | 19 January 1883 | III | 1853 | 285 |
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Illustrations of the Utility of Watertight Compartments in Iron Vessels | J R Napier | 2 February 1853 | III | 1853 | 289 |
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Experiments on the Evaporation of Water in Copper, Iron and Lead Vessels | J R Napier | 2 February 1853 | III | 1853 | 291 |
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On the Natro-Boro-Calcite, or 'Tiza' of Iquique | Thomas Anderson, MD | III | 1853 | 293 |
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On the Acetates and Other Compounds of Alumina | Walter Crum, FRS | 27 April 1853 | III | 1853 | 298 |
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Remarks Upon Sandstones used for Building | J Napier | 4 April 1853 | III | 1853 | 313 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1853 | 325 |
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Librarian's Report | III | 1853 | 327 |
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Office-Bearers of the Society | III | 1853 | 328 |
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Memorial on Ordnance Survey | 8 March 1854 | III | 1854 | 331 |
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Volumetrical Method for the Estimation of Yellow Prussiate of Potash | Mr Wallace | 19 April 1854 | III | 1854 | 332 |
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Damp Walls | J Napier | 3 May 1854 | III | 1854 | 333 |
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Spurious Coins | J Napier | 3 May 1854 | III | 1854 | 344 |
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Description of an Instrument for Measuring the Velocity of Ships and Currents | James R Napier | 3 May 1854 | III | 1854 | 350 |
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Death of Andrew Liddell | III | 1854 | 356 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | III | 1854 | 361 |
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Office-Bearers of the Society | III | 1854 | 363 |
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Remarks on Ships' Compasses | James R Napier | 24 January 1855 | III | 1855 | 365 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Outlines of the Science of Energetics | W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E | 18 April 1855 | III | 1855 | 381 |
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VOLUME IV |
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Presidents's Address 1855 | Dr Allen Thomson | IV | 1855 | 1 |
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Office Bearers | IV | 1855 | 5 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts | IV | 1855 | 6 |
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Memorial on the Ordnance Survey | IV | 1855 | 9 |
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Spontaneous Fracture of Cast Iron | J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D | IV | 1855 | 10 |
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On Metallurgy Among the Ancient Hebrews | James Napier | 9 January 1856 | IV | 1856 | 11 |
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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 |
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On the Stability of Factory Chimneys | J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D | 5 March 1856 | IV | 1856 | 14 |
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Notice of Discovery of a New Granite Tract in Arran | James Bryce, MA, FGS | 19 March 1856 | IV | 1856 | 18 |
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Report on the Low Temperatures of the Spring Months of the Year 1855 | James Bryce, MA, FGS | 16 April 1856 | IV | 1856 | 22 |
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President's Address 1856 | IV | 1856 | 39 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts | IV | 1856 | 42 |
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Metallic Iron in Trap Rock from Lochwinnoch | Dr Thomas Anderson | IV | 1856 | 44 |
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Office Bearers | IV | 1856 | 46 |
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On the Discovery of Native Copper in the Trap Rocks Near Barrhead | James Bryce, MA, FGS | IV | 1856 | 47 |
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On Coal-bearing Strata in the Island of Bute | James Bryce, MA, FGS | IV | 1856 | 49 |
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On the Geological Relations of Certain Copper Veins Recently Discovered in Bute | James Bryce, MA, FGS | IV | 1856 | 51 |
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An Adaptation of the Philosophy of Newton, Leibnitz and Boscovitch to the Atomic Theory | John Macvicar, DD | 28 January 1857 | IV | 1857 | 52 |
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On Bessemer's Process for Manufacturing Iron | William Cockey | IV | 1857 | 81 |
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On the Education of the Working Classes and the Best Means of Promoting it. | George Anderson | 11 March 1857 | IV | 1857 | 82 |
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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 |
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On Some Copper and Other Metallic Ores from Tarbet on Loch Long | James Bryce, MA, FGS | 25 March 1857 | IV | 1857 | 96 |
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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 |
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Notice of Some Iron Ores from Nova Scotia | James Bryce, MA, FGS | 26 March 1857 | IV | 1857 | 97 |
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On a New System of Sewage | Walter McFarlane | 8 April 1857 | IV | 1857 | 99 |
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Early History and Proceedings of the Society | W Keddie | IV | 1857 | 101 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts | IV | 1857 | 114 |
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Early History and Proceedings of the Society | W Keddie | IV | 1857 | 117 |
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Office Bearers | IV | 1857 | 129 |
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On Certain Phenomena Connected with Rotary Motion, the Gyroscope, Precession of the Equinoxes and Saturn's Rings | Edmund Hunt | IV | 1857 | 130 |
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On the Recent Progress and Present State of the Sciences of Meteorology and Terrestrial Magnetism, Part 1 | James Bryce, MA, FGS | IV | 1857 | 158 |
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The Different Conductivity of Samples of Copper Wire | Professor W Thomson | 13 January 1858 | IV | 1858 | 185 |
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On the Recent Progress of our Knowledge of the Chemical Elements | Dr Thomas Anderson | 27 January 1858 | IV | 1858 | 187 |
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On Incrustations in Steam Boilers | James Napier | IV | 1858 | 191 |
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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 |
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Additional Notes on Rotary Motion | Edmund Hunt | 24 March 1858 | IV | 1858 | 201 |
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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 |
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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 |
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President's Address, 1859 | IV | 1859 | 249 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account | IV | 1859 | 250 |
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Office Bearers | IV | 1859 | 251 |
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Periodical Printing of Proceedings | IV | 1859 | 252 |
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On the Cinephantic Colour Top | Edmund Hunt | IV | 1859 | 252 |
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Notes on a Visit to Iceland in the Summer of 1859 | David Mackinlay | IV | 1859 | 259 |
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Recent Investigations of M Le Verrier on the Motion of Mercury | William Thomson, MA, LL.D, FRS | IV | 1859 | 263 |
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On Photographed Images of Electric Sparks | Professor William Thomson | IV | 1859 | 266 |
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Note on the Bursting of the Reservoirs of Crinan Canal | William Keddie | IV | 1859 | 267 |
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Election of Honorary Members | 4 January 1860 | IV | 1860 | 271 |
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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 |
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On Instruments and Methods for Observing Electricity | Professor William Thomson | 4 January 1860 | IV | 1860 | 274 |
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On Incrustations of Boilers Using Sea Water | James R Napier | 18 January 1860 | IV | 1860 | 282 |
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On the Density of Steam | W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D, FRS | IV | 1860 | 285 |
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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 |
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On Spots on the Sun | Robert Hart | 1 February 1860 | IV | 1860 | 292 |
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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 |
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Remarks on Glass Painting | C Heath Wilson | IV | 1860 | 309 |
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On the Incrustation of Marine Boilers | William Wallace, PhD, FCS | 7 March 1860 | IV | 1860 | 317 |
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On Electrical Discharges in Rarefied Media | Dr Wallace | 7 March 1860 | IV | 1860 | 320 |
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On Trap Dykes, between Cordon and South End of Whiting Bay, Arran | James Napier | 21 March 1860 | IV | 1860 | 321 |
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On the Force of the Voltaic Current | George Blair, MA | 21 March 1860 | IV | 1860 | 324 |
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Historical Notes of Copper Smelting | Dr Francis H Thomson | 4 April 1860 | IV | 1860 | 325 |
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On a New Process of Ornamenting Glass | James Napier | 18 April 1860 | IV | 1860 | 345 |
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On the Spinal Cord and Nerves | Allen Thomson, MD, FRS | 18 April 1860 | IV | 1860 | 348 |
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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 |
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On the Ageing of Mordants in Calico Printing | Walter Crum, FRS | IV | 1859 | 360 |
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Abstract of Proceedings of Session 1858-59 | IV | 1859 | 362 |
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The Late William Murray Esq. of Monkland | IV | 1859 | 362 |
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On Some Points in the Chemistry of Sugar Refining | Dr William Wallace | 4 May 1859 | IV | 1859 | 367 |
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President's Address | Dr Anderson | V | 1860 | 1 |
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Fossil Rain Markings and Fucoid Impressions on Sandstone Near Newtonards | James Bryce, LL.D FGS | V | 1860 | 4 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1859-60 | V | 1860 | 5 |
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Office Bearers 1860-61 | V | 1860 | 6 |
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On the Geological Structure of Ben-Nevis | Dr Bryce | V | 1860 | 6 |
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On the Relations of Deposits of Common Salt to Climate | Henry D Rogers, FRS, Hon. FRSE, FGS | V | 1860 | 7 |
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Notes on a Tour in Iceland in 1959 | David Mackinlay | V | 1860 | 10 |
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On the Motion of the Strings of a Violin | Professor H Helmholz | V | 1860 | 17 |
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Some Results in Electro-Magnetism, Obtained with the Balance Galvanometer | George Blair, MA | 16 January 1861 | V | 1861 | 21 |
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Remarks Upon the Fall of Rain in the Districts Supplying Glasgow with Water | James M Gale, CE | 30 January 1861 | V | 1861 | 29 |
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Report of the Temperature and Rainfall etc., of the Year 1860, Observed at Cessnock Park | Robert Hart | 30 January 1861 | V | 1861 | 35 |
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On the Stalactitic Sulphate of Barytes Found in Derbyshire | Walter Crum, FRS | V | 1861 | 39 |
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On Street Railways | T Currie Gregory, CE | V | 1861 | 41 |
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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 |
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On the Uses of the Antennae of Corystes Cassivelaunus, the masked Crab | David Robertson | 13 March 1861 | V | 1861 | 55 |
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On the Origin of Cyclones | Professor H D Rogers | 13 March 1861 | V | 1861 | 57 |
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On Explosions of Fire-damp in Coal Mines | Mark Fryar, FGS | 27 March 1861 | V | 1861 | 61 |
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On the Whin Floats and Dykes of Ayrshire | John Goodall | 27 March 1861 | V | 1861 | 71 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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President's Address, Session 1861-62 | Professor Rankine | V | 1861 | 83 |
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Absract of Treasurer's Account 1860-61 | V | 1861 | 90 |
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Office Bearers 1861-62 | V | 1861 | 90 |
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On Accidents by Fire from the Prevailing Use of Crinoline | Francis H Thomson, MD | V | 1861 | 92 |
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Effects of the Frost of December 1860, in the Vale of Clyde | Peter Clark | V | 1861 | 99 |
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On the Geolgical Structure of the Ben Nevis Group of Mountains | James Bryce, LL.D FGS | 15 January 1862 | V | 1862 | 104 |
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On the Flora and Climate of the Island of Cumbrae | William Keddie | 15 January 1862 | V | 1862 | 105 |
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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 |
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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 |
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On Co-operative Societies in Glasgow | John D Campbell | V | 1862 | 133 |
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Joint Address of Condolence to the Queen on the Death of Prince Albert | V | 1862 | 140 |
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Mechanical Theory of the Predominance of the Right Hand over the Left | Andrew Buchanan, MD | 12 March 1862 | V | 1862 | 142 |
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On a New Instrument for Measuring Electric Resistance in Absolute Units | William Thomson, LL.D, FRS | 26 March 1862 | V | 1862 | 167 |
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On the Rigidity of the Earth | William Thomson, LL.D, FRS | 26 March 1862 | V | 1862 | 169 |
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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 |
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Notes on Dyeing and Dyed Coulours in Ancient Times | James Napier, FCS | 23 April 1862 | V | 1862 | 175 |
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President's Address, Session 1862-63 | Professor Rankine | V | 1862 | 199 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account for session 1861-62 | V | 1862 | 208 |
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Office Bearers, 1862-63 | V | 1862 | 208 |
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Black and Clayband Ironstones; Their Composition and Valuation | James Napier | V | 1862 | 210 |
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On Sections of Least Resistance for Ships of Limited Breadth and Limited Draft of Water | James Robert Napier | V | 1862 | 217 |
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The Government Scheme for Aiding Instruction in Science | John Mayer | V | 1863 | 222 |
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On the Chemistry of Coal-tar Colours | C Greville Williams, FRS | 25 March 1863 | V | 1863 | 232 |
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On Pisciculture | George Anderson | 8 April 1863 | V | 1863 | 233 |
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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 |
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On the Tertiary Coal of Borneo, Sarawak, with a section | James Russell | 22 April 1863 | V | 1863 | 246 |
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History of the Invention of the Optical Illusion Called the "Ghost" | Dr John Taylor | V | 1863 | 255 |
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On the Utlilisation of Seaweed | Edward Alfred Wunsch | V | 1863 | 260 |
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Memoir of the Glasgow Cathedral Windows | C Heath Wilson | V | 1864 | 271 |
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A Practical Application of Dialysis | Alexander Whitelaw | V | 1864 | 293 |
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Notes on the Determination of the Time at the Observatory of the Glasgow University | Professor Grant | 9 March 1864 | V | 1864 | 300 |
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Remarks on the Great Lakes Titicaha and Aullaga in Upper Peru and Bolivia | Mathie Hamilton, MD | 23 March 1864 | V | 1864 | 314 |
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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 |
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On a Section of Glacial Clay at Errol, Perthshire | Rev Henry Crosskey | 20 April 1864 | V | 1864 | 329 |
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Minutes | V | 1863 | 332 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts, Session 1862-63 | V | 1863 | 333 |
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Office Bearers for 1863-64 | V | 1863 | 334 |
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Report on Patent laws | V | 1863 | 336 |
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Society Journal Index : Volumes 6-10 : 1864-1877 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW |
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VOLUME VI |
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On a Means of Preventing Accidents in Diving Bells | Dr John Taylor | 5 April 1865 | VI | 1865 | 1 |
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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 |
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Description of a Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace, Constructed for Heating Iron | William Gorman | 19 April 1865 | VI | 1865 | 12 |
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Minutes, 1864-65 | VI | 1864 | 20 |
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Obituary Notices of Alexander Hastie, Esq., and Dr Robert Dundas Thomson | VI | 1864 | 20 |
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Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1863-64 | VI | 1864 | 23 |
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Office Bearers for 1864-65 | VI | 1864 | 24 |
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Minutes Connected with the Exhibition of 1846-47 | VI | 1864 | 28 |
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On the Most Profitable Speed for a Fully Laden Cargo Steamer for a Given Voyage | James R Napier | VI | 1865 | 33 |
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On the Luminosity of the Sea | David Robertson and William Keddie, FRSE | VI | 1865 | 38 |
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On Petroleum | Henry D Rogers, LL.D, FRS | VI | 1865 | 48 |
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On Electrically Impelled and Electrically Controlled Clocks | William Thomson, LL.D, FRS | 24 January 1866 | VI | 1866 | 61 |
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On a Land Standard Electrometer and a Marine and Land Telegraphic Testing Electrometer | William Thomson, LL.D, FRS | 24 January 1866 | VI | 1866 | 64 |
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A Few Remarks on the Treatment of Cattle Plague | Richard Brown | 7 February 1866 | VI | 1866 | 66 |
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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 |
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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 |
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On the Estimation of the Evaporative Power of Fuel | W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, LL.D, FRS | 18 April 1866 | VI | 1866 | 123 |
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Minutes, 1865-66 | VI | 1865 | 127 |
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On the Workshops of Glasgow | Francis H Thomson, President | VI | 1866 | 137 |
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On the Water of the River and Frith of Clyde | Dr R Angus Smith, FRS | VI | 1866 | 154 |
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On the Scientific Premonitions of the Ancients: I. Greek Geology | John Young, MD, FRSE | VI | 1866 | 163 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Notice of Two New Instruments | John Young, MD, FRSE | VI | 1867 | 191 |
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On Vortex Atoms | Professor Sir William Thomson | 6 March 1867 | VI | 1867 | 197 |
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Heights, and Other Particulars of the November Meteors | A Herschel, BA, FRAS | 3 April 1867 | VI | 1867 | 207 |
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Results Obtained from Heating Scrap Iron in the Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace | William Gorman | 17 April 1867 | VI | 1867 | 215 |
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On Recent Discoveries in the Structure of the Inner Ear | Dr Allen Thomson | 17 April 1867 | VI | 1867 | 221 |
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Minutes, 1866-67 | VI | 1866 | 223 |
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Opening Address by the President | Dr Francis H Thomson | VI | 1867 | 233 |
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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 |
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On a New Plastic Material | Edmund Hunt | 18 March 1868 | VI | 1868 | 309 |
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On the Present State of Some Branches of Iron Metallurgy | St. John Vincent Day, CE | 1 April 1868 | VI | 1868 | 311 |
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On the Sources of Sulphur Used in the Manufacture of Oil of Vitriol, or Sulphuric Acid | James Mactear | 29 April 1868 | VI | 1868 | 337 |
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Notes on the Post-tertiary Geology of Norway | Rev. Henry Crosskey and David Robertson | 29 April 1868 | VI | 1868 | 346 |
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On the Recovery of Sulphur from Alkali Waste | Ludwig Mond | VI | 1868 | 363 |
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On Animal Charcoal, Particularly in Relation to its Use in Sugar Refining | William Wallace, PhD, FRSE | VI | 1868 | 377 |
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On the Estimation of Potassium | James Chalmers and Robert Tatlock, FCS | VI | 1868 | 390 |
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Minutes, 1867-68 | VI | 1867 | 406 |
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Donations to the Library, Session 1867-68 | VI | 1868 | 416 |
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Index to Volume VI | VI | 1868 | 421 |
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VOLUME VII |
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Opening Address by the President, Session 1868-69 | Dr Francis H Thomson | VII | 1868 | 1 |
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On the Chemistry of Sugar Manufacture and Sugar Refining | Dr Wallace, FRSE, FCE | VII | 1868 | 22 |
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On the methods and Recent Progress of Spectrum Analysis | A S Hershel, BA, FRAS | 1 March 1869 | VII | 1869 | 38 |
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On the Examination of the "Flame" of the Bessemer Converter | Thomas Rowan, FSC, FRSSA | 29 March 1869 | VII | 1869 | 41 |
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On the Igniting Point of the Vapours of Some Commercial Products | W R Hutton | VII | 1868 | 49 |
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A Chemist's View of the Sewage Question | Edward C C Stanford, FCS | 19 April 1869 | VII | 1869 | 53 |
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On the Extension of the Coalfields in England Beneath the More Recent Geological Formations | Edward Hull, FRS | 10 March 1869 | VII | 1869 | 64 |
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The Salt Deposits at Strassfurt | J H Bald and James Mactear | 18 January 1869 | VII | 1869 | 67 |
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The Sun's Distance and Parallax | St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE | 14 April 1869 | VII | 1869 | 76 |
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Recent Researches into the Post-tertiary Geology of Scotland | Rev Henry W Crosskey, FGS | VII | 1868 | 92 |
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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 |
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Minutes | VII | 1868 | 113 |
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Report of the Council on the State of the Society | VII | 1868 | 115 |
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Report of Chemical Section | 28 April 1869 | VII | 1869 | 126 |
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Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section | 28 April 1869 | VII | 1869 | 127 |
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Donations to the Library | VII | 1869 | 133 |
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Opening Address by the President, Session 1869-70 | James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS | VII | 1869 | 137 |
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Discussion on Patents for Inventions | VII | 1869 | 158 |
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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 |
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On Defects of House Construction in Glasgow as a Cause of Mortality | Dr W T Gairdner | 9 February 1870 | VII | 1870 | 245 |
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Discussion of Defects of House Construction in Glasgow | VII | 1870 | 258 |
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A Glance at Some of the Vital and Social Statistics of Glasgow in 1869 | William West Watson, FSS | 9 March 1870 | VII | 1870 | 262 |
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Discussion on the Vital and Social Statistics in Glasgow | 9 March 1870 | VII | 1870 | 286 |
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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 |
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On the Syenitic Rocks of Westfield, near Linlithgow | James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS | 4 May 1870 | VII | 1870 | 293 |
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On China Grass, Rheea, or Ramee Fibre | William Keddie, FRSE | 4 May 1870 | VII | 1870 | 296 |
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Note on the Action of House Sewage on Lead Pipes | Edward C C Stanford, FCS | VII | 1869 | 307 |
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On the Estimation of Iodine and Bromine, with Special Reference to the Analysis of Kelp | Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCS | VII | 1869 | 308 |
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On the Chemistry of Coal-smoke | W R Hutton | VII | 1869 | 313 |
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On Artificial Alizarine | J Wallace Young | 17 January 1870 | VII | 1870 | 316 |
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Notes of Experiments on Artificial Alizarine | John Christie | 31 January 1870 | VII | 1870 | 318 |
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Note on a Specimen of Shell Sand From the Island of Coll | Edward C C Stanford, FCS | VII | 1870 | 323 |
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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 |
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On the Examination of Air | Dr R Angus Smith, FRS | 25 April 1870 | VII | 1870 | 326 |
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Minutes | VII | 1869 | 331 |
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Report of Council on the State of the Society | VII | 1869 | 332 |
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Report of Librarian on the State of the Library | VII | 1869 | 336 |
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Report of the Architectural Section | 12 January 1870 | VII | 1870 | 343 |
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Report of Chemical Section | 4 May 1870 | VII | 1870 | 351 |
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Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section | 4 May 1870 | VII | 1870 | 353 |
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Opening Address of the President, Session 1870-71 | James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS | VII | 1870 | 359 |
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Note on Stevenson's Light for Ships | James R Napier, FRS | VII | 1870 | 386 |
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The Farmer and the Chemist | James Napier Sen., FCS | VII | 1870 | 387 |
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On a Wind-direction Rain Gauge | James R Napier, FRS | VII | 1870 | 398 |
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On the Attractions and Repulsions due to Vibration Observed by Guthrie and Schellbach | Professor Sir William Thomson, LL.D, FRS | VII | 1870 | 401 |
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Observations of the Recent Eclipse of the Sun in Spain | Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS | 25 January 1871 | VII | 1871 | 405 |
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The Eclipse Observations in Sicily | Dr T E Thorpe | 25 January 1871 | VII | 1871 | 413 |
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On Helmholtz's Analysis of the Vowel Sounds | Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS | 8 February 1871 | VII | 1871 | 417 |
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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 |
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On Some Sources of Error in Volumetric Analysis | Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCE | VII | 1870 | 442 |
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Note on Scientific Education in National Elementary Schools | Henry W Crosskey, FGS | 8 March 1871 | VII | 1871 | 446 |
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Discussion on Mr Crosskey's Paper | 8 March 1871 | VII | 1871 | 450 |
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On the Chemical Constitution of Paraffin | Dr T E Thorpe | 13 March 1871 | VII | 1871 | 454 |
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Notes on the Analysis of an Earthball and Intestinal Calculi from the Horse | James F Stark, FCS | 27 March 1871 | VII | 1871 | 456 |
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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 |
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Notes on the Cemetery of Staglieno near Genoa | Charles Heath Wilson | 22 March 1871 | VII | 1871 | 472 |
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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 |
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Minutes | VII | 1870 | 289 |
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Report of Council on the State of the Society | VII | 1870 | 490 |
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Report of the Librarian on the State of the Library | VII | 1870 | 492 |
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Report of Chemical Section | 12 April 1871 | VII | 1871 | 501 |
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Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section | 12 April 1871 | VII | 1871 | 503 |
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VOLUME VIII |
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Opening Address by the Retiring President | James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS | VIII | 1871 | 1 |
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The Astronomy of the Nineteenth Century: Inaugural Address | Professor Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS | VIII | 1871 | 39 |
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Comparison of the Vital Statistics of the Different Districts of Glasgow for the Two Years, 1869 and 1870 | Alexander Scott | VIII | 1871 | 78 |
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Biogenesis, as Bearing upon Decomposition, Putrefecation and Decay | Dr Robert Bell | 10 January 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 101 |
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On the Drainage and Sewerage of Towns | John Phillips, CE | 7 February 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 112 |
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On Pressure Logs for Measuring the Speed of Ships | James R Napier, FRS | 15 March 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 146 |
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On the Results of the Recent Solar Eclipse | Dr T E Thorpe, FRSE | 6 March 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 160 |
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On the Analysis of Chrome Ore | John Clark, PhD | VIII | 1871 | 174 |
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On Some Experiments with Fehling's Copper Solution | T L Patterson, FCS | 11 March 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 177 |
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On a Double Sulphide of Gold and Silver | M M Pattison Muir, FCS | 15 April 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 184 |
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On the Action of Dilute Saline Solutions Upon Lead | M M Pattison Muir, FCS | 15 April 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 184 |
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The Jargons and Zircons of Ceylon | M H Cochrane, FCS | 15 April 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 186 |
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On the Separation of Phosphoric Acid, Ferric Oxide, Alumina, Lime and Magnesia | Thomas Robertson Ogilvie, FCS | 29 April 1872 | VIII | 1872 | 189 |
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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 |
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On Some Evidences as to the Very Early Use of Iron | St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE | VIII | 1872 | 235 |
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Volcanic Vapours of Mount Vesuvius | James Anderson | VIII | 1872 | 268 |
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Livingstone Relief Expedition, via the Congo | James R Napier, FRS | VIII | 1872 | 278 |
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On Flour-Mill Fire Explosions | Stevenson Macadam, PhD, FRSE | VIII | 1872 | 280 |
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On British Weights and Measures | James R Napier, FRS | 8 January 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 288 |
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Discussion on Mr Napier's Paper | 8 January 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 307 |
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On Numeral and Metral Systems | E L Garbett | VIII | 1873 | 329 |
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On the Purification of Water | Professor Bischof | 22 January 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 357 |
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The Transit of Venus in 1874 | Professor G Forbes | 19 March 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 373 |
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Examination and Defence of the Principles Enunciated by Mr Lowe in his Letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow | William Miller | VIII | 1872 | 394 |
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The Mint Bank-note of the Future | James Anderson | 17 March 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 417 |
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Technical Education | David Sandeman | 9 April 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 421 |
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Discussion on Mr Sandeman's Paper | 9 April 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 431 |
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Bank Acts and the Rate of Discount | Stephen Mason | 3 March 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 443 |
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On the Decomposition of Sulphate of Potash by Nitrate of Soda | William Henderson | 13 January 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 457 |
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On the Past and Present of Iron Smelting | St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE | 3 April 1873 | VIII | 1873 | 464 |
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Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society, the Library and Reports from the Sections | VIII | 208 |
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Additions to the Library | VIII | 227 |
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VOLUME IX |
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On Some Indications of a Daily Periodicity in the Vital Functions of Man | James Finlayson , MD | IX | 1873 | 1 |
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On the Analysis and Purification of Water | Professor Gustav Bischof | IX | 1873 | 18 |
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On Water Supply | Dr Stevenson Macadam, FRSE, FCS | 21 January 1874 | IX | 1874 | 23 |
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On the Economy of Fuel in Domestic Arrangements | James R Napier, FRS | 4 February 1873 | IX | 1873 | 35 |
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On the Economical Combustion of Coal Gas | Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS | 4 March 1874 | IX | 1874 | 57 |
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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 |
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On the Effects of Loch Katrine Water on Galvanised Iron | James R Napier, FRS | 1 April 1874 | IX | 1874 | 87 |
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On the Methods in Use for Determining the Value of Animal and Vegetable Oils | J J Coleman, FCS | 12 January 1874 | IX | 1874 | 89 |
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On the Measurement of the Chemical Action of Sunlight | Dr Thomas E Thorpe, FRSE | 29 April 1874 | IX | 1874 | 108 |
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On Deep Sea Sounding by Piano-forte Wire | Professor Sir William Thomson, LLD, FRS | 18 March 1874 | IX | 1874 | 111 |
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On Corals of the Carboniferous Limestone-genus Aspidiophyllum | James Thomson, FGS | IX | 1874 | 153 |
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Address to the Chemical Section of the Society | Edward C C Stanford, FCS (President) | IX | 1874 | 163 |
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On the Apparent Absence of Air and Water from the Moon | Francis Napier | IX | 1874 | 175 |
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Experiments on Fluid Jets and Induced Currents | Alexander Morton | IX | 1874 | 179 |
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On an Apparatus for Testing the Lubricating Powers of Various Liquids | R D Napier | IX | 1874 | 188 |
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On the Action between the Loch Katrine Water Supplied to Glasgow and Various Metals | James R Napier, FRS | IX | 1874 | 202 |
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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 |
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Air and Water, in Relation to Public Health | Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS | IX | 1875 | 226 |
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Notes on Niagara, &c. | W Keddie, FRSE | IX | 1874 | 242 |
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On a Waste-preventing Water Supply Apparatus | Matthew Crawford | 10 March 1875 | IX | 1875 | 257 |
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A Method of Trisecting an Angle | James N Miller | 10 March 1875 | IX | 1875 | 260 |
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On M'Kay's Machine for Boring Tube-plates, or Other Plates of Metal | William Dron | IX | 1875 | 262 |
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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 |
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A Method for the Interpolation and Summation of Numerical series | John Donald | IX | 1875 | 272 |
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On a Self-acting Railway Train Brake | James Steel | IX | 1875 | 281 |
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On the High Antiquity of Iron and Steel | St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE | 26 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 296 |
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On the Ageing of Whisky and Other Spirits | Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCS | 28 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 329 |
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On the Germ Theory of Putrification | Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCE | 28 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 329 |
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On Fractured Rivets from a Steam-Boiler | James R Napier, FRS | 28 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 330 |
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On a Method of Spinning Tops | James R Napier, FRS | 28 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 331 |
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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 |
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Note on Experiments with Giroud's Rheometer | William Foulis | 28 April 1875 | IX | 1875 | 332 |
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Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society and on the Library, and Reports from Sections | IX | 119 |
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Additions to the Library | IX | 134 |
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List of Members of the Society | IX | 147 |
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VOLUME X |
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Report on the Production of Nitric Acid from the Free Nitrogen of the Air | E M Dixon, BSC | X | 1875 | 1 |
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On the Economy of Napier's Stove | J Mackenzie, CE | X | 1875 | 19 |
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On a Waste-preventing Water Tap | William Ross | X | 1875 | 21 |
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On a Boat-lowering Apparatus | Captain Barr | X | 1875 | 24 |
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On a Rope Catch for Turners | James R Napier, FRS | X | 1875 | 25 |
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On a Sandpaper Catch for Turners | James R Napier, FRS | X | 1875 | 25 |
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On a Simple Means of Keeping Biscuits, &c., Dry |