Society Journal Index : Volumes 21-25 : 1889-1894

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XXI

President’s Address – Sanitation and Social Economics; an Object Lesson	James B Russell, BA, MD, LL.D		XXI	1889	1
Electrification Air by Combustion	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE and Makita Goto		XXI	1889	22
Note on Nerve Cells	William Snodgrass, MA, MB	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	30
On the Relationships which the Perihelia of Comets Bear to the Sun’s Line of Flight in Space	Henry Muirhead, MD, LL.D	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	33
On Fiji: Past and Present	James Blyth	28 April 1890	XXI	1890	37
On Some Consideration of Asia Minor and its Ethnology	Rev. Hugh Callan, MA	28 April 1890	XXI	1890	51
Graham Lecture – On the Basicity of Acids	A Crum Brown, MA, MD, DSc, FRS, FRSE, FCS, FIC	5 March 1890	XXI	1890	69
On the Conversion of Ordinary Gas Shades into Regenerative Lamps	Daniel R Gardner		XXI	1889	92
The Territorial Expansion of the British Empire During the Last Ten Years	Thomas Muir, LL.D		XXI	1889	98
Note on the Alteration of the Index of Refraction of Water with Temperature	George E Allan	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	126
On Horticulture, Villa Gardening and Open Spaces in Large Centres of Industry	D M’Lellan		XXI	1890	128
Notes on the Hydrostatic Arrangements in the Horse’s Hoof	T F Macdonald, MB		XXI	1890	138
On Public Lighting by Electricity	Henry A Mavor	19 March 1890	XXI	1890	142
Cyanotype Reproductions of Seaweeds	William Lang, jun., FCS		XXI	1889	155
On Club Mosses, Past and Present	F O Bower, DSc, FLS	30 April 1890	XXI	1890	158
On the Reclamation of Waste Lands in the Clyde Estuary, Considered in Relation to the Disposal of the Sewage of Glasgow	Alexander Frew, CE		XXI	1889	173
Glimpses into Teutonic Antiquity	Professor Georg Fiedler, PhD	8 January 1890	XXI	1890	189
On Electrical Oscillations	Oliver J Lodge, DSc, LL.D, FRS	16 April 1890	XXI	1890	216
Report of Sections		30 April 1890	XXI	1890	225
Report of Delegate of British Association Meeting – Newcastle, 1889		30 April 1890	XXI	1890	229
Minutes of Session			XXI		232
Annual Report of Council – Session 1888-89			XXI		233
Report of Library Committee			XXI		235
Abstract of Treasurer’s Account for 1888-89			XXI		236
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund – Treasurer’s Account			XXI		238
Science Lectures Association Fund – Treasurer’s Account			XXI		239
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXI		252
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXI		253
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXI		254
Additions to the Library			XXI		257
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXI		260
List of Periodicals Received			XXI		264
List of Members for 1889-90			XXI		266
Index			XXI		278


VOLUME XXII

President’s Address – On Some of the Problems of Modern Physiology	John G M’Kendrick, MD, LL.D		XXII	1890	1
Memoir of Henry Muirhead, MD, LL.D	Henry Dyer, MA, DSc, CE		XXII	1890	22
A Problem in Ventilation by Heat	W P Buchan		XXII	1890	31
On the Gravimetric Composition of Water	W Dittmar, LL.D, FRS, FRSE, and J B Henderson		XXII	1890	33
Chronological Tables of Scientific Men, Showing the Names of the More Distinguished Anatomists and Physiologists and their Contemporaries	John G M’Kendrick, MD, LL.D, FRSS		XXII	1890	87
The Oyster Fishery of Scotland	J H Fullarton, MA, DSc	7 January 1891	XXII	1891	110
An Art Museum: Its Structural Requirments	James Paton, FLS		XXII	1891	128
The Relations of Thomas Carlyle to Political Economy	James Bonar		XXII	1890	139
On Language	F Max Muller, MA	21 January 1891	XXII	1891	157
Iceland: Some Sociological and Other Notes	Professor James Mavor	4 February 1891	XXII	1891	174
Some Experiments on the Viscosity of Air	James Erskine Murray		XXII	1890	199
On the Physiological Action of Carbon Monoxide of Nickel	John G M’Kendrick, MD, FRS and William Snodgrass, MA, MB	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	204
The Progress of Sanitation, with Special Reference to the Sanitary Condition of our Public Schools (Summary)	W P Buchan		XXII	1891	217
An Inquiry into the Nature of Heredity	William Wallace, MA, MB, CM, LDS	1 April 1891	XXII	1891	227
The Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf in the Light of Present Studies	Charles Annandale, MA, LL.D	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	240
Some Electrical Properties of Flames	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE and Makita Goto		XXII	1891	255
The Great Winter: A Chapter in Geology	Dougald Bell	15 April 1891	XXII	1891	261
Giphantie: A Remarkable Forecast of Photography in 1760	William Lang, jun., FCS		XXII	1890	284
The Optical Lantern in Class-room Work	Archibald Barr, DSc, M Inst CE	18 March 1891	XXII	1891	287
Remarks on the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Syesius, Part II	John Ferguson, LL.D, FRSE, FSA		XXII	1890	295
The Meteorological Results of the “Challenger” Expedition in Relation to Physical Geography	Alexander Buchan, MA, LL.D	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	305
Memoir of the late Mr Alexander Whitelaw		15 April 1891	XXII	1891	311
Abstracts of Professor Blyth’s Communications			XXII		315
Reports of Sections		29 April 1891	XXII	1891	316
Minutes of Session			XXII		320
Report of Council for Session 1889-90			XXII		321
Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – Session 1889-90			XXII		324
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account			XXII		326
Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account			XXII		327
Report of the Library Committee			XXII		328
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXII		340
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXII		341
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXII		342
Additions to the Library			XXII		345
Books Purchased – 1890-91			XXII		348
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXII		349
List of Periodicals Received			XXII		355
List of Members for 1890-91			XXII		357
Index			XXII		369


VOLUME XXIII

Presidential Address – Human Muscle as a Transformer of Energy	John G M’Kendrick, MD,LL.D, FRS		XXIII	1891	1
On Limes and Cements	Alexander M’Ara		XXIII	1891	24
How Our Bones Grow	John Cleland, MD, DSc, FRS		XXIII	1891	55
The Scientific Cultivation of the Senses	W Anderson Smith	20 January 1892	XXIII	1892	67
The Sewage Problem in Villages and Small Towns	Gilbert Thomson, MA, CE	30 March 1892	XXIII	1892	76
Women’s Wages	William Smart, MA		XXIII	1891	87
Progress of School Building in Glasgow	John M’Math		XXIII	1891	106
The Rural Economy of Scotland in the Time of Burns	James Colville, MA, DSc	16 March 1892	XXIII	1892	120
On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius. Part III	Professor John Ferguson, MA, LL.D, FSA, FCS		XXIII	1891	153
The Origin of the Faust Legend	Alexander Tille, PhD		XXIII	1892	168
On Telephone Switchboards: being Principally a Description of the New Telephone Exchange, Glasgow	William Aitken	27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	185
Warming and Ventilation of Public Buildings, With or Without Motive Power	J D Sutcliffe	18 January 1892	XXIII	1892	196
Manufacture of Oxygen by Brins’ Process, Compressing Gases in Cylinders, &c.	Henry Brier, MIME		XXIII	1891	212
Some Elementary Facts Regarding the Foci of Lenses, with Special Reference to Dallmeyer’s New Tele-Photograhic Lens	John Brown, BSc, CE	13 April 1892	XXIII	1892	225
On the Causes of the Spread of Pulmonary Consumption and Other Tubercular Diseases	Eben Duncan, MD	30 March 1892	XXIII	1892	237
Fogs: a Review of our Present Position Regarding them	W Ernest F Thomson, MA, MB	3 February 1892	XXIII	1892	257
Memoir of the late Sir Andrew Ramsay, FRS	John Young, MD	20 January 1892	XXIII	1892	281
On the late John Mossman	Thomas Gildard	14 March 1892	XXIII	1892	291
Memoir of the late Professor Dittmar, LL.D, FRS, FRSE	Charles A Fawsitt, FRSE, FCS	27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	303
Report of Sections		27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	311
Minutes of Session			XXIII		314
Report of Council for Session 1890-91			XXIII		315
Report of Library Committee			XXIII		317
Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – Session 1890-91			XXIII		318
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – Session 1890-91			XXIII		320
Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – 1890-91			XXIII		321
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXIII		332
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXIII		333
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXIII		334
Additions to the Library			XXIII		336
Books Purchased – 1891-92			XXIII		339
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXIII		341
List of Periodicals Received			XXIII		347
List of Members for 1891-92			XXIII		350
Index			XXIII		362


VOLUME XXIV

Some Recent Experiments with a Ruhmkorff Coil	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE		XXIV	1892	1
Reformed Public Houses: Notes Upon the Scandinavian Licensing Systems, and the Bishop of Chester’s Recent Proposals	John Mann jun., MA, CA		XXIV	1892	9
The Geography and Ethnology of Mashonaland, with a Brief Account of the Ruins of Zimbabwe	Robert M W Swan		XXIV	1892	29
Recent Developments of the Hamilton Coalfield	Robert Thomas Moore, BSc,	25 January 1893	XXIV	1893	51
On a New System of Firing Pottery-Ware, by the Use of Gaseous Fuel	W F Murray	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	64
On the Elements of Profit	Sheriff Mark Davidson		XXIV	1893	73
Comparative Tests of Hellesen and E.C.C. Dry Battery Cells	Professor Jamieson, MInst.CE, FRSE	22 March 1893	XXIV	1893	89
The Education of the Deaf and (So called) Dumb	James Kerr Love, MD and W H Addison	8 February 1893	XXIV	1893	117
Memoir of the late Dr Robert Grant, FRS	Professor William Jack, LL.D	5 April 1893	XXIV	1893	139
Exploration of the Amazonian Provinces of Central Peru	Alexander Ross, FRGS	5 April 1893	XXIV	1893	148
Lord Kelvin’s New Electricity Meters	Andrew W Meikle, MA		XXIV	1892	170
The Light Sense in Relation to Navigation	Freeland Fergus, MD	22 March 1893	XXIV	1893	177
On Special Applications of the Telephone	William Aitken	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	184
Notes of a Mining Engineer’s Visit to South Africa	Alexander George Moore, MA, BSc, ME	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	190
Obituary of W R W Smith	J B Russell, MD, LL.D		XXIV	1893	206
Obituary of Sir Michael Connal			XXIV	1893	211
The late Professor James Thomson, LL.D, DSc, CE, FRS	J T Bottomley, MA, DSc, FRS		XXIV	1893	220
Obituary of John Jex Long			XXIV	1893	237
On the Planning of Public Libraries (Abstract)	G Washington Browne, Assoc. RSA	30 January 1893	XXIV	1893	240
Reports of Sections, Session 1892-3		3 May 1893	XXIV	1893	253
Minutes of Session, 1892-93			XXIV		257
Report of Council for Session 1891-92			XXIV		259
Report of the Library Committee			XXIV		261
Abstract of Treasurer’s Account, Session 1891-92			XXIV		262
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – Session 1891-92			XXIV		264
The Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer’s Account – Session 1891-92			XXIV		265
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXIV		277
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXIV		278
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXIV		279
Additions to the Library			XXIV		281
New Books Recently Added to the Library by Purchase			XXIV		282
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXIV		285
List of Periodicals Received in Reading Room			XXIV		291
List of Members for 1892-93			XXIV		294
Index			XXIV		306


VOLUME XXV

On the Work of the Philosophical and Other Scientific Societies	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D, FRSE, FCS,		XXV	1893	1
On Architecture as an Art	Campbell Douglas, RIBA		XXV	1893	15
Technical Education in Glasgow and the West of Scotland: a Retrospect and a Prospect	Henry Dyer, CE, MA, DSc		XXV	1893	23
A Living Wage	William Smart, MA, LL.D		XXV	1893	52
On the Report of Lord Herschell’s Committee on Indian Currency	Alexander Macindoe		XXV	1893	71
On the “Paristagan” System of Building with Concrete	John Dougan		XXV	1893	90
Above the Snow-line in Scotland	Gilbert Thomson, MA, CE	10 January 1894	XXV	1894	98
Some Notes on the Place-names and Dialect of Shetland	David Ross, MA,BSc, LL.D	24 January 1894	XXV	1894	108
On the Glaciation of the West of Scotland	Dugald Bell, FGS	24 January 1894	XXV	1894	118
On Sorghum Sugar Experiments in the United States	T L Patterson, FCS, FIC	7 February 1894	XXV	1894	137
The Glasgow Building Regulations Act, (1892)	George W Barras		XXV	1894	155
The Apprentice Question	John Inglis	27 March 1894	XXV	1894	170
On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of of Democritus and Synesius. Part IV	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D, FSA, FCS		XXV	1893	182
On the Abbeys and Cathedrals in Scotland	P MacGregor Chalmers, FSA	5 March 1894	XXV	1894	192
On Dynamo-Electric Machinery	W B Sayers, MInst.EE	21 March 1894	XXV	1894	196
Some Important Sanitary Problems	James Chalmers, IA		XXV	1893	208
Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D FRSE, FCS	2 May 1894	XXV	1894	224
Reports of Sections, Session 1893-94		3 May 1894	XXV		236
Minutes of Session, 1892-94			XXV		240
Report of Council for Session 1892-93			XXV		241
Report of the Library Committee			XXV		243
Abstract of Treasurer’s Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		244
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer’s Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		246
The Science Lecture Association Fund: Abstract of Treasurer’s Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		247
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXV		259
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXV
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXV
Additions to the Library			XXV		263
New Books Recently Added to the Library by Purchase			XXV		264
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXV		267
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XXV		273
List of Members for 1893-94			XXV		276
Index			XXV		288

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