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	The late Walter Crum, FRS		X	1875	26
Introductory Address to the Chemical Section	John Ferguson, MA		X	1875	27
Notes on the Physical Geography and Natural History of the North Coast of Australia	The late Francis Napier	12 January 1876	X	1876	40
On the Genesis of Atoms, Worlds and Sunspots	Henry Muirhead, MD		X	1875	51
Communications from the Chemical Laboratory of Anderson’s University	Professor W Dittmar	17 January 1876	X	1876	63
On Some Modern Theories of the Nature and Origin of Life, Regarded in Physiological Aspect	Professor Eben. Watson, AM, MD	26 January 1876	X	1876	74
On Ancient Mortars and Cements	James Napier, FCS, FRSE	9 February 1876	X	1876	86
Experiments Illustrating Rigidity Produced by Centrifugal Force	John Aitken		X	1876	99
On the Current Doctrines of Attraction and Energy – A Kinetic Theory of the Cosmos	Henry Muirhead, MD	8 March 1876	X	1876	107
Descriptions of New Species of Rugose Corals from the Carboniferous Rocks of Scotland	H Alleyne Nicholson, MD, D.Sc, FRSE and James Thomson, FGS	8 March 1876	X	1876	119
On a Compass Binocular Field-Glass for Rough Surveys	Lieut. R E Barker, RN	22 March 1876	X	1876	133
On a Masthead Light for Approximately Shewing the Course of a Vessel is Steering	Captain Jacob Holm	22 March 1876	X	1876	133
On a Method of Checking the Distances Travelled by Passengers in Wheel Carriages	James Young, FRS	12 April 1876	X	1876	134
On the Interference of Certain Metals with the Accuracy of the Process for Estimating Copper by Cyanide of Potassium	Robert T Thomson		X	1875	135
Extract from a Letter of William Froude, CE, FRS, to Sir William Thomson, on the Vena Contracta	Sir William Thomson		X	1876	145
On the Vena Contracta	James Thomson, LL.D, CE	31 March 1876	X	1876	149
Remarks on the Communications on the Vena Contracta	R D Napier	12 April 1876	X	1876	154
Description of Recently Discovered Foreign Lichens	James Stirton, MD, FLS	26 April 1876	X	1876	156
Spontaneous Evolution and the Germ Theory of the Propogation of Low Forms of Life, with Experiments on the Limits of Vital Resistance to Heat	Neil Carmichael, MD, CM, FFPSG	10 March 1876	X	1876	165
On a Method of Trisecting an Angle	Thomas Muir, MA, FRSE	5 May 1876	X	1876	177
Patents for Inventions Bill, 1876		29 March 1876	X	1876	178
Address to the Biological Section	Eben. Watson, AM, MD		X	1876	223
Experiments on the Maximum Elasticity and Density of Vapours	Alexander Morton		X	1876	236
Descriptins of a New Genus and Several New Species of Rugose Corals, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	10 January 1877	X	1877	250
Patents for Inventions		10 January 1877	X	1877	260
On New Genera and Species of Lichens from New Zealand, with Remarks on the Influence of Microscopic Fungi	Dr J Stirton, FLS	26 January 1877	X	1877	285
On a Portable Colorimeter	Edmund J Mills, DSc, FRS	12 March 1877	X	1877	310
On the Retarding Action of Sulphates	Edmund J Mills, DSc, FRS	12 March 1877	X	1877	316
The Senses – Their Divisions and Work – Viewed Physically and Evolutionally	Henry Muirhead, MD	7 February 1877	X	1877	318
On New Chromium and Manganese Compounds	J B Hannay, FRSE	26 March 1877	X	1877	334
On Some Recent Views of the Functions of the Brain and its Relation to Other Nervous Centres	Joseph Coats, MD	21 March 1877	X	1877	348
Recent Inquiries into the Early History of Chemistry: Introductory Address to the Chemical Section	Professor John Ferguson, MA		X	1876	368
On the Position of the Centre of Gravity in Man, as Determining the Mechanical Relations of the two Sides of the Body Towards Each Other	Andrew Buchanan, MD	25 April 1877	X	1877	390
Minutes, Including Reports of the State of the Society and on the Library and Reports from Sections			X		183
Office Bearers of the Society			X		203
Additions to the Library			X		207
List of Members of the Society			X		215

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