PEOCEEDIFGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



SESSION 1852-3. 



CONTENTS. 



Monday^ Gth December 1852. 



TAGE 



J. On a supposed Meteoric Stone, alleged to have fallen in Hamp- 

 shire in September 1852. By Dr George Wilson, . .147 

 2. On the Glacial Phenomena of Scotland, and parts of England. 



By Robert Chambers, Esq., . . . . 148 



Donations to the Library, . . . . . 153 



Monday, 20th December 1852. 

 On the supposed occurrence of Works of Art in the Older Deposits. 



By James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill, . . . . 158 



Tuesday, i^th January 1853. 



1, On the Optical Phenomena and Crystallization of Tourmaline, 



Titanium, and Quartz, within Mica, Amethyst, and Topaz. 

 By Sir David Brewster, K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S.,and V.P.R.S. 

 Edin., . . . . . . . 158 



2. On the Absolute Zero of the Perfect Gas Thermometer ; being 



a Note to a Paper on the Mechanical Action of Heat. By 

 W. J. Macquorn Rankine, Esq., . . . .160 



Donations to the Library, . . . . .161 



[Ttirn over. 



