CONTENTS. 



PASS 



Origin of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, ^ 



Members of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, • ^ 



On the Oxides of Bismuth. By Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., Ac., Regius 



Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, • * 



On the Determination of the Melting Points of Metals and various Metallurgic 



Products, and of the Temperature required for the formation of different 



Silicates. Bv Lewis D. B. Gordon, Esq., Regius Professor of Civil Engineer- 



ing and Mechanics, University of Glasgow, • |^ 



On the Means of Extinguishing Fires in Factories. By D. Mackain, M.I.C.E., jo 



On the Cultivation of Plants in Close Cases. By William Gourlie, Jun., Esq., . lo 



On Chlorimetry, and on a new mode of Testing weak Solutions of Bleaching 



Powder. By Walter Crum, Esq., • ^' 



On the Ventilation of the Glasgow Fever Hospital. By D. Mackain, Esq., CxvU 



Engineer, • ^ 



Description of an Improved Tilting Apparatus, for emptying Waggons at the 



Termini of Railways, Shipping Places, Ac, as used at the Magheramome 



Lime Works. By James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A., Civil Engineer, ^ 



On the Physiology of Cells. By Andrew Anderson, M.D. Andersonian Professor 



of the Institutes of Medicine, • "^ 



Report of the Section on Physiology, On the best Means of Supplying the Poor 



with Cheap and Nutritious Food. Read by Dr. R. D. Thomson, . . ^» 



On Dynamometrical Apparatus; or, the Measurement of the Mechanical Effect 



of Moving Powers. By Professor Gordon, 



On the Fertilization of Plants. By Dr. Balfour, Regius Professor of Botany m 



the University of Glasgow, , • • *^ 



On an Improved Method of Preparing Oxygen Gas. By John Joseph Griffin, . 44 



Description of an Apparatus for Exhibiting the Formation of Water by the Com- 

 bustion of Hydrogen Gas in Atmospheric Air. By John Joseph Griffin, . 4b 



Notice of Divi-divi. By John Stenhouse, Ph.D., j^ 



On Artificial Ultramarine. By John Stenhouse, Ph.D., ^ 



Comparative Experiments made with different Manures. By John Wilson, Esq., 51 



On tne Nature and Cure of Blindness produced by Oil of Vitriol. By Robert D. 



Thomson, M.D., 52 



On the Statical Relations of the Grases. By John Joseph Griffin, • ' ' tn 



Books added to the Society's Library in the years 1840-42, .... ^^ 



Notice of some New Minerals. By Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., L. & E., 



M.R.I. A., Regius Professor of Chemistry, ^J 



List of Office-Bearers for 1842-43 ^8 



Notice of some recent additions to Chemistry, "° 



On the Melting Points of Alloys of Lead, Tin, Bismuth, and Zinc. By Thomas 



Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Chemistry, • • • * JJ 



Notices of some Recent Botanical Facts, °^ 



Practical Remarks on Blast Furnaces. By George Thomson, Esq., Mining 



Engineer, 84 



Experiments on various Manures. By Lord Blantyre,* ! . . . • ^^ 



Results of Experiments with Manures on Potatoes. By Mr. Dugald Dove, 



Nitshill, . . . • ^ 



Experiments with Manures on Oats and Tunlip8-^1842*. By Mr. William 



M'Lintock, Hurlet, ^7 



On the Manner in which Cotton unites with Colouring Matter. By Walter 



Crum, Esq., 98 



