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' January 19. 1. Remarks on Glauchoma, by J. Howship, Esq. Mem- 

 ber of the Royal College of Surgeons. Communicated by Dr Knox, 



2. Notice regarding a female Orang-outang sent from Singapore to Cal- 

 cutta to be kept with a male one in the possession of G. Swinton, Esq. 

 F.R.S.E. 



February 2. 1. On the composition of Blende, by T. Thomson, 

 M. D. F. R. SS., L. and E. Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow. 



2. Comparative experiments on different Dew point instruments, with a 

 description of one on an improved construction, by Mr J. Adie. Mr 

 Adie's improved instrument was exhibited. 



February 16. — On the size of the brain and the proportion of its parts, 

 as affected by age, sex, or sexual mutilation. By Sir William Hamil- 

 ton, Bart. 



March 2. — The following candidates were admitted Fellows of the So- 

 ciety : — 



William Gibson-Craig, Esq. 



Charles Fergusson, Esq. younger of Kilkerran. 



James Ewing, Esq. LL. D. Glasgow. 



Duncan Macneill, Esq. Sheriff-depute of Perth. 



Reverend J. Sinclar, A- M. Pemb. Coll. Ox. 



Arthur Connell, Esq. 



Reverend J. Sheepshanks, A. M- 



James Hope Vere, Esq. of CraigiehalL 



The following communications were read : — 



1. Notice of an experiment relative to the supposed spontaneous Motions 

 of Bodies suspended in Fluids, by Dr Brewster. 



2. Notice regarding the Miners' Compass, and its application in under- 

 ground surveys, by R. Bald, Esq. Civil Engineer. 



3. Notice concerning an autograph MS. by Sir I. Newton, found among 

 the papers of Dr D. Gregory, formerly Sav. Prof, of Astr, Oxford, by 

 Dr J. C. Gregory. 



2. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in 



Scotland. 



March 19, 1828. — Messrs George and James Nasmyth exhibited 

 and described a section model of the Steam Engine, constructed by them 

 for the purpose of explaining the principle and construction of that ma- 

 chine. 



Messrs Nasmyth also exhibited, in action, an improved high Pressure 

 Steam Engine constructed by them. 



Drawings of a Steam Carriage capable of carrying six persons were sub- 

 mitted to the Society, together with proposals for erecting the same by 

 subscription. By Messrs G. and J. Nasmyth. 



April 2. — Notice of a machine for the use of boot and shoe-makers, in- 

 vented by Mr James Dowie, boot and shoemaker. Register Street, and 

 Mr Alexander Black, surveyor, Calton Street, Edinburgh, was read to 

 to the Society. The machine was exhibited in its full size; and a hand- 

 some model of it was also exhibited, and was presented to the Society along 



