VI. CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 Faraday, F. J., F.L.S., &c. — On various Gifts to the Society i 



On some Phenomenal Effects of the recent and previous Gales on 



Buildings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 



On the theory of Mr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S., and his experiments 



respecting the variation in the direction of the magnetic needle... 141 



Gwyther, R. F., M.A. — On a Peculiar Shrivelling of the Leaves of Trees 10 



On John Couch Adams ... 138 



On an Intrinsic Differential Equation of Conies, and its relation to 



the Invariants ... ... ... ... ... ... 138 



Hodgkinson, Alex., M.B., B.Sc. — On Specimens of Clover Roots 



shewing, under the microscope, the nodules developed by microbia 63 



On some Curious Cores of Sand, observed protruding from the ends 



of burrows in the perpendicular sides of a sand-pit 77 



On a specimen of Colouring Matter extracted from Decayed Wood ... 94 



Hoyle, W. E., M.A. — On the Giant Earth-worm, of Gippsland, Megas- 



colides australts .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 



On specimens of Rare Cuttle-fish from the Mediterranean 95 



Melyill, James Cosmo, M.A., F.L.S. — Description of a New Species 



of Latirns ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 92 



O'Neill, C, F.C.S. — On the Solubility of Lead Formate with the 



addition of a small quantity of Lead Nitrate ... 140 



Reynolds, Osborne, F.R.S., &c. — On a Phenomenon which often 

 occurs in the Breaking of Glass Water-Gauges in the Engineering 

 Laboratory of Owens College 11 



On the Possibility of a human Flying Machine... 145 



Ross, W. J. Clunies, B.Sc. (Lond. and Sydney), F.G.S., Principal of 

 the Technical College, Bathurst, New South Wales. — On the 

 Caves of New South Wales 63 



Schunck Edward, Ph.D., F.R.S. — Presentation of Bronze Bust of the 



late Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S., &c 1 



On the Jubilee of his connection with the Society 138 



On a copy of the "History of the Siege of Gibraltar," presented to 



the Society by the author, Colonel Drinkwater ... 139 



On a Letter from Colonel Drinkwater, accompanying a copy of a work 



on the battle of St. Vincent ... ... ... ... ... •■• 14 1 



On a specimen of Woollen Cloth of Egyptian production in the fifth 



century ... 17 2 



