PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OE EDINBURGH. 



SESSION 1852-3. 



CONTENTS. 



Monday, 6th December 1852, 



I'AGE 



1. Oa 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., . . . •. 146 



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, ith January 1853. 



1. On the Optical Phenomena and Crystallization of Tourmaline, 



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

 By Sir David Brewsteb, 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 Xote to a Paper on the Mechanical Action of Heat. By 

 W. J. Macquorn Rankine, Esq., . • • ItiO 



Donations to the Library, . . . . . 161 



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