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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



SESSION 1854-5. * 



CONTENTS. 

 Monday, 4th December 1854. 



PAOE 



Farther Experiments and Remarks on the Measurement of 

 Heights by the Boiling Point of Water. By Professor 

 J. D. Forbes. . . . .261 



On the Chemical Equivalents of Certain Bodies, and the Re- 

 lations between Oxygen and Azote. By Professor Low, 263 



Donations to the Library, .... 263 



Monday, \Sth December 1854. 



Some Observations on the Salmonidse. By John Davy, 

 M.D., F.R.S., Lond. and Edin., Inspector-General of 

 Army Hospitals, .... 267 



Un the Structural Character of Rocks. Part III., embrac- 

 ing remarks on the Stratified Traps of the neighbourhood 

 of Edinburgh. By Dr Fleming, . 268 



Donations to the Library, .269 



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