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HISrORT of the SOCIETr. 



1795- 

 April 6. 

 Mr Ph} fair on 

 tlie irigonomc- 

 tiy of the Brah- 

 mins. 



May 5- 



Mr Wilfon on 

 motions of 

 wicks in a ba- 

 fou of oil. 



able quantity to tlie brain. It appears, therefore, that the modus 

 operandi of tobacco, on the living animal body, is in every in- 

 ftance analogous to that of opium. 



Phyf. CI. Mr Playpair read a paper on the Trigonometry 

 of the Brahmins. The paper is inferted in this volume, Part II. 

 No. IV. p. 83. 



Phyf. CI. Mr Playfair communicated a letter from Mr 

 Profeflbr Wilson of Glafgow, giving an Account of certain 

 Motions obferved in fmall lighted Wicks, when made to fwim 

 on a Bafon of Oil, or any other Fluid w^hich can maintain 

 Flame. [See this volume, Part II. No. VI. p. 163.] 



June 1. 



Dr Wilfon on 

 the efTeas of 

 o])ium OD the 

 living aniin.il. 



Dr Anderfon on 

 making chinam. 



Phyf. CI. Dr Alexander Wilson read the remaining part 

 of his paper on the Effeds of Opium on the Living Animal. 



Dr James Anderson alfo read an Account of the Method 

 of making Chinam at Madras, communicated by Dr Anderson 

 of Madras. 



June 15. Lit. CI. Mr Dalzel read an Eflay on the Argonautic Ex- 



t'lS " gollfu'u " pedition, by the Reverend Mr Ebenezer Marshall, Minifter 



expedition. ^^ CockpCn. 



Aug. 3. 



Mr ReitJi on 

 different ther- 

 mometus. 



Phyf. CI. Mr Keith read a Defcription of different Ther- 

 mometers, accompanied with figures, by which the Degree of 

 Heat may be recorded for every hour and minute throughout 

 the year. 



Nov. 2. 



Dr Monro on 

 the internal h y ■ 

 drocepb^us. 



Phyf CI. Dr Mon r o read a paper on the Internal Hydrocepha- 

 lus. This, with fome other papers, already mentioned, by the 

 fame Author, have been publifhed feparately ; and as an accoxint of 



the 



