HisTORi' of the SO CI Err, 5 



v., 



of Edinburgh. This Account is publifhed in the firft volume 

 of the Tranfaaions of this Society. [Hiftory of the Society, 

 Appendix.] 



1786; 



April 3. 

 Dr Anderfon 



Di- Tames Anderson read an Effay, containing Obfervations 

 and Fxoeriments on the Culture of Potatoes. He did not chule ,„ ,he cUure 



"•' r ^/iiii ii-nj of potatoes- 



that any abftrad of this LlTay fhould be publifhed. 



The Secretary prefented to the Society two books, one in 

 Latin, De Herpete, and the other in French, Sur la Petite Verole, 

 written by M. Roussel, Royal ProfeiTor of Medicine in the 

 Univerfity of Caen in Normandy, fent by him to the Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh. 



Lit. CI. Mr Dalzel read the remainder of Mr Profeffor 

 Young's Effay on the Greek Middle Voice. [See fupra, 

 March 20.] 



Dr HuTTON read part of a Differtation on Written Language 

 as a Sign of Speech. 



It is the purpofe of this paper to fliow, in what manner we 

 arrive at the knowledge of fimple founds, by the analytical ex- 

 amination of our fpeech, or the refolution of it into its princi- 

 ples. Thefe fimple founds maybe reprefented to the fight, 

 by means of certain figures, appropriated to thofe founds. 

 Such figures then become the principles, firji, of the writing of 

 our fpeech, and, 2dly, of the reading of our written language. 



There being no lefs than four different methods of analyfing 

 fpeech for the purpofe of typifying language, thefe are ex- 

 amined with a view to underftand the advantages and difad- 

 vantages that may attend each of thofe particular methods, ac- 

 cording to the following order : firjl. The analyfing of fpeech 

 into parts, each of which is the fign of a diftind thought ; 

 %dly, into words, the conftituent parts of our expreffed thoughts ; 



Books prefent- 

 ed to the Soci- 

 ety. 



April 17. 



Prof. Young on 

 the Greek mid- 

 dle voice. 



June I51. 

 Dr Hutton on 

 written lan- 

 guage. 



