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XXVII. — Additional Notes on Rotatory Motion, by Mr. Edmund Hunt, . . 201 

 XXVIII. — Report on the Progi-ess and State of Applied Mechanics, by Mr. James 

 R. Napier, Mr. Walter Neilson, and W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 



LL.D., 207 



XXIX. — Recent Acquisitions made by Russia at the expense of the Chinese 

 Territory of Manchooria, with some Account of the River Amoor, 

 in its physical aspects and as a pathway for Commerce, by W. G. 



Blackie, Ph. D., F.R.G.S. With a Map, 231 



President's Address, 1859, .249 



Abstract of Treasurer's Account, 250 



Office-Bearers, 251, i?64 



Periodical Printing of Proceedings, 252, 258 



XXX.— On the Cinephantic Colour Top, by Jlr. Edmund Hunt, . . . 252 

 XXXI.— Notes of a Visit to Iceland in the Summer of 1859, by Mr. David 



Mackinlay, 259 



XXXII. — Recent Investigations of M. Le Verrier on the Motion of Slercurv, 

 by WiUiam Thomson, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Natural 



Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, 2C3 



XXXIII.— On Photographed Images of 'Electric Sparks, by Professor William 



Thomson 266 



XXXIV. — Note on the Bursting of the Reservoirs of Crinan Canal, by Mr. 



William Keddie, 267 



Election of Honorary Members, 271 



XXXV.— On the Variation of the Periodic Times of the Earth and Inferior 

 Planets, produced by Matter Falling into the Sun, by Professor 



William Thomson, 272 



XXXVI. —On Instruments and Methods for observing Electricity, by Professor 



William Thomson, 274 



XXXVII.— On Incrustations of Boilers using Sea- Water, by Mr. James R. Napier, 282 

 XXXVIII.— On the Density of Steam, by W. J. Blacquom Rankine, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. L. and E., Professor of Civil Engineering in the University 



of Glasgow, . . . 285 



XXXIX. — Observations on Sensations experienced while climbing the more 

 elevated Moimtains of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, by Mathie 

 Hamilton, M.D., formerly Medical Officer to the London, Potosi, 

 and Peruvian Minmg Company, Physician to Military Hospitals in 

 Peru, &c., ........... 287 



XL.— On Spots on the Sun, by Mr. Robert Hart. With Illustrations, . 292 



XLL— Observations on the Supply of Coal and Ironstone, from the Mineral 

 Fields of the West of Scotland, by Mr. William Moore, Civil and 



Mining Engineer. With Map .and Section, 292 



XLIL— Remarks on Glass P.ointing, by Jlr. C. Heath Wilson, ... 309 

 XLIII.— On the Incrustation of Marine Boilers, by William Wallace, Ph. D., 



F.C.S., 317 



XLIV.— On Electrical Dischaj-ges in Rarefied Media, by Dr. Wallace, . . 320 

 XLV.— On Trap Dykes, between Cordon and south end of Whiting Bay, 



Island of An-an, bv Jlr. James Napier, Chemist, . . • . .321 

 XLVI.— On the Force of the Voltaic Cmi-ent, by George Blair, M.A., . . 324 

 XLVII. — Histoi-ical Notes of Copper Smelting, by Dr. Francis H. Thomson, . 325 

 XLVIIL— On a New Process of Ornamenting Glass, by Mr. James Napier, 



Chemist, 346 



XLIX.— On the Spinal Cord and Nerves, by Allen Thomson, M.D., F.R S., 



Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow, . . . 348 

 L. — On the Disti-ibution and Probable Origin of the Petrolemn, or Rock 

 Oil, of Western Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, by Henry D. 

 Rogers, F.R.S., Hon. F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Professor of Natiural His- 

 tory in the University of Glasgow, 355 



LI.— On the Ageing of Mordants in Calico Printing, by Walter Cram, F.R.S., 360 



Abstract of Proceedings of Session 1858-59, 362 



The late William Mun-ay, Esq. of Monkland, 362 



LII.— On some Points in the Chemistry of Sngar Refining, by Dr. William 



Wallace, 367 



