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Index. 



Fergnson, Mr. W., the Geological 

 Features of Buchan 33 



oa a Marine Deposit con- 

 taining Shells lately DiscoTered in 

 Sauchiehall Street, 147 



Fermented Liquors, Composition of 

 some, 109 



Giant's Causeway and Staffa, their 

 Structure, 19 



Glassford, Mr., on the Electric 

 Light, 22 



Gordon, Prof., on Locomotive Car- 

 riages, 24 



Gyrophoric Acid, 32 



Hart, the late Mr. John, 222 



Heating and Cooling Buildings hy 

 Currents of Air, 269 



Heights, the Measurement of by 

 means of the Boiling Point of 

 Water, 8 



Himalaya, the Climate and Vegeta- 

 tion of, 193 



Hydrocyanic Acid, Effects of Inhal- 

 ing, 188 



King, Mr. J , Thermometric Obser- 

 vations at Glasgow 204 



Kelp, Drift Weed, Analysis of, 208 



Library Report, 219, 266, 296, 327 



Liddell, Mr. A., Biographical Notice 



of the late Mr. John Hart 222 



Notice of bis Death, 356 



Lightning, Remarkable Effects of, ... 69 



Lochaber, Parallel Roads of, 99 



Locomotive Carriages, 24 



Macadam, Mr. J., on Paper Manu- 

 facture, 127 



Magnetic Meridian, Determination 

 of, at a Distance from Land, 376 



Manganese, Black Oxide of, on the 

 Estimation of its Value, 185 



Mineral Veins and Water-worn 

 Stones, 231 



Mitchell, Dr. A., on the Occurrence 

 of Sugar in the Animal Economy 85 



on Spartine andScoparine, 173 



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Mitchell, Dr. A., on the Electric 

 Telegraph, ill 



Murray, Mr. R. M., on the Waters 

 of the Dead Sea, 242 



Napier, Mr. J., on Copper Sheathing, 1 6 1 



on the Effects of Inhaling 



Hydrocyanic Acid 188 



on Mineral Veins and 



Water-worn Stones, 231 



on Sandstones nsed for 



Building 313 



on Spurious Coins 344 



Napier, Mr. J. R., on the Evapora- 

 tion of Water in Copper, Lead, 

 and Iron Vessels 291 



on Water-tight Compart- 

 ments in Iron Vessels, 289 



on an Instrument for Mea- 

 suring the Velocity of Ships, Cur- 

 rents, &c., 350 



on Ships' Compasses, 365 



Natro-Boro-Calcite, or 'Tiza' of 

 Iquique, 293 



Office-bearers of the Society, 2, 328, 363 

 Ordnance Survey of Glasgow, 330, 331 



Paper Manufacture, 127 



Parallel Roads of Lochaber, 99 



Paterson, Mr. James, Analysis of 



the Yam 30 



Piassava, or Pia9aba, 6 



Potash, Prussiate of, Volumetrical 



Estimation 332 



Potato, its Introduction into Scot- 

 land, 226 



Quinto-nitrated Erythro-mannite... 33 



Rain at Glasgow 26 



Ibroxholm, 26 



Greenock 26, 27, 30 



Gilmourton, Avondale, 30 



Rainy, Prof, on Reinsch's Process 



for the Detection of Arsenic 77 



Rankine, Mr. W. J. Macquom and 

 Mr. J. Thomson on Telegraphic 

 Communication between Great 

 Britain and Ireland, 265 



