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PART. 



24. — On the Possibility of Originating Wave Disturbances in the Ether by 

 Means of Electric Forces — Corrections and Additions. By George 

 Francis Fitz Gerald, m.a., e.t.c.d. (January, 1883.) 



25. — On the Fossil Fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Great 

 Britain. By J. W. Davis. Plates XLII. to LXV. (September, 

 1883.) [With Title-page to Volume.'] 



CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. (New Series). 



PART. 



1. — Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, made with the Six-foot 

 and Three-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle, from the year 1848 up to 

 the year 1878. Nos. 1 and 2. By the Bight Hon. the Earl of 

 Bosse, ll.d., d.c.l., f.k.s. Plates I. to IV. (August, 1879.) No. 3. 

 Plates Y. and VI. (June, 1880.) 



2. — On Aquatic Carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidse. By Dr. Sharp. 

 Plates VII. to XVIII. (April, 1 882.) [ With Title-page to Volume. ] 



CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. (New Series). 



PART. 



1 . — On the Influence of Magnetism on the rate of a Chronometer. By 

 Otto Boeddicker, ph.d. Plate I. (October, 1883.) 



2. — On the Quantity of Energy transferred to the Ether by a Variable 

 Current. By George F. Fitz Gerald, m.a., f.r.s. (March, 1884.) 



3. — On a New Form of Equatorial Telescope. By Howard Grubb, m.e., 

 F.E.S. Plate II. (March, 1884.) 



4. — Catalogue of Vertebrate Fossils, from the Siwaliks of India, in the 

 Science and Art Museum, Dublin. By R. Lydekker, f.g.s., p.z.s. 

 Plate III., and Woodcuts. (July, 1884.) 



5. — On the origin of Freshwater Faunas : A study in Evolution. By W. 

 J. Sollas, m.a., Dublin; d.sc, Cambridge. (November, 1884.) 



6. — Memoirs on the Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. By the Rev. T. 

 Blackburn, b.a., and Dr. D. Sharp. Plates IV., V. (February, 1885.) 



7. — Notes on the Aspect of the Planet Mars in 1884. Accompanied by 

 Sketches made at the Observatory, Birr Castle. By Otto Boeddicker, 

 ph.d. Plate VI. [Communicated by the Earl of Rosse.] (March^l885.) 



8. — On the Geological Age of the North Atlantic Ocean. By Edward Hull, 

 ll.d., e.r.s., f.g.s., Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. 

 Plates VII. and VIII. (April, 1885.) 



