Contents. Ixxxix 



TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILO- 

 SOPHICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA, 1855. 



PAGE 



Art. I. Inaugural Address cif the President, Captain Clarke, 



R.E., Surveyor-General, &c., &c. ... ... 1 



II. Definitions of rare, or hithci-to undescrihed, Australian 

 Plants, collected within tlie boundaries of the Colony 

 and examined by Dr. Feedi.sand Mueller ... 5 



III. On the comj)arative Value and Durability of the Build- 



ing Materials in use in Melbourne, by Robert Brough 



Smyth, Esq. ... ... ... ... ••- '-4 



IV. Definitions of rare, or hitlierto undcscribed, Au.?tralian 



Plants, collected within the Vioundaries of tlie C'olnnj- 

 of Victoria, and examined by Dr. Ferdinand Muel- 

 ler (continued) ... ... ... ... 34 



V. Personal observations made in an excursion towards the 

 central parts of Victoria, including Momit Macedou, 

 Mclvor, and the Black Ranges^ by Wm. Blan- 

 DOwsKi, Esq. ... ... ... ... ... oU 



VI. Original Rides and Tables, adapted to cases of sidelong 

 Ground in the Setting-out and Computation of Rail- 

 way Earthworks, liy Clement Hodgeinson, E.sq., 

 C.E., Survey Department ... ... ... 74 



VII. On the Construction of an Instrument for Ascertaining 



the mean Temjicrature of any place, by Dr. Dariv... 85 



VITT. Meteorological Observations at Bendigo, by Ludwk; 



Becker, Esq. , with a plate ... ... ... S7 



IX. On the Influence of Gravity on the Physical condition 

 of the Moon's surface, by Balfour Stewart, Esq., 

 with a plate ... ... ... ... ... 92 



X. On the Adaption of the Eye to the nature of the Rays 

 which emanate from Bodies, l)y Balfour Stewar'I', 

 Esq. ... ... ... ... ... ... 95 



XI. Descriptive Characters of new Alpine Plants, from Con- 

 tinental AustraHa, by Dr. Fekdinand Mueller ... 96 



XII. On the Failure of the Van Yean Reservoir, embracing 

 an examination of tlie Report of the Committee on the 

 Yan Yean Scheme, Iiy David E. Wilkik, Esq., M. D. Ill 



XIII. The Meteorology of Melbounie, by Dr. E. Da ncv ... 104 



