CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII. 



President's Address, 1881 . * 



Art. I. A New Genus of Lichens, by James Stirton, M.D., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



II. On a Supposed New Species of Nipa, by F. M. Bailey, 

 F.L.S., of Queensland .. .. .. .. .. 



III. On a Modification of Mance's Method of Measuring the 



Resistance of a Battery, by F. J. Pirani, M.A. 



IV. On a Form of Tangent Galvanometer suitable for 



Measuring Powerful Currents, by F. J. Pirani, M.A. 

 V. Notes on the Diabase Kocks of the Buchan District, by 



A. W. Howitt, F.G.S 



VI. Some New Species of Bryozoa from the Marion Islands, 

 with Notes on Bicellaria Grandis, by J. B. Y. Gold- 

 stein 

 VII. A New Form of Scale for the use of Engineers and 

 Architects, by A. M. Henderson, C.E. 



VIII. Description of a Hagemann's Vacuum Anemometer 

 erected at the Observatory, by R. L. J. Ellery, 

 F.K.S., &g ' 



IX. Some Notes on the Storage of Electricity and Faure's 



Form of Plante's Secondary Battery, by W. C. Ker- 

 not, M.A., C.E 



X. The Origin of Quartz Reefs and Gold, by William 



Nicholas, F.G.S. 



XI. Notes on the Specification of a recent Patent for the 



Manufacture of Gas, by J. Cosmo Newbery 



XII. Observations on Living Polyzoa, by C. M. Maplestone 



XIII. Electric Fire Alarms, by K. E. Joseph .. .. •.. 



XIV. Remarks upon and Experiments with Faure's Secondary 



Battery, by John Booth Kirkland 



XV. The Drainage of Melbourne, by W. W. Culcheth, 

 M.I.C.E 



XVI. On the Sea-cell as a Possible Source of Danger in 

 Torpedo Experiments, by H. Moors 



XVII. Floods on the Kiver Barwon, by W. W. Culcheth, 

 M.I.C.E 



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XXI. 



The Physical Features of the Australian Alps, by James 

 Stirling 



On a New Form of Secondary Cell for Electrical Storage, 

 by H. Sutton 



Descriptions of New, or Little Known, Polyzoa, by 



P. H. MacGillivray, M.A., &c. 



Description of Vacuum Apparatus, by H. Sutton 



Obituary — 



Frederic Joy Pirani, M.A. , C.E 



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