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TRANSACTIONS OP THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Contents. 



I. On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces. By J. Clerk Max- 

 well, F.R.SS.L. & E. 



II. On Scientific Method in the Interpretation of Popular Myths, with Special 

 reference to Greek Mythology. By Professor Blackie. 



III. On the Extension of Brouncker's Method to the Comparison of several Mag- 

 nitudes. By Edward Sang, Esq. 



IV. On Green's and other Allied Theorems. By Professor Tait. 



V. On the Heat Developed in the Combination of Acids and Bases. — Second 

 Memoir. By Thomas Andrews, M.D., F.R.S., Hon. F.R.S.E., Vice-Pre- 

 sident of Queen's College, Belfast. 



VI. The Genetic Succession of Zooids in the Hydroida. By Professor Allman. 



VII. Influence of the Vagus upon the Vascular System. By William Ruther- 

 ford, M.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Physiology, King's College, London. 



VIII. On the Old River Terraces of the Earn and Teith, viewed in connexion 

 with certain Proofs of the Antiquity of Man. By the Rev. Thomas Brown, 

 F.R.S.E. 



IX. On Spectra formed by the passage of Polarized Light through Refracting 

 Crystals. By Francis Deas, MA., LL.B., F.R.S.E. 



Addition to the above Paper. By J. Clerk Maxwell, LL.D., F.R.SS.L. &E. 



X. On the Oxidation of Products of Picoline. By James Dewar, F.R.S.E., 

 Chemical Demonstrator in the University of Edinburgh, and Lecturer on Che- 

 mistry at the Edinburgh Veterinary College. 



XI. An Account of the Great Finner Whale {Balcenoptera Sibbaldii) stranded at 

 Longniddry. — Part I. The Soft Parts. By William Turner, M.B. (Lond.), 

 Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. 



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