﻿CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXVII. FOURTH SERIES. VU 



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 Mr. J. J. Sylvester's Note on a new Continued Fraction appli- 

 cable to the Quadrature of the Circle 373 



Mr. J. J. Sylvester on two remarkable Resultants arising out 



of the Theory of Rectifiable Compound Logarithmic Waves. 375 

 Notices respecting New Books : — 



Mr. R. A. Peacock's Physical and Historical Evidences of 

 vast Sinkings of Land on the North and West Coasts of 

 France, and South-western Coasts of England, within 



the Historical Period 382 



Mr. R. A. Peacock on Steam as the Motive Power in Earth- 

 quakes and Volcanoes, and on Cavities in the Earth's 



Crust 383 



Proceedings of the Royal Society : — 



Prof. Tyndall on the Blue Colour of the Sky, the Polariza- 

 tion of Skylight, and on the Polarization of Light by 



Cloudy matter generally 384 



Proceedings of the Royal Institution : — 



Dr. A. Crum Brown on Chemical Constitution, and its 

 Relation to Physical and Physiological Properties .... 395 

 On a Mirage in the English Channel, by John Parnell, M.A., 



F.R.A.S 400 



On the production of a beautiful Patina onBronzes in large Towns. 401 

 On Tyndall's Cometary Theory, by Mr. E. Carpmael and W. B. 

 Gibbs, F.R.A.S 403, 404 



NUMBER CCLI.— JUNE. 



M. A. Wiillner on the Spectra of certain Gases in Geissler's 

 Tubes 405 



Mr. J. Dewar on the Motion of a Palladium Plate during the 

 Formation of Graham's Hydrogenium 424 



Prof. J. Bayma on the Fundamental Principles of Molecular 

 Physics 43 1 



Prof. W. Swan on a Metallic Connector to replace the Vulca- 

 nite Tube used with Bianchi's Air-pump 442 



Prof. R. Clausius upon the new Conception of Electrodynamic 

 Phenomena suggested by Gauss 445 



Mr. W. Huggins on some Spectrum Observations of Comets. . 456 



Dr. E. J. Mills on Statical and Dynamical Ideas in Chemistry. 

 — Part I. Acid, Alkali, Salt, and Base 461 



Proceedings of the Royal Society : — 



Mr. F. Guthrie on the Thermal Resistance of Liquids . . 468 

 Mr. G. Gore on Hydrofluoric Acid 470 



On the Voltaic Deportment of Palladium, by J. C. PoggendorfF. 474 



