vi -CONTENTS. 



III. Biographical Account of Mr William Hamilton, late 



Profejfor of Anatomy and Botany in the Univerfity of 

 Glafgow, -. - - Page {'i^s)* 



IV. Biographical Account 0/ John Roebuck, M. D. - (65). 



P A R T II. 

 PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 



I. 



Papers OF THE Physical Class. 



i. Account of a Mineral from Strontian, and of a peculiar 

 Species of Earth which it contains. By Thomas 

 Charles Hope, Profeffor^ of Medicine in the Uni- 

 verfity of Glafgow, - - Page 3. 



II. Obfervations on the Natural Hijlory of Guiana, By 



William Lochead, Efq; - - 41. 



III. On the Principles of the Antecedental Calculus, By 



James Glenie, Efq; - - ^^» 



IV. Obfervations on the Trigonometrical Tables of the Brah- 



mins, By John Play fair, Profeffor of Mathematics 



in the Univerfity of Edinburgh, - - Z'}^, 



V. Some Geometrical Porifms, with Examples of their Ap- 



plication to the Solution of Problems, By Mr Wil- 

 liam Wallace, Afjiflant-Teacher of the Mathematics 

 in the Academy of Perth y - - 107. 



V -f. On the Latitude and Longitude of Aberdeen, By An- 

 drew Mackay, LL. D. & F. R. S. Edin. - 135. 



VI. 



* Now Joint Profeffor of Chemiftry in the Univerfity of Edinburgh, 

 t By miftake No. V. is repeated. 



