INDEX. 



617 



FISHER (REV. WALTER), four theorems for re- 

 solviDg all the cases of plane and spherical triangles. 

 H. iv. 4. 



FISHES, on certain appearances observed in the dis- 

 section of the eyes of. vii. 377. 



on the poisonous, of the Caribbee Islands. 



ix. 65. 



FLEMING, D. D. (REV. JOHN,) observations on 

 the junction of the fresh waters of rivers with the 

 salt water of the sea. viii. 507. 



~ on a submarine forest in the Frith of Tay, 



with observations on the formation of submarine 

 forests in general, ix. 419. 



FLEMING (THOMAS), account of a remarkable 

 agitation of the waters of Loch Tay. P. C. i. 200. 



FLUATE OF LIME, on the optical properties of. 

 viii. 157- 



FORBES (PROFESSOR JAMES D.), on the horary 

 oscillations of the barometer near Edinburgh, de- 

 duced from 4410 observations, xii. 153. 



account of some experiments in which an 



electric spark was elicited from a natural magnet. 

 xii. 197. 



experiments on the electricity of tourma- 



line, and other minerals, when exposed to heat, 

 xiii. 27. 



experimental researches regarding certain vi- 



brations which take place between metallic masses 

 having different temperatures, xii. 429. 



on the refraction and polarization of heat. 



xiii. 131, 

 researches on heat, second series. 2. on the 



use of the thermo-multiplier — on the polarization of 

 heat by tourmaline. 3. on the laws of the polariza- 

 tion of heat by refraction. 4. on the laws of the 

 polarization of heat by reflection. 5. on the circu- 

 lar polarization of heat. xiii. 446. 



FOREST, on a submarine, in the Frith of Tay. 

 ix. 419. 



FOSSIL TREE, description of a, found in a quarry 

 at Nites Hill. ix. 103. 



— description of a, discovered in the quarry of 

 Craigleith. xii. 147. 



FCETUS, description of an extra-uterine, v. 189. 

 FURNACES, practical remarks on blast, v. 31. 



account of certain phenomena observed in the 



air-vault of the furnaces of the Devon Iron Works. 

 v. 31. 



GAS, on a new combustible, xi. 15. 

 GASES, on the specific heat of the. x. 195. 



on the law of the diffusion of. xii. 222. 



GENERAL MEETINGS— (EXTRAORDINARY 

 AND SPECIAL).— 

 Proceedings of extraordinary general meetings from 

 May 1826 to April 1831. xi. 499. 



- from November 1831 to April 1833. xii. 

 549. 



GENERAL MEETINGS— (EXTRAORDINARY 

 AND SPECIAL.)— 



Recommendation, on the motion of Mr Allan, to 

 use all diligence in obtaining payment of the 

 money due by the college trustees to the Society, 

 xi. 502. 



Thanks of the Society voted to Thomas Allan, Esq., 

 James Skene, Esq., and Robert Stevenson, Esq., 

 for superintending the furnishing, &c. of the So- 

 ciety's apartments, xi. 502. 



Announcement that the library would now be al- 

 ways open to the members, xi. 602. 



Thanks of the Society voted to W. H. Playfair, 

 Esq., for the skill and taste displayed by him in 

 the arrangement of their new premises, xi. 503. 



Committee appointed to consider of the best means 

 of warming and ventilating the Society's apart- 

 ments, xi. 505. 



Intimation of the intention of Mr Watt of Soho, to 

 present to the Society a copy of Sir William 

 Beechey's portrait of his father, xi. 506. 



Authority granted to the secretary to open the let- 

 ters addressed to the general secretary in his ab- 

 sence, xi. 506. 



First biennial prize, from the donation of the late 

 Alexander Keith, Esq., adjudged to Dr Brewster, 

 xi. 506. 



Resolution empowering the council to enter into 

 arrangements with the council of the Antiquarian 

 Society, for making such an exchange of any ob- 

 jects in their respective collections as may ap- 

 pear for the benefit of both. xi. 507. 



Motions of Sir John Sinclair, Bart., and of Mr Allan, 

 to testify the sense of the Society to the merits of 

 Dr Brewster, while secretary to the Society. 

 xi. 509, 510. 



Committee appointed to draw up a memorial of the 

 late Hon. Lord Newton, one of the vice-presi- 

 dents of the Society, xii. 550. 



On a motion of Lord Meadowbank, and an amend- 

 ment of the Right Hon. William Adam, the 

 council were directed to report in what manner 

 a tribute of respect can be most appropriately 

 paid to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, 

 xii. 550. 



Report by the council, and the proceedings of a 

 special general meeting on this subject, xii. 553. 



Announcement that the subscription to the monu- 

 ment for Sir Walter Scott, amounting to L.70, 

 would now be paid over to the treasurer of the 

 committee for that object, xii. 555. 



Announcement that arrangements had now been 



made for having abstracts of the papers read at 



each meeting prepared, to be read along with the 



minutes at the subsequent one. xii. 555. 



GEORGIUM PLANET, obseryations on the places 



of the, made at Edinburgh with an equatorial in- 

 strument. P. C. ii. 37. 



