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ROBISON LL.D. (JOHN), observations on the places 

 of the Georgium planet, made at Edinburgh with 

 an equatorial instrument. P. C. ii. 37. 



on the motion of light, as affected by refract- 

 ing and reflecting substances, which are also in 

 motion. P. C. ii. 83. 



biographical account of. vii. 495. 



ROBISON (JOHN), notice regarding a time-keeper 



in the hall of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 



xi. 345. 

 ROCKS, on the igneous, in the neighbourhood of 



Edinburgh, xiii. 39. 

 on the fresh water limestone of Burdiehouse, 



belonging to the carboniferous group of rocks. 



xiii. 169. 

 ROEBUCK (DR JOHN), on the ripening and filling 



of corn. H. i. 17- 



. biographical account of. H. App. iv. 65. 



i account of certain phenomena observed in 



the air vault of the furnaces of the Devon Iron 



"Works ; together with some practical remarks on 



blast furnaces, v. 31. 

 RUSSELL (JAMES), account of experiments on anti- 

 mony. H. i. 16. 



singular variety of hernia, v. 23. 



RUSSIA, dissertation on the climate of. P. C. ii. 213, 

 RUTHERFORD (DR DANIEL), description of an 



improved thermometer. P. C. iii. 247. 

 RYKUM, account of the hot springs near Rykum, in 



Iceland. P. C. iii. 127. 

 RYTHMICAL MEASURES, an essay on. L. C. 



ii. 55. 



SALINE SOLUTIONS, on the influence of the air in 

 determining the crystallization of. xi. 114. 



SALMON, observations on the natural history of the. 

 xii. 462. 



SALTS, on water as a constituent of. xi. 114. 



SCORESBY (REV. WILLIAM), description of 

 some remarkable effects of unequal refraction, ob- 

 served at Bridlington Quay in the summer of 1826. 

 xi. 8. 



SCORESBY, Junior (WILLIAM), description of a 

 magnetimeter, being a new instrument for mea- 

 suring magnetic attractions, and finding the dip of 

 the needle, ix. 243. 



description of some remarkable atmospheric 



reflections and refractions, observed in the Green- 

 land Sea. ix. 299. 



observations on the errors in the sea-rates of 



chronometers, ix. 353. 



electro-magnetic experiments and observa- 

 tions, ix. 465. 



SEA-SALT, on a new method for purifying sea salt. 

 H. i. 19. 



SEA-WATER, an analysis of. viii. 205. 



SEYMOUR (LORD WEBB), observations upon 

 some geological appearances in Glen Tilt. vii. 303. 



SINGULTUS, cases of obstinate. H. i. 27. 



SKULL, explanation of the old word. H. v. 29. 



SLEEP, remarkable case of Margaret Lyall, who con- 

 tinued in a state of sleep for nearly six weeks, 

 viii. 249. 



SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF EDINBURGH, history of. 

 H. i. 3. 



charter of. i. 7. 



Carta nova erectionis Societatis Regise Edin- 

 burgh 1808. H. vi. 3. 



laws of, in 1783. H. i. 11. 



laws of, enacted 23d May 1811. H. vi. 9. 



laws of the Society, enacted 23d May 1811, 



26th February 1820, and 24th January 1823. 

 ix. 495. 



laws of the, enacted 23d May 1811, and al- 

 tered on the 26th February 1820, 24th January 

 1823, 13th January 1824, and 9th January 1826. 

 x. 449. 



copy of the laws of the Society, xi. 510. 



copy of the laws of the Society, January 18. 



1836. xiii. 



motion of Dr Graham to alter the seventeenth 



law, in so far " as to do away the appointment, at 

 future elections, of presidents to the Physical and 

 Literary Classes, and to add two to the present 

 number of vice-presidents." xi. 505, and 508. 



■ resolution to add an assistant curator to the 



office-bearers in Council, unanimously a°reed to. 

 xi. 516. 



motion of Sir William Hamilton relative to the 



election of foreign and honorary members, and to 

 certain improvements he had to suggest in the con- 

 stitution of the Society, xiii. 571, 572, and 573. 



motion of Dr Traill to modify the laws regard- 

 ing honorary and foreign members, xiii. 575. 



motion to alter the thirteenth law, so far as 



" that ballots for the admission of members may 

 take place at any ordinary meeting of the So- 

 ciety during the session," unanimously agreed to. 

 xii. 550. 



motion to give power to the Council to dispense 



with the exaction of fees of entrance and annual 

 contribution in certain cases, unanimously agreed 

 to. xi. 519. 



motion of Sir Henry Jardine to alter the laws 



regarding fees and compositions. Agreed to. xiii. 

 571 and 572. 



motion of Lord Greenock to open a subscrip- 

 tion to defray certain charges attendant upon the 

 meeting of the British Association for the advance- 

 ment of science, to be held in Edinburgh. Agreed 

 to. xiii. 569. 



list of office-bearers 1788. H. i. 98. 



list of office-bearers 1790. H. ii. 34. 



list of office-bearers 1799. H. iii. 27. 



office-bearers of the Physical and Literary 



Classes. H. iii. 28. 



