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  CONTENTS. 
  

  

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  XXVII. 
  On 
  the 
  Centrifugal 
  Theory 
  of 
  Elasticity, 
  and 
  its 
  Connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  Theory 
  of 
  Heat 
  By 
  Wm. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Rankine, 
  C.E., 
  F.R.S.E., 
  

   F.R.S.S.A., 
  &c. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .425 
  

  

  XXVIII. 
  On 
  the 
  Computation 
  of 
  the 
  Specif 
  c 
  Heat 
  of 
  Liquid 
  Water 
  at 
  

   various 
  Temperatures, 
  from 
  the 
  Experiments 
  o/M. 
  Regnault. 
  

   By 
  Wm. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Rankine, 
  C.E., 
  F.R.S.E., 
  F.R.S.S.A., 
  &c. 
  441 
  

  

  XXIX. 
  On 
  the 
  Red 
  Prominences 
  seen 
  during 
  Total 
  Eclipses 
  of 
  the 
  Sun. 
  

  

  Part 
  I. 
  By 
  William 
  Swan, 
  F.R.S.E., 
  . 
  . 
  .445 
  

  

  XXX. 
  On 
  the 
  Red 
  Prominences 
  seen 
  during 
  Total 
  Eclipses 
  of 
  the 
  Sun. 
  

  

  Part 
  II. 
  By 
  William 
  Swan, 
  F.R.S.E. 
  (With 
  a 
  Plate.) 
  467 
  

  

  XXXI. 
  On 
  the 
  Dynamical 
  Theory 
  of 
  Heat. 
  Part 
  V. 
  On 
  the 
  Quantities 
  

   of 
  Mechanical 
  Energy 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  Fluid 
  in 
  Different 
  States 
  

   as 
  to 
  Temperature 
  and 
  Density. 
  By 
  William 
  Thomson, 
  M.A., 
  

   Professor 
  of 
  Natural 
  Philosophy 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Glasgow, 
  475 
  

  

  XXXI 
  I. 
  On 
  two 
  Neiv 
  Processes 
  for 
  the 
  Detection 
  of 
  Fluorine 
  when 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  Silica 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Presence 
  of 
  Fluorine 
  in 
  Granite, 
  

   Trap, 
  and 
  other 
  Igneous 
  Rocks, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Ashes 
  of 
  Recent 
  and 
  

   Fossil 
  Plants. 
  By 
  Geoege 
  Wilson, 
  M.D., 
  . 
  . 
  483 
  

  

  XXXIII. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  a 
  Knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Phenomena 
  of 
  the 
  Zodiacal 
  

  

  Light. 
  By 
  Professor 
  C. 
  Piazzi 
  Smyth. 
  (With 
  a 
  Plate.) 
  489 
  

  

  XXXIV. 
  On 
  the 
  Total 
  Solar 
  Eclipse 
  of 
  1851. 
  By 
  Professor 
  C. 
  Piazzi 
  

  

  Smyth. 
  (With 
  a 
  Plate.) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .503 
  

  

  PART 
  IV. 
  

  

  XXXV 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  Speculations 
  of 
  Dr 
  Bkown 
  and 
  other 
  recent 
  

   Metaphysicians, 
  regarding 
  the 
  Exercise 
  of 
  the 
  Senses. 
  By 
  

   Professor 
  W. 
  P. 
  Alison, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  ■ 
  . 
  513 
  

  

  XXXVI. 
  Summation 
  of 
  a 
  Compound 
  Series, 
  and 
  its 
  Application 
  to 
  a 
  Pro- 
  

   blem 
  in 
  Probabilities. 
  By 
  Bishop 
  Terrot, 
  . 
  .541 
  

  

  