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DONATIONS. 



Ramsay (Professor A. O). Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the 



Geological Society of London, 19th February 18(54. 8vo. 

 Rankine (Professor W. J. Macqnorn), LL.D. On the Action of Waves upon 



a Ship's Keel, and the Computation of the Probable Engine Power and 



Speed of proposed Ships. 4to. 



On a Balanced Rudder for Screw Steamers. 4to. 



On Finding the most Economical Rates of Expansion in Steam Engines. 4to. 



On the Mechanical Principles of the Action of Propellers. 4to. 



Registrar-General. Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Twelfth Annual Reports 



of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland. 8vo. 



Quarterly Return of Births, Deaths, and Marriages registered in the Divi- 



sions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland, Nos. 37-49. Edinburgh, 

 1864-67- 8vo. 



Monthly Returns of Births, Deaths, and Marriages registered in the Eight 



Principal Towns in Scotland. April 1864-April 1867. 8vo. 

 Reports. — 



Report on the Sanitary Condition of the City of Edinburgh. By Henry 



D. Littlejohn, M.D. Edinburgh, 186'5. 8vo. 

 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 



U.S. 1863. 8vo. 

 Report of Proceedings of International Horticultural Exhibition and 

 Botanical Congress, held in London from 22d to 31st May 1866. 8vo. 

 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. ; together with the Report of 

 the Directors. 1864-65. Boston, 1866. 8vo. 

 Rive (Professeur Auguste de la). Discours prononce la 21 Aout 1863 a l'ouver- 

 ture de la Quarante-Neuvieme Session de la Societe Helvetique des 

 Sciences Naturelles, reunie a Geneve. Geneve, 1865. 8vo. 

 Robertson (George), C.E., F.R.S.E., &c. On the Wet Dock and other Works 

 about to be constructed by the Commissioners for the Harbour and Docks 

 ofLeith. 8vo. 



The Sewage of the Metropolis. A Letter to John Thwaites, Esq. London, 



1865. 8vo. 



On the Utilisation of Sewage, with a Description of the Plan of Messrs 



Napier and Hope for the Utilisation of the Sewage of London. 8vo. 



Robertson (William), M.D. Supplementary Report on the Mortality Experience 

 of the Scottish Equitable Assurance Society. Edinburgh. 8vo. 



Rue (Warren de la), Balfour Stewart, Esq., and Benjamin Loewy, Esq. Re- 

 searches on Solar Physics. London, 1865. 4to. 



Ruvo (Salvatore Fenicia da). Libro Duodecimo della Politica del Commenda- 

 tore. Napoli, 1866. 8vo. 



Ryan (Matthew). Sketch of the Romantic History of Parallels. Washington, 



1866. 8vo. 



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The Author, 

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Registrar- General. 



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Edinburgh 

 Town Council. 

 The Trustees. 



The Acting 



Committee. 



The Trustees. 



The Author. 

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 The Authors. 

 The Author. 

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Sabine (Lieut. -General). Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Ditto. 



Royal Society, London, on 30th November 1865. 8vo. 



Sandwith (Humphry), C.B., D.C.L. Notes on the South Slavonic Countries in Ditto. 



Austria and Turkey in Europe. Edinburgh, 1865. 8vo. 



Sang (Edward), F.R.S.E. A Treatise on the Valuation of Life Contingencies, Ditto. 



arranged for the use of Students. Edinburgh, 1864. 8vo. 



A New General Theory of the Teeth of Wheels. Edinburgh, 1852. 8vo. Ditto. 



Sanitary Improvement. The Lord Provost's Statement to the Town Council TheRight Hon. Lord 



respecting Sanitary Improvement. Edinburgh, 1865. 8vo. Provost of Ediu. 



Scheffler (Dr Hermann). Die Physiologische Optik; eine Darstellung der Gesetze The Author. 



des Auges. Parts 1, 2. Brannschweig, 1864-65. 8vo. 



Schmidt (Dr Alexander). Haematologische Studien. Dorpat, 1865. 8vo. Ditto. 



Sexe (S. A). Om Sneebrasen Folgefon. Christiania, 1864. 4to. Ditto. 



Sidler (Dr Georg). Ueber die Wurflinie im Leeren. Berne, 1865. 4to. Ditto. 



