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Report of the Committee on tlie Melbourne Telescope to the President and 

 Council of the Royal Society 313 



On the Geographical and Geological Relations of the Fauna and Flora of 

 Palestine. By the Rev. Henry Baker Tristram, M.A., F.G.S 316 



New Researches on the Dispersion of the Optic Axes in Harmotome and 

 Wohlerite, proving these Minerals to belong to the Clinorhombic (Ob- 

 lique) System. By M. A. L. O. Des Cloiseaux 319 



On the Law of the Resistance of the Air to Rifled Projectiles. By Charles 

 W. Merrifield, F.R.S,, Principal of the Royal School of Naval Architec- 

 ture 321 



Remarks on the Great Nebula in Orion. In a Letter addressed to Prof. 

 G. G. Stokes, Sec. R.S. By W. Lassell, F.R.S 322 



Observations on the Development of the Semilunar Valves of the Aorta 

 and Pulmonary Artery of the Heart of the Chick. By Morris Tonge, 

 M.A., M.D 329 



On the Phenomena observed to attend the propulsion of Lymph from one 

 of the Lymphatic Hearts into a Vein in the Frog. By Thomas Whar- 

 ton Jones, F.R.S,, Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery in 

 University College, &c 335 



Researches on Solar Physics. Heliographical Positions and Areas of Sun- 

 spots observed with the Kew Photoheliograph during the years 1862 

 and 1863. By Warren De La Rue, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Balfour 

 Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. (Superintendent of the Kew Obser- 

 vatory), and Benjamin Loewy, F.R.A.S 336 



The Specific Heat of Mixtures of Alcohol and Water. By A. Dupre, Ph.D., 

 Lecturer on Chemistry at the Westminster Hospital, and F. J. M. Page. 336 



Researches on the Blood. — On the Action of Nitrites on the Blood. By 

 Arthur Gamgee, M.D,, F.R.S.E., Assistant to the Professor of Medical 

 Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh 339 



Microscopical characters of the rhythmically contractile Muscular Coat of 

 the Veins of the Bat's Wing, of the Lymphatic Hearts of the Frog, and 

 of the Caudal Heart of the Eel. In three parts. — Part I. Microscopical 

 characters of the rhythmically contractile Muscular Coat of the Veins of 

 the Web of the Bat's Wing. Part II. Microscopical characters of the 

 rhythmically contractile Muscular Coat of the Lymphatic Hearts of the 

 Frog. Part HI. Microscopical characters of the rhythmically contractile 

 Muscular Coat of the Caudal Heart of the Eel. By Thomas Wharton 

 Jones, F.R.S,, Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery in Univer- 



sity College, &c 342 



On Waves in Liquids. By W. J. Macquorn Rankine, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S. 344 



Scientific Exploration of Central Australia. By Dr. G. Neumayer 347 



On some New Derivatives of Acetone. By Maxwell Simpson, M.D._, F.R.S. 364 



Researches on the Hydrocarbons of the Series Cn H2n+2. — No. IV. By C. 

 Schorlemmer 367 



Researches on the Hydrocarbons of the Series Cn ^2n+2- — No. V. By C. 

 Schorlemmer , . , , , 372 



