1895.] 



Presents. 



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Rodrigues (J B.) Hortus Fluminensis ou Breve Noticia sobre las 

 Plantas cultivadas no Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, 1893. 

 8vo. Bio de Janeiro 1895. The Author. 



Sacco (F.) Essai sur l'Orogenie de la Terre. 8vo. Turin 1895. 



The Author. 



Schlich (W.) Manual of Forestry. Vol. IV (by W. R. Fisher). 



8vo. London 1895. The India Office. 



Sekreiber (P.) Ueber registrirende Regenmesser und Pegel. 4to. 



Leipzig 1895. The Author. 



Sharpe (R. R.) London and the Kingdom. Vol. III. 8vo. London 



1895. The City Corporation. 



Smither (J. G.) Architectural Remains, Anuradhapura, Ceylon: 



comprising the Dagabas and certain other ancient ruined 



Structures. Folio. London. 



The Ceylon Government, through the Crown Agents. 

 Stanley (W. F.) Notes on the Nebular Theory in relation to 



Stellar, Solar, Planetary, Cometary, and Geological Phenomena. 



8vo. London 1895. The Author. 



Symons (G. J.), F.R.S., and Wallis (H. S.). British Rainfall. 1894. 



8vo. London 1895. Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S. 



Tallack (W.) Penological and Preventive Principles. Second 



edition. 8vo. London 1896. The Howard Association. 



Tatham (J.) Manchester Life Tables. 8vo. Manchester 1893. 



The Author. 



Thwaite (B. H.) Luminous and Non-lumi uous Combustion. 8vo. 

 London 1891 ; Notes on Luminous and Non-luminous Combus- 

 tion. 8vo. London 1895 ; The Efficiency of Non-luminous 

 Combustion. 8vo. London 1895. The Author. 



Vogel (H. C.) Uber das Vorkommen der Linien des Cieveitgas- 

 specfcrums in den Sternspectren und iiber die Classification der 

 Sterne vom ersten Spectraltypus. 8vo. Berlin 1895. 



The Author. 



Walter (B.) Die Oberflachen- oder Schiller-farben. 8vo. Braun- 

 schiveig 1895. The Author. 



Wellner (M.) Einleitung zur Geschichte der Wissenschaften. 8vo. 

 Taus 1895. The Author. 



Wolfer (A.) Astronomische Mitteilungen, Nos. 85 — 86. 8vo. 

 Zurich 1895. The Observatory, Zurich. 



A Silver Medal of Cuvier and Tw r o Bronze Medals of Benjamin 

 Franklin and Admiral S. Griegg. 



Purchased and presented by Sir John Evans, Treas. R.S. 



Photograph of the Stone used by M. Biot and Capt. Kater for the 

 Attachment of their Clocks, Pendulums, and Repeating Circles 

 at Balta Sound, Shetland Islands. Mr. John H. Wilkinson. 



