CONTENTS. 



SESSION 1 8 63-64. 



November 25, 1863. 



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M'Bain (Dr), President's Opening Address : — On the Theory of 

 a Central Heat, or of a High Temperature in the Interior 

 of the Earth, . . ... .107 



I. Wood (Rev. Walter), Elie, On the Strata discovered in making 

 the East of Fife Extension Railway, with special reference to 

 the Brick-Clay Beds and their Fossil Remains. Communi- 

 cated by James M'Bain, M.D., R.N. (Plans and Sections 

 of the Railway were exhibited in illustration), . . 125 



December 23, 1863. 



Office-Bearers elected, ..... 128 



I. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Two Specimens of Egyptian Geese 



[Anser Egyptiacus) exhibited, . . . 129 



II. Macadam (Dr Stevenson), On the Central Heat of the Earth, 129 



January 27, 1864. 

 I. Stevenson (William), Esq., Dunse, Deductions from the 



Hypothesis of the Internal Fluidity of the Earth. Com- 

 municated by George Logan, Esq., W.S., . . 132 

 II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Remarks on Dr Macadam's 



" Spheroidal Theory" of the Interior of the Earth, . 139 

 Macadam (Dr Stevenson), in reply, with Notes, . 141 



February 24, 1864. 



I. M'Farlane (Patrick), Esq., Some Objections to the Nebulo- 

 Geological Hypothesis, as stated in Dr James M 'Bain's 

 Opening Address. Communicated by Alexander Bryson, 

 Esq., . . ... . .145 



