CONTENTS. 
SESSION 1 8 63-64. 
November 25, 1863. 
PAGE 
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 discoTered 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 
n. 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 
