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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1872-73. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday, 2d December 1872. 
PAGE 
Opening Address. Session 1872-73. By Sir Bobert 
Christison, Bart., . . . . ,2 
Monday , 1 6th December 1872. 
On the Philological (Genius and Character of theNeo Hellenic 
Dialect. By Professor Blackie, . . .31 
Laboratory Notes. By Professor Tait. Communicated, in 
his absence, by Professor 0. Forbes — 
On the Delation between Thermal, and Electric, Con- 
ductivity, . . . . . .32 
On Electric Conductivity at a Bed Heat, . . 32 
On the Thermo-Electric Properties of Pure Iron, . 32 
Note on the Bate of Decrease of Electric Conductivity with 
Increase of Temperature. By D. H. Marshall, M.A., 
Assistant to the Professor of Natural Philosophy. 
Communicated by Professor Tait, . . .33 
Monday , 6 th January 1873. 
Notices of deceased Fellows. By David Milne Home, ior ^ 
On a Question of Arrangement and Probabilities. By^Byb- L , 2. ^ 
fessor Tait, . . . 
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