PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION IS 74-75. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday , 23c? November 1874. 
Election of Office-Bearers, . . , , ...... . 416 
Monday, 7th December 1874. 
Presentation of the Keith Prize to Professor Tait, . . 415 
Opening Address on the Stability of Steady Motion. By 
the President, . . . . . 420 
Monday, 21 st December 1874. 
Kemarks on the Great Logarithmic and Trigonometrical 
Tables computed in the Bureau du Cadastre under the 
direction of M. Prony. By Edward Sang, . . 421 
On the Elimination of a, /3, y, from the conditions of integ- 
ral) ility of S. uaSp, S. u/3Sp, S. uySp. By M. G-. Plarr, 
Communicated by Professor Tait, . . . 436 
The Development of the Ova, and the Structure of the 
Ovary, in Man and other Mammals. By James Foulis, 
M.D. (Edin.) Communicated by Prof. Turner, . 437 
Mathematical Notes. By Professor Tait — 
1. On a singular Theorem given by Abel, . . 440 
2. On the Equipotential Surfaces for a Straight Wire, 443 
3. On a Fundamental Principle in Statics, . . 443 
Monday, 4th January 1875. 
Exhibition and Description by the President of his Tide 
Calculating Machine, also his Improved Tide-Gauge- ^ 
. 445 
lie also described certain Capillary Phenomen 
Experiments, ..... 
Monday, 18 th January 187-5. o UX 
Biographical Notice of Lord Colon say. By the Hon. Lord'* ' * 
Njsaves, . . . . . . Vafions^ 45 
Biographical Notice of Cosmo Innes. By the Hon: 
Neaves, ... . . . . 453 
Biographical Notice of Francis Deas. By the Hon. Lord 
Neaves, . . . . . . 461 
Biographical Notice of Adam Black. By the Kev. Dr 
LiNDSAr Alexander, ..... 467 
Biographical Notice of Sheriff Cleghorn. By David MaO- 
lagan, Esq., C.A., . . . . ' 468 
Biographical Notice of Henry Stephens. By Professor Mac- 
lagan, . . . . . . 469 
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