PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1864-65. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday, 28i/i November 1864, 
PAGE 
Opening Address. Session 1864-65. By His Grace the 
Duke of Argyll, . . , .264 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 312 
Monday^ \^th December 1864. 
Address. By Sir David Brewster, . . .321 
On Variability in Human Structure, with illustrations 
from the Flexor Muscles of the Fingers and Toes. 
By William Turner, M.B. (Lond.), Demonstrator 
of Anatomy in the University, . . .327 
On the Principle of Onomatopoeia in Language. By Pro- 
fessor Blackie, ..... 327 
Note on the Phlogistic Theory. By Alexander Crum 
Brown, M.D., &c., . . , . 328 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 330 
Tuesday^ ‘dd January 1865, 
A Map of Taranaki, New Zealand, executed by a Maori, 
was exhibited, and Bemarks on it by Dr Lauder 
Lindsay were communicated by Mr A. Keith John- 
ston, ...... 335 
Note on the Various Investigations of the Law of Fre- 
quency of Error. By Professor Tait, . . 335 
Notice respecting Mr Reilly’s Topographical Survey of the 
Chain of Mont Blanc. By Principal Forbes, . 335 
On the Solution of Perigal’s Problem concerning the con- 
tact of Epicycloidal Curves. By E. Sang, Esq., . 338 
Donations to the Library, .... 340 
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