CONTENTS. 
V. 
On the Natural History of the Herring. By J. M. Mitchell, Esq., 
Communicated by Dr Allman, . . . .171 
Some Inquiries concerning Terrestrial Temperature. By Professor 
J. D. Forbes, . . . . * .173 
On the Spermogones and Pycnides of Lichens. By W. Lauder 
Lindsay, M.D. Communicated by Professor J. H. Balfour, . 174 
On some First Principles of a Mental Science deduced from Corre- 
lations of the Primary Laws of Matter and Mind. By Dr 
Laycock, . . . . - .183 
Verbal Notice respecting the Remains of a Seal found at Porto- 
bello. By Dr Allman, . . . . -190 
On the Composition of Old Scotch Glass. By Mr Thomas Bloxam, 
Assistant Chemist to the Industrial Museum. Communicated, 
with a Preliminary Note, by Professor George Wilson, . 191 
On the Gradual Production of Luminous Impressions in the Eye, 
Part II. By Professor Swan, . . , .198 
On the Destructive EfFects of the Waves of the Sea on the 
North-East Shores of Shetland. By Thomas Stevenson, C.E., 
F.R.S.E., . . . . . . .200 
Notice of an Unusual Fall of Rain in the Lake District in January 
1859. By John Davy, M.D , F.R.SS. Lond. and Edin,, . 201 
Researches on Radiant Heat, Part II. By Balfour Stewart, Esq. 
Communicated by the Secretary, .... 203 
Some Observations on the Coagulation of the Blood. By John 
Davy, M.D., F.R.SS. London and Edinburgh, . . 205 
On the Recent Vindication of the Priority of Cavendish as the Dis- 
coverer of the Composition of Water. By Professor George 
Wilson, ....... 205 
On the Preservation of Footprints on the Sea-Shore. By Alexander 
Bryson, Esq,, ...... 208 
Opening Address, Session 1859-60. By Lord Neaves, . . 212 
Note on some Numerical Relations between the Specific Gravities 
of the Diamond, Graphite, and Charcoal forms of Carbon, and its 
Atomic Weight. By Dr Lyon Playfair, C.B., F.R.S., . . 241 
Some Miscellaneous Observations on the Tadpole, and on the 
Albumen of the Newly-laid Egg. By John Davy, M.D,, 
F.R.SS. Lond. and Edin., ..... 249 
On Acupressure, a New Method of Arresting Haemorrhage. By 
Professor Simpson, ...... 249 
Some Miscellaneous Observations on the Growth of Birds, their 
Specific Gravity, and on the Stomach of Fishes in Relation to 
Digestion. By John Davy, M.D,, F.R.SS. Lond. and Edin., 253 
Notes of certain Remarkable Laws connected with the Oscillations 
of Flexible Pendulums ; with Illustrative Experiments, by Ed- 
ward Sang, Esq., ...... 255 
Suggested Explanation of Messrs Carrington and Hodgson’s re- 
cently observed Solar Phenomenon. By Professor C. Piazzi 
Smyth, ....... 258 
On the Fallacy of Estimating the present Mean Temperature in 
England. By James Stark, M.D , .... 264 
