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PROCEEDINGS 
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ROYAL SOCIETY OP EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1859-60. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday , 5tfA December 1859. 
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Opening Address, Session 1859-60. By Lord Neaves, . 212 
Donations to the Library, . . . .232 
Monday , 19 th December 1859. 
Note on some Numerical Delations between the Specific 
Gravities of the Diamond, Graphite, and Charcoal 
Forms of Carbon and its Atomic Weight. By Dr 
Lyon Playfair, C.B., F.B.S., . . . 241 
Some Miscellaneous Observations on the Tadpole, and on 
the Albumen of the Newly-laid Egg. By John 
Davy, M.D., F.B.S. Lond. and Edin., . . 249 
On Acupressure, a New Method of Arresting Haemorrhage. 
By Professor Simpson, .... 249 
Donations to the Library, . . . .252 
Tuesday , 3 d January 1860. 
Some Miscellaneous Observations on the Growth of Birds, 
their Specific Gravity, and on the Stomach of Fishes 
in Delation to Digestion. By John Davy, M.D., 
F.D.S. Lond. and Edin., .... 253 
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