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PROCEEDINGS 
or THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1854-5. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday , 4th December 1854. 
PAGE 
Farther Experiments and Remarks on the Measurement of 
Heights by the Boiling Point of Water. By Professor 
J. D. Forbes, . . . . .261 
On the Chemical Equivalents of Certain Bodies, and the Re- 
lations between Oxygen and Azote. By Professor Low, 263 
Donations to the Library, . . . .263 
Monday , 18^ December 1854. 
Some Observations on the Salmonidee. By John Davy, 
M.D., F.R.S., Lond. and Edin., Inspector-General of 
Army Hospitals, . . . .267 
On the Structural Character of Rocks. Part III., embrac- 
ing remarks on the Stratified Traps of the neighbourhood 
of Edinburgh. By Dr Fleming, . . . 268 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 269 
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