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of Edinburgh^ Session 1866-67. 
Journal of the Chemical Society. No. 49. London, 1867. 8yo.— 
From the Society. 
Monthly Return of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages registered 
in the Eight principal Towns of Scotland. December 1866. 
8 vo. — From the Registrar-General . 
An Essay to show that Petroleum may be used with advantage 
in Manufacturing Operations, for the purpose of heating 
Steam Boilers and generating Steam. By D. Bodde, Notary 
Public at Batavia. 8vo.— From the Author. 
Bulletin de FAcademie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des 
Beaux- Arts de Belgique. No. 12. Bruxelles, 1866. 8vo.— 
From the Academy. 
Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussischen Akademie der Wis- 
senschaften zu Berlin, Sept. — Oct., 1866. 8vo. — From the 
Academy. 
Die Menschlichen Parasiten und die von Ihnen Herruhrenden 
Krankheiten. Ein Hand und Lehrbuch fur Naturforscher una 
Aerzte. Yon Rudolf Leuckart. Zweiter Band. I. Lieferung. 
Leipzig, 1867. 8vo. — From the Editor. 
Comparisons of the Standards of Length of England, France, Bel- 
gium, Prussia, Russia, India, and Australia, made at the Ord- 
nance Survey Office, Southampton, London, 1866. 4to. — 
From the Survey. 
Sur la Vrille des Cucurbitacees. Par M. Ad. Chatin.— From the 
Author. 
Monday , 4 ih February 1867. 
Sir DAVID BREWSTER, President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of the British Islands. 
By Archibald Geikie, Esq., F.R.S. 
This paper was in continuation of the series of memoirs on the 
volcanic rocks of Scotland previously read by the author before the 
Society,* and contained the first portion of the results of a survey 
* See Proceedings, iv. 309, 453, 582, and Transactions, vol. xxii. 633. 
