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NOTICES AND ABSTRACTS
OF
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECTIONS.
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS.
MATHEMATICS.
Address by G. G. STOKES, M.A., F.R.S., Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, President of the Section.
Rev. F. BASHFORTH on Capillary Attraction......
Professor BOOLE on the Differential Equations of Dynamics...
Rev. Dr. BOOTH on an Instrument for describing Geometrical Curves; invented
by H. Johnston
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Professor A. CAYLEY on a certain Curve of the Fourth Order....
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on the Representation of a Curve in Space by means of
a Cone and Monoid Surface
Mr. W. Esson on the Curvature of the Margins of Leaves with reference to
their Growth.
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Sir WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON, Quaternion Proof of a Theorem of Reci-
procity of Curves in Space ....
Rev. ROBERT HARLEY on a certain Class of Linear Differential Equations.
Mr. T. A. HIRST on the Volumes of Pedal Surfaces.....
Professor WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE on the Exact Form and Mo-
tion of Waves at and near the Surface of Deep Water ...
Mr. W. H. L. RUSSELL on Recent Discoveries made in the Calculus of
Symbols.
Mr. C. M. WILLICH on some Models of Sections of Cubes
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ASTRONOMY.
Mr. ISAAC ASHE'S Cosmogonical Speculations
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Mr. W. R. BIRT on a Group of Lunar Craters imperfectly represented in Lunar
Maps..
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Rev. Professor CHALLIS on the Augmentation of the Apparent Diameter of
a Body by its Atmospheric Refraction..
on the Zodiacal Light, and on Shooting-Stars
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Professor HENNESSY on some of the Characteristic Differences between the
Configuration of the Surfaces of the Earth and Moon
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Mr. WILLIAM LASSELL on a Brilliant Elliptic Ring in the Planetary Nebula,
AR 20° 56', N.P.D. 101° 56'
Rev. R. MAIN, Observed R.A. and N.P.D. of Comet II. 1862
on the Dimensions and Ellipticity of Mars..
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Mr. J. NASMYTH on some Peculiar Features in the Structure of the Sun's Sur-
face.
Mr. NORMAN POGSON'S Observations on Three of the Minor Planets in 1860.
(Communicated by Dr. LEE.) ..
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Mr. W. OGILBY on the Excentricity of the Earth, and the Method of finding
the Coordinates of its Centre of Gravity ...
M. J. SCHVARCZ on the probable Origin of the Heliocentric Theory Rev. Professor SELWYN on Autographs of the Sun......
Mr. W. SPOTTISWOODE on the Hindû Method of Calculating Eclipses. M. C. J. VILLA on some Improved Celestial Planispheres
LIGHT AND HEAT.
Mr. A. CLAUDET on the Means of following the Small Divisions of the Scale
regulating the Distances and Enlargement in the Solar Camera . . . . . . . . . .
M. A. DES CLOIZEAUX sur la Relation entre les Phénomènes de la Polarisation
Rotatoire, et les Formes Hémièdres ou Hémimorphes des Cristaux à un ou
à deux Axes Optiques......
Mr. JAMES CROLL on the Cohesion of Gases, and its relations to Carnot's
Function and to recent Experiments on the Thermal effects of Elastic Fluids
in Motion....
Rev. J. DINGLE on the Supernumerary Bows in the Rainbow...
Dr. ESSELBACH on the Duration of Fluorescence
Mr. J. M. MENZIES on an Optical Instrument which indicates the Relative
Change of Position of Two Objects (such as Ships at Sea during Night)
which are maintaining Independent Courses
Rev. J. B. READE's Experiments on Photography with Colour
Mr. J. SMITH on the Complementary Spectrum..
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Mr. CHARLES TOMLINSON on the Motion of Camphor, &c. towards the Light 23
ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM.
Mr. JAMES CROLL on the Mechanical Power of Electro-Magnetism, with spe-
cial reference to the Theory of Dr. Joule and Dr. Scoresby
Dr. ESSELBACH on Electric Cables, with reference to Observations on the
Malta-Alexandria Telegraph....
on an Experimental Determination of the Absolute Quantity
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of Electric Charge on Condensers.
Mr. G. M. GUY on an Electromotive Engine
Mr. JOHN BALL on the Determination of Heights by means of the Barometer 28
Rev. Professor CHALLIS on the Extent of the Earth's Atmosphere
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Mr. F. GALTON on the "Boussole Burnier," a new French Pocket Instrument
for measuring Vertical and Horizontal Angles.
on European Weather-Charts for December 1861.....
Dr. GLADSTONE on the Distribution of Fog round the Coasts of the British
Islands
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Mr. J. GLAISHER on a New Barometer used in the last Balloon Ascents
Mr. J. PARK HARRISON on the Additional Evidence of the Indirect Influence
of the Moon over the Temperature of the Air, resulting from the Tabulation
of Observations taken at Greenwich in 1861-62..
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Professor HENNESSY on the Relative Amount of Sunshine falling on the
Torrid Zone of the Earth
Mr. E. J. LOWE on the Hurricane near Newark of May 7th, 1862, showing
the force of the Hailstones and the violence of the Gale
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Mr. ROBERT MALLET's Proposed Measurement of the Temperatures of Active
Volcanic Foci to the greatest attainable Depth, and of the Temperature,
state of Saturation, and Velocity of Issue of the Steam and Vapours evolved 33
Mr. T. L. PLANT on Meteorology, with a Description of Meteorological Instru-
ments.
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Rev. T. RANKIN'S Meteorological Observations registered at Huggate, York-
shire
Mr. S. A. ROWELL'S Objections to the Cyclone Theory of Storms
Mr. G. J. SYMONS on the Performance, under trying circumstances, of a very
small Aneroid Barometer.....
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Professor JAMES THOMSON on the Disintegration of Stones exposed in Build-
ings and otherwise to Atmospheric Influence..
CHEMISTRY.
Address by Professor W. H. MILLER, M.A., F.R.S., President of the Section 35
Mr. GEORGE BOWDLER BUCKTON on the Formation of Organo-Metallic Ra-
dicals by Substitution . . . . .
Mr. DUGALD CAMPBELL on the Action of Nitric Acid upon Pyrophosphate of
Magnesia
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M. A. DES CLOIZEAUX sur les modifications temporaires et permanentes que la
Chaleur apporte à quelques propriétés optiques de certains corps cristallisés 38
Mr. J. P. GASSIOT on the Mode of preparing Carbonic Acid Vacua in large
Glass Vessels.......
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Dr. J. H. GLADSTONE on the Essential Oil of Bay, and other Aromatic Oils.. 43
on the Means of observing the Lines of the Solar Spec-
trum due to the Terrestrial Atmosphere
Mr. A. VERNON HARCOURT on a particular Case of induced Chemical Action 43
Dr. G. HARLEY on Schönbein's Antozone
Mr. W. H. HARRIS on the Adulteration of Linseed Cake with Nut-cake
Mr. CHARLES HEISCH on a Simple Method of taking Stereomicro-photographs 46
Mr. E. J. LOWE on his Ozone Box
Dr. W. ODLING on the Synthesis of some Hydrocarbons
on the Nomenclature of Organic Compounds.
Mr. J. W. OSBORNE on the Essential Oils and Resins from the Indigenous
Vegetation of Victoria....
Details of a Photolithographic Process, as adopted by the
Government of Victoria, for the publication of Maps....
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Dr. B. H. PAUL on the Manufacture of Hydrocarbon Oils, Paraffin, &c., from
Peat
ing.
on the Decay and Preservation of Stone employed in Build-
Dr. T. L. PHIPSON on the Artificial Formation of Populine, and on a new
Class of Organic Compounds
on the Existence of Aniline in certain Fungi which be-
come Blue in contact with the Air, &c. .
Analysis of the Diluvial Soil of Brabant, &c., known as
the Limon de la Hesbaye.
Professor H. E. ROSCOE on Hypobromous Acid....
Mr. T. SUTTON's Description of a rapid Dry-Collodion Process
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GEOLOGY.
Address by J. BEETE JUKES, M.A., F.R.S., President of the Section..... Professor ALLMAN on an Early Stage in the Development of Comatula, and its Paleontological Relations...
Professor ANSTED on Bituminous Schists and their Relation to Coal....
on a Tertiary Bituminous Coal in Transylvania, with some
remarks on the Brown Coals of the Danube....
Captain GODWIN-AUSTEN on the Glacier Phenomena of the Valley of the
Upper Indus......
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Dr. A. CARTE and Mr. W. H. BAILY on a New Species of Plesiosaurus from the
Lias near Whitby, Yorkshire....
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Mr. W. T. BLANFORD on an Extinct Volcano in Upper Burmah
Rev. T. G. BONNEY on some Flint Implements from Amiens .
Rev. J. CROMPTON on Deep or Artesian Wells at Norwich..
Dr. DAUBENY on Flint Implements from Abbeville and Amiens on the last Eruption of Vesuvius.....
Mr. W. BOYD DAWKINS on the Wokey Hole Hyæna-den......
Rev. J. DINGLE on Specimens of Flint Instruments from North Devon...... 72
Mr. DOUGHTY on Flint Instruments from Hoxne
Mr. F. J. FOOT on the Geology of Burren, co. Clare
Dr. FRITSCH on some Models of Foraminifera. . . .
Professor HARKNESS on the Skiddaw Slate Series..
Mr. J. GWYN JEFFREYS on an Ancient Sea-bed and Beach near Fort William,
Inverness-shire..
Dr. W. LAUDER LINDSAY on the Geology of the Gold-fields of Otago, New
Zealand...
Dr. W. LAUDER LINDSAY on the Geology of the Gold-fields of Auckland, New
Zealand.......
Mr. CHARLES MOORE on the Paleontology of Mineral Veins; and on the
Secondary Age of some Mineral Veins in the Carboniferous Limestone.... 82
Contributions to Australian Geology and Paleontology 83
Mr. C. W. PEACH on the Fossils of the Boulder-clay in Caithness.....
on Fossil Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of Caithness
Mr. W. PENGELLY on the Correlation of the Slates and Limestones of Devon
and Cornwall with the Old Red Sandstones of Scotland, &c.
Mr. T. A. READWIN on the Gold-bearing Strata of Merionethshire.
Mr. C. B. ROSE on some Mammalian Remains from the Bed of the German
Ocean
Mr. J. W. SALTER on the Identity of the Upper Old Red Sandstone with the
Uppermost Devonian (the Marwood Beds of Murchison and Sedgwick), and
of the Middle and Lower Old Red with the Middle and Lower Devonian..
Mr. S. P. SAVILLE on a Skull of the Rhinoceros tichorhinus.....
Mr. H. SEELEY on a Whittled Bone from the Barnwell Gravel
Rev. GILBERT N. SMITH on a Successful Search for Flint Implements in a
Cave called "The Oyle," near Tenby, South Wales
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on the Comparative Structure of Artificial and Natural
Igneous Rocks
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Rev. W. S. SYMONDS on Scutes of the Labyrinthodon, from the Keuper Bone-
Breccia of Pendock, Worcestershire ..
Mr. A. B. WYNNE on the Geology of a Part of Sligo....
Mr. H. C. SORBY on the Cause of the Difference in the State of Preservation of different kinds of Fossil Shells
ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY.
BOTANY.
Mr. JAMES BUCKMAN on the Ennobling of Roots, with particular reference to
the Parsnip
Experiments with Seed of Malformed Roots
Dr. DAUBENY'S Reply to the Remarks of M. F. Marcet on the Power of Selec-
tion ascribed to the Roots of Plants...
Dr. W. LAUDER LINDSAY on the Toot-poison of New Zealand
Rev. W. S. SYMONDS on the Occurrence of Asplenium viride on an Isolated
Travertine Rock among the Black Mountains of Monmouthshire.....
Mr. F. J. FOOT on a Botanical Chart of the Barony of Burren, co. Clare....
Mr. JOHN GIBBS on the Inflorescence of Plants...
ZOOLOGY.
Professor ALLMAN on the Generative Zooid of Clavatella...
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on an Early Stage in the Development of Comatula...... 101
on the Structure of Corymorpha nutans
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on some new British Tubularida