Journal Index Vol 1 onwards to 1952

Society Journal Index : Volumes 1-5 : 1841-1864
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME I

On the Oxides of Bismuth	Professor Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS	3 February 1841	I	1841	4
On the Melting Points of Metals	Professor Lewis D B Gordon		I	1841	10
On the Means of Extinguishing Fires in Factories	D Mackain MICE		I	1841	13
The Cultivation of Plants in Close Cases	William Gourlie		I	1841	16
On Chlorimetry and on a New Mode of Testing Weak Solutions of Bleaching Powder	Walter Crum		I	1841	17
On Ventilation of the Glasgow Fever Hospital	D Mackain	26 January 1842	I	1842	24
Description of an Improved Tilting Apparatus, for Emptying Waggons at the Termini of Railways, Shipping Places, etc.	James Thomson, FRSE, MRIA	26 January 1842	I	1842	25	Nobel 1906 Physics?
On the Physiology of Cells	Andrew Anderson, MD	9 February 1842	I	1842	28
Report on the Best Means of Supplying the Poor with Cheap and Nutritious Food	Dr R D Thomson		I	1842	29
On Dynamometrical Apparatus; or the Measurement of the Mechanical Effect of Moving Powers	Professor Gordon		I	1842	41
On the Fertilization of Plants	Dr Balfour	8 March 1842	I	1842	43
On an Improved Method of Preparing Oxygen Gas	John Joseph Griffin	8 March 1842	I	1842	44
Description of an Apparatus for Exhibiting the Formation of Water by the Combustion of Hydrogen Gas in Atmospheric Air	John Joseph Griffin	8 March 1842	I	1842	46
Notice of Divi-divi	John Stenhouse, PhD	22 March 1842	I	1842	47
On Artificial Ultramarine	John Stenhouse, PhD	22 March 1842	I	1842	49
Comparative Experiments Made with Different Manures	John Wilson	6 April 1842	I	1842	51
On the Nature and Cure of Blindness Produced by Oil of Vitriol	Robert D Thomson, MD	20 April 1842	I	1842	52
On the Statical Relations of the Gases	John Joseph Griffin	21 April 1842	I	1842	53
Notice of Some New Minerals	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS L&E, MRIA		I	1842	61
Notice of Some Recent Additions to Chemistry			I	1842	68
On the Melting Points of Alloys of Lead, Tin, Bismuth and Zinc	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS		I	1842	77
Notices of Some Recent Botanical Facts			I	1842	82
Practical Remarks on Blast Surfaces	George Thomson	4 January 1843	I	1843	84
Experiments on Various Manures	Lord Blantyre	18 January 1843	I	1843	93
Results of Experiments with Manure on Potatoes	Dugald Dove	18 January 1843	I	1843	94
Experiments with Manures on Oats and Turnips -1842	William McLintock		I	1843	97
On the Manner in Which Cotton Unites with Colouring Matter	Walter Crum	1 February 1843	I	1843	98
On a Specimen of Artificial Asbestos	F Penny PhD	1 February 1843	I	1843	104
Notice of New Zealand Minerals		1 February 1843	I	1843	105
Notice of the Fossil Plants in the Glasgow Geological Museum	William Gourlie		I	1843	105
Section of Lanarkshire Coal Field	William Murray		I	1843	113
On the Vital Statistics of Five Large Towns of Scotland	Alexander Watt	1 March 1843	I	1843	114
Examination of the Cowdie Pine Resin	Robert D Thomson MD	15 March 1843	I	1843	123
On the Fibrin Contained in Animal Fluids	Andrew Buchanan MD	29 March 1843	I	1843	131
New Mode of Employing Creasote for the Preservation of Butchers' Meat and Fish	John Stenhouse PhD	12 April 1843	I	1843	145
On the Existence of Chalk Deposits in Brazil	George Gardner FLS	12 April 1843	I	1843	146
Report on the State of Disease in Scotland		12 April 1843	I	1843	153
Remarks on the Comet of March 1843	William Gourlie	26 April 1843	I	1843	156
A New Kind of Charcoal Support for Blowpipe Experiments	John Joseph Griffin	26 April 1843	I	1843	158
The Nutritive Power of Bread and Flour of Different Countries	Robert D Thomson, MD	26 April 1843	I	1843	163
On Coal Gas	Thomas Thomson, MD, FRS, L&E, MRIA		I	1843	165
On the Formation of a Friendly Society for the Professional and Mercantile Classes	William Spens		I	1843	177
On Parietin, a Yellow Colouring Matter, and on the Inorganic Food of Lichens	Robert D Thomson, MD		I	1843	182
The Laws of Mortality at Different Ages	Alexander Watt, LLD	3 January 1844	I	1844	193
Table of Specific Gravities of Some Crystallized Salts	John Adam	17 January 1844	I	1844	199
Note on the State in which Fibrin Exists in the Blood	Andrew Anderson MD	31 January 1844	I	1844	200
Antarctic Minerals		31 January 1844	I	1844	207
Note on the Measure of Impact, by Pressure or Weight	Professor L Gordon		I	1844	208
Short Account of a Botanical Excursion to Galloway and Dumfriesshire in August, 1843	J H Balfour MD		I	1844	209
On Life Insurance	William Spens	13 March 1844	I	1844	217
On the White or Opaque Serum of the Blood	Andrew Buchanan MD	13 March 1844	I	1844	226
On the Impurity of Some Drugs	David Murdoch	27 March 1844	I	1844	236
Printing for the Blind	John Alston	10 April 1844	I	1844	239
On the Supposed Influence of the Moon Upon the Weather	Walter Crum	10 April 1844	I	1844	243
On a Theoretical Rule for the Compression of Water	Daniel MacKain, MInstCE	10 April 1844	I	1844	249
Report of Statistical Section		12 April 1844	I	1844	256
Test of Formula for Discharge of Water Through Pipes	L D B Gordon	12 April 1844	I	1844	258
Description of a Steam Boiler	James Johnston	12 April 1844	I	1844	262
Notice of Excursions Made from Glasgow with Botanical Pupils during the Summer of 1843	J H Balfour, MD FRSE	12 April 1844	I	1844	263

VOLUME II

Notice of a Visit to the Island of Lewis	James Smith		II	1844	1
Experiments with Manure on Potatoes and Turnips	Lord Blantyre		II	1844	8
Analysis of Two Species of Epiphytes, or Air Plants	John Thomson		II	1844	9
Account of a Dredging Excursion in the Firth of Clyde	Rev David Landsborough	22 January 1845	II	1845	12
Report from the Botanical Section		22 January 1845	II	1845	13
On the Acid of the Stomach, and on the Digestion of Vegetable Albumen, Fat and Starch	R D Thomson MD	5 February 1845	II	1845	14
Analysis of Ceradia Resin	R D Thomson MD	5 February 1845	II	1845	14
Report from the Botanical Section			II	1845	15
On the Coagulation of the Blood and Other Fibriniferous Liquids	A Buchanan MD		II	1845	16
Botanical Excursion to the Mull of Cantyre or Kintyre and the Island of Islay, in August 1844	J H Balfour MD		II	1845	22
On the State of the Blood After Taking Food	A Buchanan MD	5 March 1845	II	1845	49
Conversational Meeting		12 March 1845	II	1845	65
On the Action of Bleaching Powder on the Salts of Copper and Lead	W Crum	19 March 1845	II	1845	68
On the Unemployed Lands of Great Britain	G Sutherland	30 April 1845	II	1845	73
Nepaul Barley		30 April 1845	II	1845	75
Report from the Botanical Section		27 May 1845	II	1845	76
Biographical Account of the Late Dr John Dalton	T Thomson MD		II	1845	79
Abstract of Treasurers Account			II	1845	88
On the Artificial Production of the Potato Disease	W Crum		II	1845	90
On the Mode of Testing Minute Quantities of Alcohol	R D Thomson MD	7 January 1846	II	1846	94
On the Analysis of Some Minerals	R D Thomson MD	7 January 1846	II	1846	97
Reports from the Botanical Section		24 June 1845	II	1845	100
On the Wound of the Ferret	A Buchanan MD	4 February 1846	II	1846	104
Theory of the Reaction Water Wheel	W M Buchanan	1 April 1846	II	1846	111
On Caries, or Decay of the Teeth	F Hay Thomson MD	15 April 1846	II	1846	131
Table, Showing the State of Education in the City of Glasgow in 1846		29 April 1846	II	1846	134
Abstract of treasurer's Account			II	1846	135
On the Chemistry of Food			II	1846	137
Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow and Neighbourhood		13 January 1847	II	1847	138
On the Temperature of the Earth	L D B Gordon	27 January 1847	II	1847	140
Account of the Society's Exhibition During the Christmas Holidays	A Liddell		II	1847	145
On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether	A Buchananan MD		II	1847	153
On the Arithmetical Calculation of the Contents of Solids	Thomas Clark MD	31 March 1847	II	1847	161
On the Analysis of a Slag, from a Lime Kiln	J Brown	31 March 1847	II	1847	163
On a Method for the Analysis of Bodies Containing Nitric Acid and on Explosive Cotton	W Crum	14 April 1847	II	1847	163
Notice of Stirling's Air Engine	William Thomson	21 April 1847	II	1847	169
Mr Liddell's Concluding Report of the Society's Exhibition		28 April 1847	II	1847	170
On the Chemical Composition of the Substances Employed in Pottery	R A Couper	28 April 1847	II	1847	171
On the Analysis of Molydbate of Lead	John Brown	28 April 1847	II	1847	180
On the Physiological Effects of the Inhalation of Ether (Continued from Page 161)	Dr Buchanan	28 April 1847	II	1847	184
Report on the Library			II	1847	191
Notice of the Geology and Climate of Nice	Dr T Thomson		II	1847	192
Abstract of Treasurer's Report			II	1847	196
Reprt from Botanical Section			II	1847	197
On the Geology of the Island of Bute	J Bryce		II	1847	198
Reprt from the Botanical Section			II	1847	209
On the Native Agriculture of the Lews	James Smith	5 January 1848	II	1848	210
Notes on the Proportions of the Pyramids of Egypt	G A Walker Arnott	19 January 1848	II	1848	214
On the Preparation of Chloroform	J King	19 January 1848	II	1848	219
On the Fall of Rain in the Neighbourhood of Glasgow and Description of the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company's Works	A Harvey	2 February 1848	II	1848	222
A New Self-Acting Railway Break	Mr Montgomery	2 February 1848	II	1848	225
On the Mode of Preparing Manila Hemp	T McMicking		II	1848	226
List of Zoophytes Found in the West of Scotland	Rev D Landsborough	1 March 1848	II	1848	230
History and Description of the Kelp Manufacture	C F O Glassford	15 March 1848	II	1848	241
Contributions to a Sanatory Report on Glasgow		29 March 1848	II	1848	260
Analysis of Titwood Mineral Water	E T Wood and Thomas Coutts	29 March 1848	II	1848	261
On the Composition of the Products of the Soda Manufacture	John Brown	12 April 1848	II	1848	262
Table Exhibiting the Composition of Salt and Products of the Soda Manufacture		12 April 1848	II	1848	282
Note on the Composition of Shea Butter and Chinese Vegetable Tallow	R D Thomson and Mr Wood	26 April 1848	II	1848	283
On the Yellow Prussiate of Potash Cake	H B Tennent	26 April 1848	II	1848	286
Report from the Botanical Section		26 April 1848	II	1848	291
On the Introduction of Anomalous Genera into Natural Orders	G A Walker Arnott, LLD	18 April 1848	II	1848	292




VOLUME III

Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1848	5
On Piassava or Piacaba	Dr Arnott		III	1848	6
On Two New Salts of Chromic Acid	Archibald Duncan Jun.		III	1848	7
On the Measurement of Heights, by Means of the Boiling Point of Water	G A Walker Arnott, LLD		III	1848	8
On the Structure of Staffa and the Giant's Causeway	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	3 January 1849	III	1849	19
Note on the Altered Dolomites of the Island of Bute	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	3 January 1849	III	1849	20
Electric Light	Mr Glassford	17 January 1849	III	1849	22
Locomotive Carriages	Professor Gordon	31 January 1849	III	1849	24
Tables of the Fall of Rain in Glasgow		14 March 1849	III	1849	26
Tables of the Fall of Rain at Greenock		29 January 1849	III	1849	27
Analysis of the Yam	James Patterson	29 January 1849	III	1849	30
Chloropicrine	Mr Stenhouse	28 March 1849	III	1849	32
On the Geological Features of the District of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire	William Ferguson	11 April 1849	III	1849	33
Report from the Botanical Section		25 April 1849	III	1849	50
Account of a Botanical Excursion to the Rhinns of Galloway	G A Walker Arnott, LL.D	18 April 1849	III	1849	51
On a Peculiar Fibre of Cotton which is Incapable of Being Dyed	Walter Crum, FRS	18 April 1849	III	1849	61
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1849	65
Report of the State of Library			III	1849	67
New Portable Smith's Forge			III	1849	68
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1849	69
On Some Remarkable Effects of Lightning Observed in Moniemail, Cupar, Fife	William Thomson, MA		III	1849	69
On Sanitary Reform and the Use of Sewage Water of Towns	James Smith		III	1849	73
On Reinsch's Process for the Detection of Arsenic	Harry Rainy, MD		III	1849	77
On the Occurrence of Sugar in the Animal Economy	Arthur Mitchell		III	1850	85
On the Parallel Roads of Lochaber	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	6 March 1850	III	1850	99
Composition of Some Fermented Liquors	John Wright Currie	3 April 1850	III	1850	109
The Electric Telegraph	Mr Mitchell	3 April 1850	III	1850	111
On the Geological Structure of the Peninsula of Rosneath, Renfrew and Argyll	James Bryce Jun., MA, FGS	17 April 1850	III	1850	113
Observations and Experiments on the Paper Manufacture	John Macadam	17 April 1850	III	1850	127
Botanical Report			III	1849	132
Biographical Account of Dr Wollaston	Thomas Thomson, MD		III	1850	135
Report on the State of Library			III	1850	145
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1850	146
Notice of a Marine Deposit Containing Shells, Lately Discovered in Sauchiehall Street	William Fersuson		III	1850	147
Report of the Botanical Section		5 February 1851	III	1851	154
Notice of the Species of Salvadora	G A Walker Arnott, LL.D	5 February 1851	III	1851	155
On Copper Sheathing and the Probable Cause of its Deterioration	James Napier, FCS	5 February 1851	III	1851	161
On the Physiological Actions of Spartine and Scoparine, with a Notice of their Chemical Constitution	Arthur Mitchell, MA, MD	19 March 1851	III	1851	173
On the Estimation of the Commercial Value of Some Specimens of Black Oxide of Manganese	George William Brown	19 March 1851	III	1851	185
The Effects on Health of Inhaling the Fumes of Cynide of Potassium Solutions	James Napier	2 April 1851	III	1851	188
Report of the Botanical Section		22 April 1851	III	1851	192
Sketch of the Climate and Vegetation of the Himalaya	Thomas Thomson, MD	22 April 1851	III	1851	193
Thermometric Observations for 1850, Made at Windsor Terrace, Glasgow	James King	22 April 1851	III	1851	204
Chemical Examination of Drift Weed Kelp from Orkney	George William Brown		III	1851	208
Report of Librarian			III	1851	219
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1851	220
The Late Mr John Hart			III	1851	222
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1851	224
Notes on the Introduction of the Potato into Scotland	John Scouler, MD, LL.D, FLS		III	1851	226
Remarks upon Mineral Veins and Water Worn Stones	James Napier, FCS	3 March 1852	III	1852	231
Notice of the Vinegar Plant	Dr R D Thomson	17 March 1852	III	1852	238
Examination of the Waters of the Dead sea	Robert M Murray	14 April 1852	III	1852	242
The Force of Vapour from Saline water, as Applied to Marine Engines	Paul Cameron	14 April 1852	III	1852	246
Sketch of the Life and Labours of Dr Thomas Thomson, FRS, President of the Philosophical Society	Walter Crum, FRS		III	1852	250
Report of Librarian			III	1852	265
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1852	267
Office Bearers of the Society			III	1852	268
On the Economy of the Heating or Cooling of Buildings by Means of Currents of Air	Professor William Thomson		III	1852	269
On Ventilation	Mr John Ure		III	1852	272
On the General Law of Transformation of Energy	W J Macquorn Rankine	5 January 1853	III	1853	276
On the Mechanical Values of Distributions of Electricity, Magnetism, and Galvanism	Professor William Thomson	19 January 1853	III	1853	281
On Transient Electric Currents	Professor William Thomson	19 January 1883	III	1853	285
Illustrations of the Utility of Watertight Compartments in Iron Vessels	J R Napier	2 February 1853	III	1853	289
Experiments on the Evaporation of Water in Copper, Iron and Lead Vessels	J R Napier	2 February 1853	III	1853	291
On the Natro-Boro-Calcite, or 'Tiza' of Iquique	Thomas Anderson, MD		III	1853	293
On the Acetates and Other Compounds of Alumina	Walter Crum, FRS	27 April 1853	III	1853	298
Remarks Upon Sandstones used for Building	J Napier	4 April 1853	III	1853	313
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1853	325
Librarian's Report			III	1853	327
Office-Bearers of the Society			III	1853	328
Memorial on Ordnance Survey		8 March 1854	III	1854	331
Volumetrical Method for the Estimation of Yellow Prussiate of Potash	Mr Wallace	19 April 1854	III	1854	332
Damp Walls	J Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	333
Spurious Coins	J Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	344
Description of an Instrument for Measuring the Velocity of Ships and Currents	James R Napier	3 May 1854	III	1854	350
Death of Andrew Liddell			III	1854	356
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			III	1854	361
Office-Bearers of the Society			III	1854	363
Remarks on Ships' Compasses	James R Napier	24 January 1855	III	1855	365
Note on the determination of the Magnetic Meridian at a Distance from Land	J W Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	24 January 1855	III	1855	376
Note on the Approximate Determination of the Azimuth of a Star, Etc.	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	24 January 1855	III	1855	378
Outlines of the Science of Energetics	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, FRSS, L&E	18 April 1855	III	1855	381


VOLUME IV

Presidents's Address 1855	Dr Allen Thomson		IV	1855	1
Office Bearers			IV	1855	5
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1855	6
Memorial on the Ordnance Survey			IV	1855	9
Spontaneous Fracture of Cast Iron	J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D		IV	1855	10
On Metallurgy Among the Ancient Hebrews	James Napier	9 January 1856	IV	1856	11
On the Mode in Which the Water of Loch Katrine May be Obtained of Uniform Temperature at all Seasons	James Patterson	9 January 1856	IV	1856	12
On the Stability of Factory Chimneys	J W Macquorn Rankine, LL.D	5 March 1856	IV	1856	14
Notice of Discovery of a New Granite Tract in Arran	James Bryce, MA, FGS	19 March 1856	IV	1856	18
Report on the Low Temperatures of the Spring Months of the Year 1855	James Bryce, MA, FGS	16 April 1856	IV	1856	22
President's Address 1856			IV	1856	39
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1856	42
Metallic Iron in Trap Rock from Lochwinnoch	Dr Thomas Anderson		IV	1856	44
Office Bearers			IV	1856	46
On the Discovery of Native Copper in the Trap Rocks Near Barrhead	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	47
On Coal-bearing Strata in the Island of Bute	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	49
On the Geological Relations of Certain Copper Veins Recently Discovered in Bute	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1856	51
An Adaptation of the Philosophy of Newton, Leibnitz and Boscovitch to the Atomic Theory	John Macvicar, DD	28 January 1857	IV	1857	52
On Bessemer's Process for Manufacturing Iron	William Cockey		IV	1857	81
On the Education of the Working Classes and the Best Means of Promoting it.	George Anderson	11 March 1857	IV	1857	82
On the Phenomena and Causes of the Adaptation of the Eye to Distinct Vision at Different Distances	Dr Allen Thomson	11 March 1857	IV	1857	93
On Some Copper and Other Metallic Ores from Tarbet on Loch Long	James Bryce, MA, FGS	25 March 1857	IV	1857	96
On Some Marine Fossils Lately Found in a Quarry Within in the City of Glasgow	James Bryce, MA, FGS	25 March 1857	IV	1857	97
Notice of Some Iron Ores from Nova Scotia	James Bryce, MA, FGS	26 March 1857	IV	1857	97
On a New System of Sewage	Walter McFarlane	8 April 1857	IV	1857	99
Early History and Proceedings of the Society	W Keddie		IV	1857	101
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts			IV	1857	114
Early History and Proceedings of the Society	W Keddie		IV	1857	117
Office Bearers			IV	1857	129
On Certain Phenomena Connected with Rotary Motion, the Gyroscope, Precession of the Equinoxes and Saturn's Rings	Edmund Hunt		IV	1857	130
On the Recent Progress and Present State of the Sciences of Meteorology and Terrestrial Magnetism, Part 1	James Bryce, MA, FGS		IV	1857	158
The Different Conductivity of Samples of Copper Wire	Professor W Thomson	13 January 1858	IV	1858	185
On the Recent Progress of our Knowledge of the Chemical Elements	Dr Thomas Anderson	27 January 1858	IV	1858	187
On Incrustations in Steam Boilers	James Napier		IV	1858	191
On a Method of Voting at Limited Liability Companies More Uniform than the Present, and its Expression by a Mathematical Formula	James R Napier		IV	1858	199
Additional Notes on Rotary Motion	Edmund Hunt	24 March 1858	IV	1858	201
Report on the Progress and State of Applied Mechanics	James R Napier, Walter Neilson, W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D	7 April 1858	IV	1858	207
Recent Acquisitions Made by Russia at the Expense of the Chinese Territory of Manchooria, with Some Account of the River Amoor	W G Blackie, PH.D, FRGS	21 April 1858	IV	1858	231
President's Address, 1859			IV	1859	249
Abstract of Treasurer's Account			IV	1859	250
Office Bearers			IV	1859	251
Periodical Printing of Proceedings			IV	1859	252
On the Cinephantic Colour Top	Edmund Hunt		IV	1859	252
Notes on a Visit to Iceland in the Summer of 1859	David Mackinlay		IV	1859	259
Recent Investigations of M Le Verrier on the Motion of Mercury	William Thomson, MA, LL.D, FRS		IV	1859	263
On Photographed Images of Electric Sparks	Professor William Thomson		IV	1859	266
Note on the Bursting of the Reservoirs of Crinan Canal	William Keddie		IV	1859	267
Election of Honorary Members		4 January 1860	IV	1860	271
On the Variation of the Periodic Times of the Earth and Inferior Planets, Produced by Matter Falling into the Sun	Professor William Thomson	4 January 1860	IV	1860	272
On Instruments and Methods for Observing Electricity	Professor William Thomson	4 January 1860	IV	1860	274
On Incrustations of Boilers Using Sea Water	James R Napier	18 January 1860	IV	1860	282
On the Density of Steam	W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D, FRS		IV	1860	285
Observations on Sensations Experienced While Climbing the More Elevated Mountains of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia	Mathie Hamilton, MD	1 February 1860	IV	1860	287
On Spots on the Sun	Robert Hart	1 February 1860	IV	1860	292
Observations on the Supply of Coal and Ironstone, from the Mineral Fields of the West of Scotland	William Moore	1 February 1860	IV	1860	292
Remarks on Glass Painting	C Heath Wilson		IV	1860	309
On the Incrustation of Marine Boilers	William Wallace, PhD, FCS	7 March 1860	IV	1860	317
On Electrical Discharges in Rarefied Media	Dr Wallace	7 March 1860	IV	1860	320
On Trap Dykes, between Cordon and South End of Whiting Bay, Arran	James Napier	21 March 1860	IV	1860	321
On the Force of the Voltaic Current	George Blair, MA	21 March 1860	IV	1860	324
Historical Notes of Copper Smelting	Dr Francis H Thomson	4 April 1860	IV	1860	325
On a New Process of Ornamenting Glass	James Napier	18 April 1860	IV	1860	345
On the Spinal Cord and Nerves	Allen Thomson, MD, FRS	18 April 1860	IV	1860	348
On the Distribution and Probable Origin of the Petroleum or Rock Oil, of Western Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio	Henry D Rogers, FRS, Hon. FRSE, FGS	2 May 1860	IV	1860	355
On the Ageing of Mordants in Calico Printing	Walter Crum, FRS		IV	1859	360
Abstract of Proceedings of Session 1858-59			IV	1859	362
The Late William Murray Esq. of Monkland			IV	1859	362
On Some Points in the Chemistry of Sugar Refining	Dr William Wallace	4 May 1859	IV	1859	367


VOLUME V

President's Address	Dr Anderson		V	1860	1
Fossil Rain Markings and Fucoid Impressions on Sandstone Near Newtonards	James Bryce, LL.D FGS		V	1860	4
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1859-60			V	1860	5
Office Bearers 1860-61			V	1860	6
On the Geological Structure of Ben-Nevis	Dr Bryce		V	1860	6
On the Relations of Deposits of Common Salt to Climate	Henry D Rogers, FRS, Hon. FRSE, FGS		V	1860	7
Notes on a Tour in Iceland in 1959	David Mackinlay		V	1860	10
On the Motion of the Strings of a Violin	Professor H Helmholz		V	1860	17
Some Results in Electro-Magnetism, Obtained with the Balance Galvanometer	George Blair, MA	16 January 1861	V	1861	21
Remarks Upon the Fall of Rain in the Districts Supplying Glasgow with Water	James M Gale, CE	30 January 1861	V	1861	29
Report of the Temperature and Rainfall etc., of the Year 1860, Observed at Cessnock Park	Robert Hart	30 January 1861	V	1861	35
On the Stalactitic Sulphate of Barytes Found in Derbyshire	Walter Crum, FRS		V	1861	39
On Street Railways	T Currie Gregory, CE		V	1861	41
Notes on a Journey Across the Cordilleras of the Andes from the Coast of the Pacific Ocean to Chquisaca	Mathie Hamilton, MD		V	1861	51
On the Uses of the Antennae of Corystes Cassivelaunus, the masked Crab	David Robertson	13 March 1861	V	1861	55
On the Origin of Cyclones	Professor H D Rogers	13 March 1861	V	1861	57
On Explosions of Fire-damp in Coal Mines	Mark Fryar, FGS	27 March 1861	V	1861	61
On the Whin Floats and Dykes of Ayrshire	John Goodall	27 March 1861	V	1861	71
On an Apparatus for Indicating the Proportion of Fire-damp in the Atmosphere of Coal Mines	John Taylor, MD	10 April 1861	V	1861	75
A Method of Increasing the Efficiency of Watertight Bulkheads in Iron Ships and of Rendering them Available as a Means of Preventing Destruction by Fire	John Taylor, MD	24 April 1861	V	1861	80
Notice of a Series of Osteological Specimens, Illustrating Contrasts and Deviations From the Common Type of the Mammalia	Dr Allen Thomson	24 April 1861	V	1861	82
President's Address, Session 1861-62	Professor Rankine		V	1861	83
Absract of Treasurer's Account 1860-61			V	1861	90
Office Bearers 1861-62			V	1861	90
On Accidents by Fire from the Prevailing Use of Crinoline	Francis H Thomson, MD		V	1861	92
Effects of the Frost of December 1860, in the Vale of Clyde	Peter Clark		V	1861	99
On the Geolgical Structure of the Ben Nevis Group of Mountains	James Bryce, LL.D FGS	15 January 1862	V	1862	104
On the Flora and Climate of the Island of Cumbrae	William Keddie	15 January 1862	V	1862	105
On the Distribution of Marine Algae on the C.L.T. Buoys in the Clyde	Jhn Grieve, MA, MD, and David Robertson	15 January 1862	V	1862	121
On the Use of Mechanical Hypothesis in Science and Especially in the Theory of Heat	W J Macquorn Rankine, LL.D, FRS	15 January 1862	V	1862	126
On Co-operative Societies in Glasgow	John D Campbell		V	1862	133
Joint Address of Condolence to the Queen on the Death of Prince Albert			V	1862	140
Mechanical Theory of the Predominance of the Right Hand over the Left	Andrew Buchanan, MD	12 March 1862	V	1862	142
On a New Instrument for Measuring Electric Resistance in Absolute Units	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	26 March 1862	V	1862	167
On the Rigidity of the Earth	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	26 March 1862	V	1862	169
On the Landslip and Movement of the Moss in Auchengray Estate, Slamannan, on 12th and 15th August 1861	Thmas Gibb	23 April 1862	V	1862	170
Notes on Dyeing and Dyed Coulours in Ancient Times	James Napier, FCS	23 April 1862	V	1862	175
President's Address, Session 1862-63	Professor Rankine		V	1862	199
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for session 1861-62			V	1862	208
Office Bearers, 1862-63			V	1862	208
Black and Clayband Ironstones; Their Composition and Valuation	James Napier		V	1862	210
On Sections of Least Resistance for Ships of Limited Breadth and Limited Draft of Water	James Robert Napier		V	1862	217
The Government Scheme for Aiding Instruction in Science	John Mayer		V	1863	222
On the Chemistry of Coal-tar Colours	C Greville Williams, FRS	25 March 1863	V	1863	232
On Pisciculture	George Anderson	8 April 1863	V	1863	233
On the Recent Discovery of the Remains of a Cetacean in the Banks of the River Irvine	Rev Henry Crosskey	22 April 1863	V	1863	243
On the Tertiary Coal of Borneo, Sarawak, with a section	James Russell	22 April 1863	V	1863	246
History of the Invention of the Optical Illusion Called the "Ghost"	Dr John Taylor		V	1863	255
On the Utlilisation of Seaweed	Edward Alfred Wunsch		V	1863	260
Memoir of the Glasgow Cathedral Windows	C Heath Wilson		V	1864	271
A Practical Application of Dialysis	Alexander Whitelaw		V	1864	293
Notes on the Determination of the Time at the Observatory of the Glasgow University	Professor Grant	9 March 1864	V	1864	300
Remarks on the Great Lakes Titicaha and Aullaga in Upper Peru and Bolivia	Mathie Hamilton, MD	23 March 1864	V	1864	314
On the Prevention of Smoke, and the Means Adopted by the Authorities of Glasgow for its Suppression	William Gorman	20 April 1864	V	1864	321
On a Section of Glacial Clay at Errol, Perthshire	Rev Henry Crosskey	20 April 1864	V	1864	329
Minutes			V	1863	332
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts, Session 1862-63			V	1863	333
Office Bearers for 1863-64			V	1863	334
Report on Patent laws			V	1863	336
Society Journal Index : Volumes 6-10 : 1864-1877
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME VI

On a Means of Preventing Accidents in Diving Bells	Dr John Taylor	5 April 1865	VI	1865	1
On an Electrical Apparatus for Detecting the Presence of Pieces of Metal, such as Musket Balls, &c., in Gunshot Wounds	Dr John Taylor	5 April 1865	VI	1865	9
Description of a Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace, Constructed for Heating Iron	William Gorman	19 April 1865	VI	1865	12
Minutes, 1864-65			VI	1864	20
Obituary Notices of Alexander Hastie, Esq., and Dr Robert Dundas Thomson			VI	1864	20
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1863-64			VI	1864	23
Office Bearers for 1864-65			VI	1864	24
Minutes Connected with the Exhibition of 1846-47			VI	1864	28
On the Most Profitable Speed for a Fully Laden Cargo Steamer for a Given Voyage	James R Napier		VI	1865	33
On the Luminosity of the Sea	David Robertson and William Keddie, FRSE		VI	1865	38
On Petroleum	Henry D Rogers, LL.D, FRS		VI	1865	48
On Electrically Impelled and Electrically Controlled Clocks	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	24 January 1866	VI	1866	61
On a Land Standard Electrometer and a Marine and Land Telegraphic Testing Electrometer	William Thomson, LL.D, FRS	24 January 1866	VI	1866	64
A Few Remarks on the Treatment of Cattle Plague	Richard Brown	7 February 1866	VI	1866	66
On the Determination and Difference of Longtitude Between the Observatories of Greenwich and Glasgow by Galvanic Signals	Robert Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS		VI	1866	80
On the Function of Articulate Speech, and on its Connection with the Mind and Bodily Organs	W T Gairdner, MD	7 March 1866	VI	1866	87
On the Estimation of the Evaporative Power of Fuel	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, LL.D, FRS	18 April 1866	VI	1866	123
Minutes, 1865-66			VI	1865	127
On the Workshops of Glasgow	Francis H Thomson, President		VI	1866	137
On the Water of the River and Frith of Clyde	Dr R Angus Smith, FRS		VI	1866	154
On the Scientific Premonitions of the Ancients: I. Greek Geology	John Young, MD, FRSE		VI	1866	163
On the Proposed Extension of the Factory Act, and its Probable Effects on Juvenile Labour and Education in Glasgow	John D Campbell	23 January 1867	VI	1867	183
On the Phrase "Potential Energy" and on the Definitions of Physical Quantities	W J Macquorn Rankine, CE, LL.D, FRSS	23 January 1867	VI	1867	186
Notice of Two New Instruments	John Young, MD, FRSE		VI	1867	191
On Vortex Atoms	Professor Sir William Thomson	6 March 1867	VI	1867	197
Heights, and Other Particulars of the November Meteors	A Herschel, BA, FRAS	3 April 1867	VI	1867	207
Results Obtained from Heating Scrap Iron in the Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace	William Gorman	17 April 1867	VI	1867	215
On Recent Discoveries in the Structure of the Inner Ear	Dr Allen Thomson	17 April 1867	VI	1867	221
Minutes, 1866-67			VI	1866	223
Opening Address by the President	Dr Francis H Thomson		VI	1867	233
On Some Points and Certain Theories Concerning the Purpose and Primal Condition of the Great Pyramid of Jeezeh	St John Vincent Day, CE	20 January 1868	VI	1868	254
On a New Plastic Material	Edmund Hunt	18 March 1868	VI	1868	309
On the Present State of Some Branches of Iron Metallurgy	St. John Vincent Day, CE	1 April 1868	VI	1868	311
On the Sources of Sulphur Used in the Manufacture of Oil of Vitriol, or Sulphuric Acid	James Mactear	29 April 1868	VI	1868	337
Notes on the Post-tertiary Geology of Norway	Rev. Henry Crosskey and David Robertson	29 April 1868	VI	1868	346
On the Recovery of Sulphur from Alkali Waste	Ludwig Mond		VI	1868	363
On Animal Charcoal, Particularly in Relation to its Use in Sugar Refining	William Wallace, PhD, FRSE		VI	1868	377
On the Estimation of Potassium	James Chalmers and Robert Tatlock, FCS		VI	1868	390
Minutes, 1867-68			VI	1867	406
Donations to the Library, Session 1867-68			VI	1868	416
Index to Volume VI			VI	1868	421


VOLUME VII

Opening Address by the President, Session 1868-69	Dr Francis H Thomson		VII	1868	1
On the Chemistry of Sugar Manufacture and Sugar Refining	Dr Wallace, FRSE, FCE		VII	1868	22
On the methods and Recent Progress of Spectrum Analysis	A S Hershel, BA, FRAS	1 March 1869	VII	1869	38
On the Examination of the "Flame" of the Bessemer Converter	Thomas Rowan, FSC, FRSSA	29 March 1869	VII	1869	41
On the Igniting Point of the Vapours of Some Commercial Products	W R Hutton		VII	1868	49
A Chemist's View of the Sewage Question	Edward C C Stanford, FCS	19 April 1869	VII	1869	53
On the Extension of the Coalfields in England Beneath the More Recent Geological Formations	Edward Hull, FRS	10 March 1869	VII	1869	64
The Salt Deposits at Strassfurt	J H Bald and James Mactear	18 January 1869	VII	1869	67
The Sun's Distance and Parallax	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	14 April 1869	VII	1869	76
Recent Researches into the Post-tertiary Geology of Scotland	Rev Henry W Crosskey, FGS		VII	1868	92
On the Physical Constitution of the Sun, as Revealed by the Phenomena of Solar Eclipses	R Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS	24 March 1869	VII	1869	103
Minutes			VII	1868	113
Report of the Council on the State of the Society			VII	1868	115
Report of Chemical Section		28 April 1869	VII	1869	126
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		28 April 1869	VII	1869	127
Donations to the Library			VII	1869	133
Opening Address by the President, Session 1869-70	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VII	1869	137
Discussion on Patents for Inventions			VII	1869	158
On the Principles Affecting the Solvency of a Life Assurance Company, and the Best Means of Protecting the Public Against Their Violation	James R Macfadyen	26 January 1870	VII	1870	221
On Defects of House Construction in Glasgow as a Cause of Mortality	Dr W T Gairdner	9 February 1870	VII	1870	245
Discussion of Defects of House Construction in Glasgow			VII	1870	258
A Glance at Some of the Vital and Social Statistics of Glasgow in 1869	William West Watson, FSS	9 March 1870	VII	1870	262
Discussion on the Vital and Social Statistics in Glasgow		9 March 1870	VII	1870	286
On the Appearance and Chemical Constitution of Ancient Glass Found in Tombs in the Island of Cyprus	John M Thomson	23 March 1870	VII	1870	288
On the Syenitic Rocks of Westfield, near Linlithgow	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS	4 May 1870	VII	1870	293
On China Grass, Rheea, or Ramee Fibre	William Keddie, FRSE	4 May 1870	VII	1870	296
Note on the Action of House Sewage on Lead Pipes	Edward C C Stanford, FCS		VII	1869	307
On the Estimation of Iodine and Bromine, with Special Reference to the Analysis of Kelp	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCS		VII	1869	308
On the Chemistry of Coal-smoke	W R Hutton		VII	1869	313
On Artificial Alizarine	J Wallace Young	17 January 1870	VII	1870	316
Notes of Experiments on Artificial Alizarine	John Christie	31 January 1870	VII	1870	318
Note on a Specimen of Shell Sand From the Island of Coll	Edward C C Stanford, FCS		VII	1870	323
On a Method of Obtaining a Continuous Current of Air or Gas Under Pressure, for Blow-pipe or Other Purposes	T L Patterson, FCS	28 March 1870	VII	1870	323
On the Examination of Air	Dr R Angus Smith, FRS	25 April 1870	VII	1870	326
Minutes			VII	1869	331
Report of Council on the State of the Society			VII	1869	332
Report of Librarian on the State of the Library			VII	1869	336
Report of the Architectural Section		12 January 1870	VII	1870	343
Report of Chemical Section		4 May 1870	VII	1870	351
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		4 May 1870	VII	1870	353
Opening Address of the President, Session 1870-71	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VII	1870	359
Note on Stevenson's Light for Ships	James R Napier, FRS		VII	1870	386
The Farmer and the Chemist	James Napier Sen., FCS		VII	1870	387
On a Wind-direction Rain Gauge	James R Napier, FRS		VII	1870	398
On the Attractions and Repulsions due to Vibration Observed by Guthrie and Schellbach	Professor Sir William Thomson, LL.D, FRS		VII	1870	401
Observations of the Recent Eclipse of the Sun in Spain	Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS	25 January 1871	VII	1871	405
The Eclipse Observations in Sicily	Dr T E Thorpe	25 January 1871	VII	1871	413
On Helmholtz's Analysis of the Vowel Sounds	Alexander S Herschel, BA, FRAS	8 February 1871	VII	1871	417
The Theory of the Death Rate, with Measurements of the Comparative Force of Mortality in Glasgow and Other Cities	James R Macfadyen		VII	1871	425
On Some Sources of Error in Volumetric Analysis	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCE		VII	1870	442
Note on Scientific Education in National Elementary Schools	Henry W Crosskey, FGS	8 March 1871	VII	1871	446
Discussion on Mr Crosskey's Paper		8 March 1871	VII	1871	450
On the Chemical Constitution of Paraffin	Dr T E Thorpe	13 March 1871	VII	1871	454
Notes on the Analysis of an Earthball and Intestinal Calculi from the Horse	James F Stark, FCS	27 March 1871	VII	1871	456
Preliminary Notice on the Action of Chloride of Zinc upon Morphia and Papaverine, and on the Action of Nitrous Acid, Bleaching Powder and Hydrochloric Acid upon Morphia	E L Mayer	27 March 1871	VII	1871	459
Notes on the Cemetery of Staglieno near Genoa	Charles Heath Wilson	22 March 1871	VII	1871	472
On Some Evidences as to the Very Early Uses of Iron and on Certain Old Bits of Iron in Particular	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	12 April 1871	VII	1871	476
Minutes			VII	1870	289
Report of Council on the State of the Society			VII	1870	490
Report of the Librarian on the State of the Library			VII	1870	492
Report of Chemical Section		12 April 1871	VII	1871	501
Report of Sanitary and Social Economy Section		12 April 1871	VII	1871	503


VOLUME VIII

Opening Address by the Retiring President	James Bryce, MA, LL.D, FGS		VIII	1871	1
The Astronomy of the Nineteenth Century: Inaugural Address	Professor Grant, MA, LL.D, FRS		VIII	1871	39
Comparison of the Vital Statistics of the Different Districts of Glasgow for the Two Years, 1869 and 1870	Alexander Scott		VIII	1871	78
Biogenesis, as Bearing upon Decomposition, Putrefecation and Decay	Dr Robert Bell	10 January 1872	VIII	1872	101
On the Drainage and Sewerage of Towns	John Phillips, CE	7 February 1872	VIII	1872	112
On Pressure Logs for Measuring the Speed of Ships	James R Napier, FRS	15 March 1872	VIII	1872	146
On the Results of the Recent Solar Eclipse	Dr T E Thorpe, FRSE	6 March 1872	VIII	1872	160
On the Analysis of Chrome Ore	John Clark, PhD		VIII	1871	174
On Some Experiments with Fehling's Copper Solution	T L Patterson, FCS	11 March 1872	VIII	1872	177
On a Double Sulphide of Gold and Silver	M M Pattison Muir, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	184
On the Action of Dilute Saline Solutions Upon Lead	M M Pattison Muir, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	184
The Jargons and Zircons of Ceylon	M H Cochrane, FCS	15 April 1872	VIII	1872	186
On the Separation of Phosphoric Acid, Ferric Oxide, Alumina, Lime and Magnesia	Thomas Robertson Ogilvie, FCS	29 April 1872	VIII	1872	189
On the Part which Ferric and Aluminic Oxides Play in the Manufacture of Superphosphate and on the Comparative Value of Mineral Phosphates	T L Patterson, FCS	29 April 1872	VIII	1872	194
On Some Evidences as to the Very Early Use of Iron	St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE		VIII	1872	235
Volcanic Vapours of Mount Vesuvius	James Anderson		VIII	1872	268
Livingstone Relief Expedition, via the Congo	James R Napier, FRS		VIII	1872	278
On Flour-Mill Fire Explosions	Stevenson Macadam, PhD, FRSE		VIII	1872	280
On British Weights and Measures	James R Napier, FRS	8 January 1873	VIII	1873	288
Discussion on Mr Napier's Paper		8 January 1873	VIII	1873	307
On Numeral and Metral Systems	E L Garbett		VIII	1873	329
On the Purification of Water	Professor Bischof	22 January 1873	VIII	1873	357
The Transit of Venus in 1874	Professor G Forbes	19 March 1873	VIII	1873	373
Examination and Defence of the Principles Enunciated by Mr Lowe in his Letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow	William Miller		VIII	1872	394
The Mint Bank-note of the Future	James Anderson	17 March 1873	VIII	1873	417
Technical Education	David Sandeman	9 April 1873	VIII	1873	421
Discussion on Mr Sandeman's Paper		9 April 1873	VIII	1873	431
Bank Acts and the Rate of Discount	Stephen Mason	3 March 1873	VIII	1873	443
On the Decomposition of Sulphate of Potash by Nitrate of Soda	William Henderson	13 January 1873	VIII	1873	457
On the Past and Present of Iron Smelting	St. John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	3 April 1873	VIII	1873	464
Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society, the Library and Reports from the Sections			VIII		208
Additions to the Library			VIII		227


VOLUME IX

On Some Indications of a Daily Periodicity in the Vital Functions of Man	James Finlayson , MD		IX	1873	1
On the Analysis and Purification of Water	Professor Gustav Bischof		IX	1873	18
On Water Supply	Dr Stevenson Macadam, FRSE, FCS	21 January 1874	IX	1874	23
On the Economy of Fuel in Domestic Arrangements	James R Napier, FRS	4 February 1873	IX	1873	35
On the Economical Combustion of Coal Gas	Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS	4 March 1874	IX	1874	57
On the Cubic Space and on the Volume of Air Necessary for Ensuring the Salubrity of Inhabited Places	James R Napier, FRS	1 April 1874	IX	1874	81
On the Effects of Loch Katrine Water on Galvanised Iron	James R Napier, FRS	1 April 1874	IX	1874	87
On the Methods in Use for Determining the Value of Animal and Vegetable Oils	J J Coleman, FCS	12 January 1874	IX	1874	89
On the Measurement of the Chemical Action of Sunlight	Dr Thomas E Thorpe, FRSE	29 April 1874	IX	1874	108
On Deep Sea Sounding by Piano-forte Wire	Professor Sir William Thomson, LLD, FRS	18 March 1874	IX	1874	111
On Corals of the Carboniferous Limestone-genus Aspidiophyllum	James Thomson, FGS		IX	1874	153
Address to the Chemical Section of the Society	Edward C C Stanford, FCS (President)		IX	1874	163
On the Apparent Absence of Air and Water from the Moon	Francis Napier		IX	1874	175
Experiments on Fluid Jets and Induced Currents	Alexander Morton		IX	1874	179
On an Apparatus for Testing the Lubricating Powers of Various Liquids	R D Napier		IX	1874	188
On the Action between the Loch Katrine Water Supplied to Glasgow and Various Metals	James R Napier, FRS		IX	1874	202
On the Immediate Results of the Operations of the Glasgow Improvement Trust at Last May Term, as Regards the Inhabitants Displaced, &c.	Dr James B Russell		IX	1874	207
Air and Water, in Relation to Public Health	Dr W Wallace, FRSE, FCS		IX	1875	226
Notes on Niagara, &c.	W Keddie, FRSE		IX	1874	242
On a Waste-preventing Water Supply Apparatus	Matthew Crawford	10 March 1875	IX	1875	257
A Method of Trisecting an Angle	James N Miller	10 March 1875	IX	1875	260
On M'Kay's Machine for Boring Tube-plates, or Other Plates of Metal	William Dron		IX	1875	262
Notes on a Tour in Germany, With Special Inquiry Regarding the Provisions for Scientific and Technical Education	Dr James Bryce, MA, FRSE	27 January 1875	IX	1875	267
A Method for the Interpolation and Summation of Numerical series	John Donald		IX	1875	272
On a Self-acting Railway Train Brake	James Steel		IX	1875	281
On the High Antiquity of Iron and Steel	St John Vincent Day, CE, FRSE	26 April 1875	IX	1875	296
On the Ageing of Whisky and Other Spirits	Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	329
On the Germ Theory of Putrification	Dr William Wallace, FRSE, FCE	28 April 1875	IX	1875	329
On Fractured Rivets from a Steam-Boiler	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	330
On a Method of Spinning Tops	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	331
On the Conical Filter of Greatest Capacity for a Given Slant Height or Radius of Filter Paper	James R Napier, FRS	28 April 1875	IX	1875	332
Note on Experiments with Giroud's Rheometer	William Foulis	28 April 1875	IX	1875	332
Minutes, Including Reports on the State of the Society and on the Library, and Reports from Sections			IX		119
Additions to the Library			IX		134
List of Members of the Society			IX		147


VOLUME X

Report on the Production of Nitric Acid from the Free Nitrogen of the Air	E M Dixon, BSC		X	1875	1
On the Economy of Napier's Stove	J Mackenzie, CE		X	1875	19
On a Waste-preventing Water Tap	William Ross		X	1875	21
On a Boat-lowering Apparatus	Captain Barr		X	1875	24
On a Rope Catch for Turners	James R Napier, FRS		X	1875	25
On a Sandpaper Catch for Turners	James R Napier, FRS		X	1875	25
On a Simple Means of Keeping Biscuits, &c., Dry	The late Walter Crum, FRS		X	1875	26
Introductory Address to the Chemical Section	John Ferguson, MA		X	1875	27
Notes on the Physical Geography and Natural History of the North Coast of Australia	The late Francis Napier	12 January 1876	X	1876	40
On the Genesis of Atoms, Worlds and Sunspots	Henry Muirhead, MD		X	1875	51
Communications from the Chemical Laboratory of Anderson's University	Professor W Dittmar	17 January 1876	X	1876	63
On Some Modern Theories of the Nature and Origin of Life, Regarded in Physiological Aspect	Professor Eben. Watson, AM, MD	26 January 1876	X	1876	74
On Ancient Mortars and Cements	James Napier, FCS, FRSE	9 February 1876	X	1876	86
Experiments Illustrating Rigidity Produced by Centrifugal Force	John Aitken		X	1876	99
On the Current Doctrines of Attraction and Energy - A Kinetic Theory of the Cosmos	Henry Muirhead, MD	8 March 1876	X	1876	107
Descriptions of New Species of Rugose Corals from the Carboniferous Rocks of Scotland	H Alleyne Nicholson, MD, D.Sc, FRSE and James Thomson, FGS	8 March 1876	X	1876	119
On a Compass Binocular Field-Glass for Rough Surveys	Lieut. R E Barker, RN	22 March 1876	X	1876	133
On a Masthead Light for Approximately Shewing the Course of a Vessel is Steering	Captain Jacob Holm	22 March 1876	X	1876	133
On a Method of Checking the Distances Travelled by Passengers in Wheel Carriages	James Young, FRS	12 April 1876	X	1876	134
On the Interference of Certain Metals with the Accuracy of the Process for Estimating Copper by Cyanide of Potassium	Robert T Thomson		X	1875	135
Extract from a Letter of William Froude, CE, FRS, to Sir William Thomson, on the Vena Contracta	Sir William Thomson		X	1876	145
On the Vena Contracta	James Thomson, LL.D, CE	31 March 1876	X	1876	149
Remarks on the Communications on the Vena Contracta	R D Napier	12 April 1876	X	1876	154
Description of Recently Discovered Foreign Lichens	James Stirton, MD, FLS	26 April 1876	X	1876	156
Spontaneous Evolution and the Germ Theory of the Propogation of Low Forms of Life, with Experiments on the Limits of Vital Resistance to Heat	Neil Carmichael, MD, CM, FFPSG	10 March 1876	X	1876	165
On a Method of Trisecting an Angle	Thomas Muir, MA, FRSE	5 May 1876	X	1876	177
Patents for Inventions Bill, 1876		29 March 1876	X	1876	178
Address to the Biological Section	Eben. Watson, AM, MD		X	1876	223
Experiments on the Maximum Elasticity and Density of Vapours	Alexander Morton		X	1876	236
Descriptins of a New Genus and Several New Species of Rugose Corals, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	10 January 1877	X	1877	250
Patents for Inventions		10 January 1877	X	1877	260
On New Genera and Species of Lichens from New Zealand, with Remarks on the Influence of Microscopic Fungi	Dr J Stirton, FLS	26 January 1877	X	1877	285
On a Portable Colorimeter	Edmund J Mills, DSc, FRS	12 March 1877	X	1877	310
On the Retarding Action of Sulphates	Edmund J Mills, DSc, FRS	12 March 1877	X	1877	316
The Senses - Their Divisions and Work - Viewed Physically and Evolutionally	Henry Muirhead, MD	7 February 1877	X	1877	318
On New Chromium and Manganese Compounds	J B Hannay, FRSE	26 March 1877	X	1877	334
On Some Recent Views of the Functions of the Brain and its Relation to Other Nervous Centres	Joseph Coats, MD	21 March 1877	X	1877	348
Recent Inquiries into the Early History of Chemistry: Introductory Address to the Chemical Section	Professor John Ferguson, MA		X	1876	368
On the Position of the Centre of Gravity in Man, as Determining the Mechanical Relations of the two Sides of the Body Towards Each Other	Andrew Buchanan, MD	25 April 1877	X	1877	390
Minutes, Including Reports of the State of the Society and on the Library and Reports from Sections			X		183
Office Bearers of the Society			X		203
Additions to the Library			X		207
List of Members of the Society			X		215
Society Journal Index : Volumes 11-15 : 1877-1884
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XI

On the Resonance of Cavities	Sir William Thomson, LL.D, DCL, FRS		XI	1877	1
On Some Specimens Of Steel	James Napier, FRS		XI	1877	2
On Some of the More Striking Relations of Meteorology to Public Health	Alexander Buchan		XI	1877	3
On the Comparative Prevalence of Filth-Diseases in Town and Country	James B Russell, MD		XI	1877	8
On the Regeneration of the Sulphur Employed in the Alkali Manufacture as Conducted at the Works of Messrs. Charles Tennant & Co., St. Rollox, by the "Mactear" Process	James Mactear, FCS		XI	1877	34
On an Improved System of Alkali Manufacture	James Mactear, FCS		XI	1877	44
Observations on the Contraction of Muscle on Stimulation of Nerve	John Barlow, MB, MRCSE		XI	1878	49
An Experiment on the Disinfection of Enteric Excreta	John Dougall, MD, FFPSG		XI	1878	51
Physical Life	Andrew Buchanan, MD	20 March 1878	XI	1878	53
On the Chemical and Microscopical Analysis of Unsound Wine	James R Napier, FRS and Professor J G M'Kendrick, MD	23 January 1878	XI	1878	93
Lichens Growing on Living Leaves from the Amazons	Dr J Stirton		XI	1878	99
The Constitution of Malt Liquors, and their Influence upon Digestion and Nutrition	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS	17 April 1878	XI	1878	112
On the Necessity of a General Measure of Legislation for Scotland with Regard to Public Health	W C Spens	3 April 1878	XI	1878	129
Experiments on the Relative Specific Gravities of Solid and Melted Metals, &C., at the Temperature of Fusion	Joseph Whitley	17 April 1878	XI	1878	145
Notes on Some of the Testing Operations Involved in Carrying Out the Provisions of the Alkali Acts of 1863 and 1874	James Mactear, FCS, FIC	22 April 1878	XI	1878	150
On a New Genus of Rugose Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	1 May 1878	XI	1878	161
Pauperism and the Poor Law	Andrew Wallace	1 May 1878	XI	1878	177
On the Genus Cyathaxonia and Several New Species from the Carboniferous Limestone in Scotland	James Thomson, FGS		XI	1877	193
On a New Method of Determining Several Thousand Years in Advance, the Day of the Week Corresponding to Any Given Date	James Dickson		XI	1878	257
On Purifying the Glasgow Harbour, and Rapidly Removing the Sewage	Horatio K Bromhead, ARIBA		XI	1878	267
Eleven Centuries of Chemistry	John Ferguson, MA		XI	1878	281
On the Absorbtion of Gases by Water and Other Fluids	James Snodgrass		XI	1878	300
New and Rare Lichens from India and the Himalayas	Dr James Stirton, FLS	8 January 1879	XI	1879	306
On a New Genus of Rugose Corals, from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	8 January 1879	XI	1879	323
The "Graham Lecture" on Molecular Mobility	W Chandler Roberts, FRS	22 January 1879	XI	1879	345
Physiology of the Turkish Bath	W J Fleming, MB	5 February 1879	XI	1879	365
Remarks on the Use of the Term "Force"	Dr Henry Muirhead		XI	1879	370
Some Researches on the Reactions Involved in the Leblanc Process of Alkali Manufacture	James Mactear, FCS, FIC		XI	1879	374
On the Liquification of Gases	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS		XI	1879	399
On the Objectivity of Energy	Dr Henry Muirhead	5 March 1879	XI	1879	408
On House Drainage and Ventilation	W P Buchan, FRSSA	19 March 1879	XI	1879	414
On the Modern Munufacture and Application of Steel	J G Fairweather, CE, FSA,	2 April 1879	XI	1879	454
On Variations in the Magnetic Constituents of Minerals	J B Hannay, FRSE, FCS		XI	1879	481
On a New Method of Physico-Chemical Investigation	J B Hannay, FRSE, FCS	16 April 1879	XI	1879	484
On Certain Changes Occurring During Fossilization	J B Hannay, FRSE, FCS	16 April 1879	XI	1879	488
On the Heating and Ventilation of Turkish Baths	J L Bruce, IA	30 April 1879	XI	1879	493
Scheme for the Removal of the Sewage of Glasgow and the Adjoining Burghs	Alexander Frew	28 April 1879	XI	1879	507
On the Action of Phosphoretted Hydrogen on the Animal Organism	Dr John Clark, FCS		XI	1879	517
On Magnetic Iron Sand from the Kyles of Bute	R R Tatlock, FRSE, FCS		XI	1879	519
Minutes, Including Reports on State of the Society and on the Library, Treasurers Accounts, and Reports from Sections			XI		209
Office Bearers of Society and Committees of Council			XI		230
Office Bearers of Sections			XI		232
Obituary Notices			XI
Additions to the Library			XI		234
List of Members of the Society			XI		247
Index to Volume XI			XI


VOLUME X11

Opening Address on State and Preventive Medicine	Andrew Fergus, MD, President		XII	1879	1
On the Mechanical Transmission of Sound by Wires, and on Simple Forms of Microphone Receivers	W J Millar, CE		XII	1879	20
Disinfection by Acids	John Dougall, MD, FFPS		XII	1879	25
On the Antiquity of the Chemical Art	James Mactear, FCS, FIC		XII	1879	43
On the Present Position of Scientific and Technical Education in Germany	E M Dixon		XII	1879	76
On a Substitute for Euclid's Third Postulate	R F Muirhead, BSc	7 January 1880	XII	1880	112
On Daltonism	William Ramsay, PhD	7 January 1880	XII	1880	118	Nobel 1904 Chemistry
On Experiments with Reference to Change of Volume of Certain Bodies on Being Melted	Henry Muirhead, MD	7 January 1880	XII	1880	121
On the Volumes of Solid and Liquid Cast Iron, with Reference to the Theories of Volcanic Action	J B Hannay, FRSE, FCS	7 January 1880	XII	1880	126
An Experimental Investigation into the Trap and Water-closet System, and the Relation of the Same to Sewage Products, Gaseous and Other	Neil Carmichael, MD, CM		XII	1880	132
On Provident Dispensaries as a Means for Promoting the Public Health	James Christie, AM, MD	3 March 1880	XII	1880	167
On Improvements in Gas Stoves	James Adams, MD, LRCSE, FFPSG	17 March 1880	XII	1880	190
On the Heating Power of Coal Gas of Different Qualities	Dr Wallace		XII	1879	208
On the Ventilation of the Rooms of Houses, with Experiments	Horatio Bromhead, IA, ARIBA	31 March 1880	XII	1880	211
On the Pellets Occasionally Found in Pig and Foundry Iron	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FCS	5 April 1880	XII	1880	219
Note on the Composition of a Peculiar Water	Dr W Wallace, FRSE	5 April 1880	XII	1880	222
On the Condition in Which Sulphur Exists in Coal	Dr W Wallace, FRSE	5 April 1880	XII	1880	223
Contributions to our Knowledge of the Rugose Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	14 April 1880	XII	1880	225
The Physiology of Sleep, with a Consideration of the Different Theories Propounded as to its Cause, and the Suggestion of a New View of the Subject	John Glaister, MB, LRCPS	14 April 1880	XII	1880	262
On the Conveyance of the Contagium of Anthrax to Hair factory Workers, as Illustrative of the Particulate Theory of the Contagia	Dr J B Russell	28 April 1880	XII	1880	293
The Mud of the Clyde	Dr R Angus Smith, FRS	5 May 1880	XII	1880	321
Sewage, Sewerage and Drainage, Scientific and Sanitary, versus Unscientific and Unsanitary Sewerage and Drainage, with an Exposition of the New Pneumatic (Shone's) Sewerage System	Isaac Shone, CE, FGS		XII	1880	339
On the Distribution and Condensation of Gases in the Leaden Chamber	James Mactear, FCS, FIC	7 April 1879	XII	1879	363
Minutes, Including Reports on State of the Society and on the Library, Treasurers Accounts, and Reports from Sections			XII		390
Office-Bearers of Society and Committees of Council			XII		427
Office-Bearers of Sections			XII		429
Obituary Notice			XII		431
Additions to the Library			XII		435
List of Members of the Society			XII		443
Index to Volume XII, No.1			XII		534


VOLUME XIII (No.1)

Opening Address- Sketch of the Early Years of the Society	Andrew Fergus, MD, President		XIII		1
Suggestions as to Amendment of Various Franchises, and Improvement in Mode of Levvying and Collecting Rates and Assessments in Scotland	William Campbell		XIII	1880	20
On Certain Seeming Relations Between the Three Larger Planets Crossing in Front of the Sun's March, &c.	Henry Muirhead, MD		XIII	1880	34
The Chemistry of Sewage Precipitation	Dr William Wallace		XIII	1880	46
Opening Address to the Architectural Section	David Thomson, FRIBA		XIII	1880	71
Some Observations on the Colouring Matter of Jellyfishes	John M'Kendrick, MD		XIII	1880	90
Report by R F Muirhead to the British Association			XIII	1880	93
An Ether Percolator for Estimation of Fats, &c., in Organic Substances	Donald Macphail, MB, CM	5 January 1881	XIII	1881	95
On a Method of Foretelling the Quality of Wheat Harvests by the Wheat Blossoms	St John Vincent Day, CE	5 January 1881	XIII	1881	99
On the Action of Anaesthetics	John G M'Kendrick, MD	5 January 1881	XIII	1881	102
The History of Selenium, and its Action in the Bell Photophone, with Description of a Recently-designed Form	Andrew Jamieson, CE	19 January 1881	XIII	1881	109
On Mortality Tables: Introducing a New Table of Mortality	Arch. Hewat	2 February 1881	XIII	1881	121
The Wire Telephone	James Blyth, MA		XIII	1881	133
Visible Speech and its Application to the Teaching of the Deaf	T H Jones	2 March 1881	XIII	1881	137
Artificial Indigo	Arthur G Perkin	7 March 1881	XIII	1881	141
Analysis of Soaps	Cornelius Hope	4 April 1881	XIII	1881	150
On a Large-Index Barometer	Alexander Scott	30 March 1881	XIII	1881	154
Some Observations on our Present Methods of Disposal of Human Excreta and their Relation to the Spread of Epidemic Disease	Eben. Duncan, MD, FFPSG	30 March 1881	XIII	1881	156
On Vegetable Parasites on the Tea Plant, more Especially that of Asssam	James Stirton, MD, FLS	27 April 1881	XIII	1881	181
On the Genus Alveolites, Amplexus and Zaphrentis, from the Carboniferous System of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	27 April 1881	XIII	1881	194
Minutes of Session			XIII		238
Annual Report for 1879-80			XIII		241
Library Committee's Report 1879-80			XIII		245
Abstract of Treasurer's Statement. 1879-80			XIII		248
Report of the Architectural Section			XIII		266
Report of the Biological Section			XIII		267
Report of the Chemical Section			XIII		267
Report of the Sanitary and Social Economy Section			XIII		268
List of Office-Bearers of Society			XIII		270
Committees Appointed by the Council			XIII		270
List of Office-Bearers of Sections			XIII		272
Additions to the Library			XIII		274
List of Societies with which the Philosophical Society of Glasgow Exchanges Proceedings			XIII		279
List of Periodicals			XIII		282
List of Members			XIII		284
Index			XIII		295
VOLUME XIII (NO. 2)			XIII
Opening Address	Dr William Wallace, President		XIII	1881	299
Electric and Photometric Tests of Swan's Incandescent Lamps	Andrew Jamieson, CE		XIII	1881	318
In Memorium. David Foulis			XIII	1881	325
The Decade 1871-80, in Glasgow: a Sanitary Retrospect	James B Russell, BA, MD		XIII	1881	329
Report: Gathering of Delegates from Other Scientific Societies Attending Meeting at York, August, 1881			XIII	1881	349
On an Apparatus for Studying the Work Done by a Frog's Muscle	J M'Gregor-Robertson, MA, MB		XIII	1881	350
Microbes in Fermentation, Putrefaction, and Disease	Charles Cameron, MD, LL.D, MP		XIII	1881	253
On the Present State of Opinion as to Animal Electricity	J M'Gregor-Robertson, MA, MB	18 January 1882	XIII	1882	374
An Enquiry into the Prevalence of Smallpox in Kilmarnock in the Last Century	John C M'Vail, MD	1 February 1882	XIII	1882	386
A Cheap Form of Voltaic Battery	Alfred R Bennett	1 February 1882	XIII	1882	401
Opening Address to the Chemical Section	James Mactear, FCS, FIC		XIII	1881	409
On the Occurrence of Opal in the Colony of Queeensland, and the Geological and Physical Aspects of the Country in which they are Found	James K M Robertson, MD, FGS, FRGS	23 January 1882	XIII	1882	427
Opening Address to the Architectural Section	James Sellars Jun., IA	28 January 1882	XIII	1882	443
On a Changing Tesselated Structure in Certain Liquids	Professor James Thomson, LL.D, FRS		XIII	1882	464
On the Cause of the Calm Lines Often Seen in a Rippled Sea	Professor James Thomson, LL.D, FRS		XIII	1882	468
On a New Family of Rugose Corals, Including the Genera Cylophyllum, Aulophyllum; and on the Genus Clisiophyllum	James Thomson, FGS	1 March 1882	XIII	1882	471
The Works of the Late Charles Wilson	David Thomson, IA, FRIBA	13 March 1882	XIII	1882	552
Action of Ammonia on Fats at a High Temperature	T A Whitelaw	20 March 1882	XIII	1882	570
The Composition of Some Fossil Eggs from the Peruvian Guano Deposits	John Clark, PhD, FCS, FIC	20 March 1882	XIII	1882	573
Notes on Some Investigations in Chemical Physics	J B Hannay, FRSE, FIC	29 March 1882	XIII	1882	576
Report of Examination of a Diseased Salmon from Loch Tay, Received 4th March, 1882	John Dougall, MD	12 April 1882	XIII	1882	584
On the Mode of Mental Inter-communication in Thought-willing and Thought-reading	Henry Muirhead, MD	12 April 1882	XIII	1882	585
Minutes of Session			XIII		592
Annual Report of Council for 1880-81			XIII		597
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1880-81			XIII		598
Librarian's Report			XIII		600
Report of the Architectural Section for Session 1881-82			XIII		618
Report of the Biologial Section for Session 1881-82			XIII		620
Report of the Chemical Section for Session 1881-82			XIII		620
Report of the the Sanitary and Social Economy Section for Session 1881-82			XIII		621
List of Office-Bearers of the Society			XIII		623
Members of Committees Appointed by the Council			XIII		623
List of Office-Bearers of Sections			XIII		624
Additions to the Library			XIII		626
List of Societies and of Publications with which Exchanges are made			XIII		631
List of Periodicals			XIII		634
List of Members for 1881-82			XIII		636
Index			XIII		647


Volume XIV

On Insensibility Arising from a Deficiency of Oxygen in the Air	William Wallace, PhD, FRSE, FIC, FCS, President		XIV	1882	1
On Technical Education	David Sandeman and E M Dixon, BSc		XIV	1882	4
On the Decay of Building Stones	William Wallace, President	29 January 1883	XIV	1883	22
On Some New Infusoria	William Milne, MA, BSc	31 January 1883	XIV	1883	32
Note on a Simple Form of Lippmann's Capillary Electrometer, Useful to Physiologists	John G M'Kendrick, MD	17 January 1883	XIV	1883	37
On Milk and Milk Pollution	John Dougall, MD		XIV	1882	41
On Struthers' Patent for Pulverising Diamondiferous Ore	Wallace Fairweather, CE	31 January 1883	XIV	1883	48
On the use of Litmus, Methyl Orange, Phenacetolin and Phenolphthalein as Indicators	Robert T Thomson	22 January 1883	XIV	1883	56
Approximative Photometric Measurements of Sun, Moon, Cloudy Sky and Electric, and Other Artificial Lights	Sir William Thomson, FRS		XIV	1882	80
On the Preservation of Food by Cold	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS	17 January 1883	XIV	1883	86
On the Clauses in the Draft Glasgow Police Bill which have Reference to the Prevention and Mitigation of Disease	Eben. Duncan, MD, FFPSG		XIV	1882	99
The Ships and Shipping Trade of Great Britain	Nathaniel Dunlop		XIV	1883	132
Some Account of the Iron Ore Industry of the North of Spain	James G Jenkins, MI and S		XIV	1882	161
On the Use of Rosolic Acid as an Indicator, with Additional Notes on Phenolphthalein and Methyl Orange	Robert T Thomson	19 March 1883	XIV	1883	173
Closing Address to the Architectural Section	James Sellars Jun, IA	26 March 1883	XIV	1883	180
The Water Highways of the Interior of Africa, with Notes on Slave Hunting and the Means of its Suppression	James Stevenson, FRGS	28 March 1883	XIV	1883	197
On a New Apparatus for Recording the Time of Occurrence, the Duration and the Nature and Magnitude of the Motions of an Earthquake	Thomas Gray, BSc, FRSE		XIV	1883	221
The Fertilisation of Flowers	Professor Alex S Wilson, MA, BSc,	11 April 1883	XIV	1883	225
On Algin: a New Substance Obtained from Some of the Commoner Species of Marine Algae	Edward C C Stanford, FCS	2 April 1883	XIV	1883	241
Address to the Chemical Section	Robert R Tatlock, FRSE, FIC, FCS	5 February 1883	XIV	1883	257
Notes on Nitro-Glycerine, Dynamite and Blasting Gelatine	Georger M'Roberts	25 April 1883	XIV	1883	273
On the Action of Heat and the Chlorides of Phosphorus upon the Watersalts of Hypophosphorous, Phosphorous and Phosphoric Acids	Otto Richter, PhD	2 April 1883	XIV	1883	288
Volumetric Process for the Estimation of Cobalt and Nickel	John Clark, PhD, FIC, FCS	19 March 1883	XIV	1883	293
On the Development and Generic Relations of the Corals of the Carboniferous System of Scotland	James Thomson, FGS	14 March 1883	XIV	1883	296
Minutes of Session			XIV		521
Annual Report of Council for 1881-82			XIV		524
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1881-82			XIV		526
Report of the Library Committee			XIV		528
Report of Committee Appointed to Prepare a Draft Constitution &c., for the Geographical and Ethnological Section			XIV		539
Memorials Regarding the Amendment of the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867			XIV		544
Report of the Architectural Section for Session 1882-83			XIV		546
Report of the Biologial Section for Session 1882-83			XIV		547
Report of the Sanitary and Social Economy Section for Session 1882-83			XIV		548
Report of the Chemical Section for Session 1882-83			XIV		548
Statement of Cost of Buildings, Adelaide Place, 207 Bath Street			XIV		550
Statement Regarding Geographical and Ethnological Section			XIV		552
Petition Regarding Amendment of Patent Laws			XIV		553
List of Office-Bearers of the Society			XIV		555
List of Members of Committees Appointed by the Council			XIV		556
List of Office-Bearers of Sections			XIV		557
Additions to the Library			XIV		559
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are Made			XIV		563
List of Periodicals			XIV		566
List of Members for 1882-83			XIV		568
Index			XIV		579


VOLUME XV

Address to the Chemical Section	Robert Tatlock, FRSE,FIC, FCS		XV	1883	1
Technical Education, with Special Reference to the Requirement of Glasgow and the West of Scotland	Henry Dyer, CE, MA		XV	1883	18
On Geography and Ethnology	W G Blackie, PhD, FRGS	5 March 1884	XV	1884	55
On the Use of Litmus, Rosolic Acid, Methyl-Orange, Phenacetolin and Phenolphthalein as Indicators, Part II	Robert T Thomson		XV	1883	63
Note on an Easy and Rapid Method of Determining the Specific Gravity of Solids	James J Dobbie, MA, DSc and John Hutcheson	2 April 1884	XV	1884	82
Note on Mr Joseph Whitley's Centrifugal Mode of Casting Steel Plates for Shipbuilding, &c.	Dr Henry Muirhead, President	2 April 1884	XV	1884	86
Presentation of a Model in Bronze of Cleopatra's Needle	Dr Henry Muirhaed, President	2 April 1884	XV	1884	88
On a New Method of Measuring the Heat-Conducting Power of Various Materials, such as Cotton, Wool, Hair, &c.	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS	23 January 1884	XV	1884	90
On a New Thermometer or Thermoscope	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS	23 January 1884	XV	1884	94
On the Measurement of Electric Currents and Potentials	Sir William Thomson, FRS	9 January 1884	XV	1884	96
Dr Allen Thomson: Sketch of his Life and Work	John G M'Kendrick, MD, FRS	30 April 1884	XV	1884	102
Note on Modern Forms of the Microscope	William Limont, MA, MB	19 March 1884	XV	1884	118
On Some of the Chief Features of the Physical Geography, Including the Geology of China, and the Bearing thereof on the Future of the Empire	Rev. Alexander Williamson, BA, LLD,	5 March 1884	XV	1884	119
On the Recent Progress of Chemistry at Home and Abroad; a Plea for the Teaching of Higher Chemistry in this Country	J J Dobbie, MA, DSc	6 February 1884	XV	1884	150
Notes on the Analysis of Commercial Carbonate of Potash	Robert Thomson	14 January 1884	XV	1884	177
A New Process for the Separation of Nickel and Cobalt	John Clark, PhD, FCS, FIC		XV	1883	183
Endless Solenoid Galvanometer and Voltometer	Professor James Blyth, MA, FRSE	30 April 1884	XV	1884	187
Abstract of Paper on the Chemical Constitution of the Methyl and Eythl Alcohols	Otto Richter, PhD	7 January 1884	XV	1884	191
On the Use of Litmus, Rosolic Acid, Methyl Orange, Phenacetolin and Phenolphthalein as Indicators, Part III	Robert T Thomson		XV	1884	194
On the Present State of our Knowledge of the Island of New Guinea	Walter G Blackie, PhD, FRGS	16 April 1884	XV	1884	202
How Smoke may be Profitably Consumed	Alexander Pinkerton	30 April 1884	XV	1884	226
Abstract of a Communication "On the Prevalence of Rickets in the City of Glasgow and in the West of Scotland, and the Relation of Rickets to the Food and Water Used"	James Thomson, FGS	2 April 1884	XV	1884	232
The Life and Works of Thomas Graham, DCL, FRS	Dr Robert Angus Smith, FRS		XV	1884	260
Reports of Sections			XV		358
Minutes of Session			XV		362
Annual Report of Council for 1882-83			XV		367
Report of the Library Committee			XV		369
Abstract of the Treasurer's Account for 1882-83			XV		370
List of Office-Bearers of the Society			XV		388
List of Members of Council Appointed by the Council			XV		389
List of Office-Bearers of Sections			XV		390
Additions to the Library			XV		392
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are Made			XV		395
List of Periodicals			XV		398
List of Members for 1883-84			XV		400
Index			XV		412
Society Journal Index : Volumes 16-20 : 1884-1889
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XVI

Feeling and Perception of Relation	Henry Muirhead, MD, President		XVI	1884	1
The Proper Motions of the Stars	Robert Grant, LLD, FRS		XVI	1884	22
On the First Editions of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius	John Ferguson, MA		XVI	1884	36
On the Composition of Ocean Water	W Dittmar, FRSS		XVI	1884	47
The Regulation of the Water Supply to Cities and Towns	William Key		XVI	1884	74
On a Shadowless Gas Ventilator	George A Buchanan	9 January 1885	XVI	1885	89
African Colonies and Colonization, with Notices of recent Annexations	J E Carlisle	7 January 1885	XVI	1885	94
Memoir of Mr James Napier		21 January 1885	XVI	1885	172
On a New Musical Instrument	Thomas Machell	21 January 1885	XVI	1885	185
Description of a New Rotiferon, Male and Female	W Milne, MA, BSc	4 February 1885	XVI	1885	188
A Theory of Storm Travel	P Alexander, MA		XVI	1885	194
National and Local Precautions Against Cholera	James Christie, AM, MD	21 January 1885	XVI	1885	203
On an Air or Gas Thermometer, Suitable for Measuring Temperatures out of the Range of Mercurial or Alcohol Thermometers	J J Coleman, FCS, FIC	4 March 1885	XVI	1885	220
An Account of Some Experiments on the Effects of Very Low Temperatures on the Putrefactive Process, and on Some Vital Phenomena	J J Coleman, FCS, FIC and John G M'Kendrick, MD, LLD, FRS	4 March 1885	XVI	1885	223
On the Liquifaction of Atmospheric Air and Other Effects of Extreme Cold; and on Artificial Light and Other Phenomena of High Temperature	J J Coleman, FCS, FIC	18 March 1885	XVI	1885	232
Address to the Architectural Section	James Sellars, IA		XVI	1884	245
Egyptian Obelisks	T L Patterson, FIC,FCS	4 February 1885	XVI	1885	266
On the First Editions of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius	Professor Ferguson		XVI	1885	287
On Producing Cast Steel or Ingot Iron from Crude or Pig Iron	William Gorman	15 April 1885	XVI	1885	289
On the Heat-Restoring Gas Furnace and Heating by Radiation	William Gorman	15 April 1885	XVI	1885	297
An Enquiry into the Necessity for Legislative Reform in Scotland in Regard to Uncertified Deaths	John Glaister, MB, FFPSG	29 April 1885	XVI	1885	305
On Manure Poisoning, with Suggestions for the Prevention of the Pollution of Wells in Agricultural Districts	Eben. Duncan, MD, FFPSG	29 April 1885	XVI	1885	328
On the Form of the Human Skull at Different Ages and in Different Nationalities	John Clelland, MD, LLD	26 March 1885	XVI	1885	341
Reports of Sections			XVI		353
Minutes of Session			XVI		358
Annual Report of Council for 1883-84			XVI		360
Abstract of the Treasurer's Account for 1883-84			XVI		362
Report of the Library Committee			XVI		364
List of Office-Bearers of Society			XVI		381
List of Members of Committees Appointed by the Council			XVI		282
List of Office-Bearers of Sections			XVI		383
Additions to the Library			XVI		385
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XVI		388
List of Periodicals			XVI		391
List of Members for 1884-85			XVI		393
Inventory of Property Belonging to the Society			XVI		405
Index			XVI		409


VOLUME XVII

On Ferran's Anti-Cholera Innoculation	Charles Cameron, MD, LL.D, MP		XVII	1885	1
South Africa and the Africanders	Arthur Kay		XVII	1885	17
On the Verification of Traditions Regarding the First Peopling of Certain Islands in the South Pacific	George A Turner, MD, CM		XVII	1885	32
Telephone Exchanges and How They are Wrought	D Sinclair		XVII	1885	39
New Discovery of Rich Cannel Coal Near Bathgate	John Mayer		XVII	1885	50
The Rainfall of the British Islands	Alexander Buchan, MA		XVII	1885	54
The Present Position of the Museum and Art Galleries of Glasgow	Bailie James Hunter Dickson and James Paton, FLS	3 February 1886	XVII	1886	64
On Technical Education from an Architectural Point of View	William Landless		XVII	1885	78
China's Northern Dependencies and Colonial Possessions	John Dudgeon, MD, CM	27 January 1886	XVII	1886	92
On the Defectiveness of the Eye Spot as a Means of Generic Distinction in the Philodinaea, with a Description of Two Other Rotifera	William Milne, MA, BSc	3 February 1886	XVII	1886	134
Description of a New Signal for River Piers and Railways	George S Buchanan	3 March 1886	XVII	1886	146
On an Electric Safety Lamp for Miners	Joseph W Swan, MA		XVII	1886	151
Observations on the Early Guilds of Merchants and Craftsmen	James D Marwick, LL.D, FRSE	17 March 1886	XVII	1886	159
Note on the Australian Aboriginies being Exhibited in Glasgow in March 1886	John Glaister, MD, FFPSG	3 March 1886	XVII	1886	182
On Birds with Supernumerary Legs and on Abcaudal Fisssion and Ancephalus, with Biological Reflections	Professor John Cleland, MD, LL.D, DSc, FRS	3 February 1886	XVII	1886	192
On a New Form of Galvanometer	Professor James Blyth, MA, FRSE		XVII	1886	204
The First History of Chemistry	John Ferguson, MA	6 January 1886	XVII	1886	206
Enquiry into the Effects of Loud Sounds Upon the Hearing of Boilermakers and Others who Work Amid Noisy Surroundings	Thomas Barr, MD	3 March 1886	XVII	1886	223
The Riches of the Sea	C A Salstrom	17 March 1886	XVII	1886	240
The Epidemic History of Glasgow During the Century 1783-1883	John Glaister, MD,	14 April 1886	XVII	1886	259
On an Automatic Photo-Printing Machine	John Urie	14 April 1886	XVII	1886	293
On the Tribe of Beqa's Alleged Power of Walking Through Fire	Robert Blyth, CA	28 April 1886	XVII	1886	297
On the Relative Merits of Tile and Cast-Iron Drain Pipes	Gilbert Thomson. MA, CE	28 April 1886	XVII	1886	301
The Physical and Biological Conditions of the Seas and Estuaries About North Britain	John Murray, PhD, VPRSE	31 March 1886	XVII	1886	306
Hermaphroditic Malformation of the External Genital Organs of the Female, with Remarks Upon the so-called "Transverse Hermaphroditism"	John Yule Mackay, MD	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	334
Genito-Urinary Malformations Consequent on Pelvic Deformities	John Yule Mackay, MD	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	340
The Arterial System of the Chamaeleon	John Yule Mackay, MD	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	353
The Arteries of the Head and Neck and the Rete Mirablile of the Porpoise (Phocoena Communis)	John Yule Mackay, MD	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	366
On the Morphology of the Cervical Articular Pillars, and on a Lock Limiting Extension of the Neck	R Bruce Young, MA, MB, CM	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	377
On Development and Abnormal Arrangement of the Intestine	R Bruce Yung, MA, MB, CM	12 May 1886	XVII	1886	385
On the Lucigen: a New Industrial Light	J B Hannay, FRSE	18 April 1886	XVII	1886	393
Reports of Sections			XVII		404
Minutes of Session			XVII		410
Annual Report of Council for 1884-85			XVII		413
Abstract of Treasurer's Accounts for 1884-85			XVII		141
Account of Graham Medal and Lecture Fund			XVII		416
Report of the Library Committee			XVII		420
Office-Bearers of the Society			XVII		440
Committees Appointed by the Council			XVII		441
Office Bearers of Sections			XVII		442
Additions to the Library			XVII		445
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are Made			XVII		449
List of Periodicals Received			XVII		452
List of Members for 1885-86			XVII		454
Inventory of Property Belonging to the Society			XVII		466
Index			XVII		467


VOLUME XVIII

On the Development of the Marine Engine	Henry Dyer, CE, MA		XVIII	1886	1
On Abbe's Apochromatic Micro-Objectives and Compensating Eye-Pieces	Adolf Schulze		XVIII	1886	28
On Preliminary Experiments on the Effects of Percussion in Changing the Magnetic Moments of Steel Magnets	William Brown		XVIII	1886	41
On a New Tentaculiferous Protozoon and Other Infusoria	William Milne, MA, BSc,FRSE		XVIII	1886	48
On the Manners and Customs of Some of the Tribes of New Guinea	Rev James Chalmers		XVIII	1886	57
Report from the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association	Henry Muirhead		XVIII	1886	70
On the Progress of Technical Education, with Special Reference to the Glasgow Weaving College	David Sandeman		XVIII	1886	73
On Coal-gas and the Coal Question, in its Bearings on the Illuminating Power of Gas	William Key		XVIII	1886	87
Notes on the Bursting of Leaden Service Pipes by Water and Frost	George C Thomson, FCS	5 January 1887	XVIII	1887	102
On Geographical Alto-Relievo Models, and their Place in Education	William Martin	2 February 1887	XVIII	1887	108
Graham Lecture: On Certain Modern Developments of Graham's Ideas Concerning the Constitution of Matter	T E Thorpe, PhD, BSc, VP, CS, FRS	16 March 1887	XVIII	1887	118
An Examination of the Report of the Royal Commission on Depression of Trade (Inaugural Address of Economic Science Section)	Charles Gairdner	2 March 1887	XVIII	1887	133
On the Aboriginal Australian, as he was	Athur Kay	2 February 1887	XVIII	1887	146
Note on a Class of Definite Integrals	George A Gibson, MA	3 February 1887	XVIII	1887	167
Some Minor Rights of Land Ownership	Archibald Ferguson		XVIII	1887	170
On Liquid Diffusion	J J Coleman, FIC, FCS, FRSE	16 March 1887	XVIII	1887	196
On the Gothic Version of the Gospels by Bishop Ulfilas and its Value in the Study of Language	James Colville, MA, DSc	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	207
On Approximate Formulae for the Motion of Projectiles	Peter Alexander, MA		XVIII	1886	237
How to Use the Polariscope in the Practical Determination of Internal Stress and Strain	Peter Alexander, MA	3 February 1887	XVIII	1887	242
On a Double Chain of Electrical Measuring Instruments to Measure Currents	Sir William Thomson, FRS	20 April 1887	XVIII	1887	249
On the Reform of our Present Methods of Disposal of the Dead	Eben. Duncan, MD	27 April 1887	XVIII	1887	257
On the late Robert Gray, VP, RSE	J B Murdoch, FRPhSE	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	279
On the Reducing Action of Hydrogen in the Presence of Platinum	Stephen Cooke, FCS	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	284
Note on the Action of Electric Sparks in Mixtures of Nitric Oxide with Hydrogen and Other Inflammable Gases	Stephen Cooke, FCS	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	294
Note on the Decomposition of Nitric Oxide in Water and Alkaline Solutions	Stephen Cooke, FCS	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	299
On the Arterial System of Vertebrates Homologically Considered	John Mackay, MD	30 March 1887	XVIII	1887	302
Note on the Morphological Peculiarity of Cordyline Australis	Professor F O Bower, DSc, FLS	30 March 1897	XVIII	1887	317
On Humbolditia Lauriflia (Vahl), as a Myrmekophilous Plant	Professor F O Bower, DSc, FLS	30 March 1887	XVIII	1887	320
On Biological Teaching In Germany and in this Country	J H Fullerton, MA, BSc	4 May 1887	XVIII	1887	327
On the Physical Conditions of the Water in the Clyde Sea-Area	Hugh Robert Mill, DSc, FRSE, FCS		XVIII	1887	332
Introduction of Sea Water into Glasgow	John Anderson	2 March 1887	XVIII	1887	357
On Foulis' Gas Fire: A New Departure in Using Gaseous Fuel for Domestic Purposes		5 January 1887	XVIII	1887	365
On Experimental Research on the Artificial Cultivation of Vaccine Lymph	Neil Carmichael, MD	19 January 1887	XVIII	1887	369
Automatic Electrical Lighting of Trains	Thomas P Carswell, CE	13 April 1887	XVIII	1887	391
Reports of Sections			XVIII		397
Minutes of Session			XVIII		404
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1885-86			XVIII		406
Account of Graham Medal and Lecture Fund			XVIII		408
Annual Report of Council for 1885-86			XVIII		409
Report of the Library Committee			XVIII		412
Office-Bearers of the Society			XVIII		432
Committees Appointed by the Council			XVIII		433
Office-Bearers of Sections			XVIII		434
Additions to the Library			XVIII		437
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XVIII		441
List of Periodicals Received			XVIII		444
List of Members of 1886-87			XVIII		446
Inventory of Property Belonging to the Society			XVIII		458
Index			XVIII		459


VOLUME XIX

President's Address - On Some Socialogical Aspects of Sanitation	James B Russell, MA, MD, LL.D		XIX	1887	1
Factory Industry and Socialism	William Smart, MA		XIX	1887	22
The Technical Schools (Scotland) Act, 1887, and Some of its Relations to Elementary and Higher Education	Henry Dyer, CE, MA		XIX	1887	46
On the Modern Cell Theory, and the Phenomena of Fecundation	John Gray M'Kendrick, MD, LL.D, FRS. FRSE, FRCPE		XIX	1887	71
Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry	John Ferguson, MA	6 January 1886	XIX	1886	126
The Heeling Error of the Compass in Iron Ships	William Bottomley	11 January 1888	XIX	1888	160
Public Museums as Aids in Teaching	James Colville, MA, DSc	11 January 1888	XIX	1888	164
On the Training of Architectural Students	Francis H Newberry		XIX	1887	176
"Greek Thomson"	Thomas Gildard	30 January 1888	XIX	1888	191
Early Sculpture in Scotland	Robert Brydall		XIX	1888	210
On the River Plate System	John Galloway	7 March 1888	XIX	1888	226
Biographical Notice of the late Dr Andrew Fergus	Eben Duncan, MD		XIX	1887	245
On the Spread of Enteric Fever and Possibly Diptheria, in Rural Districts, by the Use of City Manure for Agricultural Purposes (Abstract)	David Pryde	4 April 1888	XIX	1888	254
Some Important Points in the Sanitary Work of a Great City	Peter Fyfe	11 April 1888	XIX	1888	257
On a New Composite Electric Balance	Sir William Thomson, FRS	4 February 1888	XIX	1888	273
The Constitution and Course of the Money Market	Charles Gairdner		XIX	1888	275
On the Measurement of Electric Currents by the Electrolytic Deposition of Copper	Andrew W Meikle		XIX	1888	291
On Noxious Vapours and Town Smoke, with Suggestions on House Warming	Alfred E Fletcher, FCS, FIS	25 January 1888	XIX	1888	297
A Set of New Ring-off Instruments for Telephone Exchanges, &c	D Sinclair		XIX	1887	308
On Some of the Social and Economical Aspects of the Land Question in Wales	Henry Jones, MA	4 April 1888	XIX	1888	310
American Currency	Andrew S M'Clelland, CA	6 February 1888	XIX	1888	324
On an Improved Form of Seismograph	Thomas Gray, BSc, FRSE		XIX	1888	330
A Demonstration in Bacteriology, Illustrative of the Mode of Growth and Cultivation of Micro-organisms Found in Air, Earth and Water	A Ernest Maylard, BS, MB	25 March 1888	XIX	1888	342
The Dulcitone; a New and Portable Musical Instrument	Thomas Machell	2 May 1888	XIX	1888	360
On the Application of Wind Power to the Generation and Storage of Electricity	Professor James Blyth, MA, FRSE	2 May 1888	XIX	1888	363
On the Electrical Resistance of Slate and Marble and Other Materials, With Reference to their Use in Electric Light Fittings	Thomas Sheilds, MA	2 May 1888	XIX	1888	365
Report of the Society's Representative at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College		2 May 1888	XIX	1888	373
Report of the Delegate to the British Association - Manchester, 1887		2 May 1888	XIX	1888	374
Reports of Sections		2 May 1888	XIX	1888	377
Memoir of Mr David Sandeman	Henry Dyer, CE, MA		XIX		383
Minutes of Session			XIX	1887	387
Annual Report of Council for 1886-87			XIX		388
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1886-87			XIX		392
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund - Treasurer's Account			XIX		394
Report of the Library Committee			XIX		395
Memorial on Burial Reform to H. M. Secretary for Scotland			XIX		410
Office-Bearers of the Society			XIX		414
Committees Appointed by the Council			XIX		415
Office-Bearers of Sections			XIX		416
Additions to the Library			XIX		419
Books Bought			XIX		421
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XIX		423
List of Periodicals Received			XIX		426
List of Members for 1887-88			XIX		428
Inventory of Property Belonging to the Society			XIX		440
Index			XIX		441


VOLUME XX

President's Address - On the "Ticketed Houses" of Glasgow, with an Interrogation of the Facts for Guidance Towards the Ameloriation of the Lives of their Occupants	James B Russell, BA, MD, LL.D,		XX	1888	1
Sanitary and Social Problems	John Honeyman, FRIBA		XX	1888	25
Memoir of the late James Sellars, Architect	A Lindsay Miller		XX	1888	40
Rotifer as a Parasite or Tube-dweller	William Milne, MA, BSc, FRSE		XX	1888	48
The Eastman Stripping Film and Roller Slide: a Recent Development in Scientific Photography	William Lang, jun., FCS		XX	1888	54
The Movements of the Joints of the Knuckles and Balls of the Toes	Professor Cleland, MD, LL.D, FRS		XX	1888	62
The Training of Architects	Henry Dyer, CE, MA	4 February 1889	XX	1889	66
Fisheries in Relation to General Civilisation and Progress	W Anderson Smith	23 January 1889	XX	1889	87
Primitive Aryan Civilisation	James Colville, MA, DSc		XX	1888	97
On the Detection of Mural Pores in the Genus Alveolites	James Thomson, FGS		XX	1888	116
Multiplex Telephony on Long Lines	D Sinclair	6 February 1889	XX	1889	128
Agricultural Education in this Country and Abroad, with Special Reference to Germany	C M Aikman, MA, BSc, FRSE	6 February 1889	XX	1889	133
Electro-Magnetic Method of Measuring the Magnetic Constants of the Earth's Field	A Tankadate, BSc		XX	1889	155
On Present Tendencies in Classical Studies	Professor R C Jebb, MA, LL.D,		XX	1889	168
Land Ownership in Scotland	Robert T Younger, MA, LL.B		XX	1888	177
A Scheme of Cremation Suited to the Requirements of Glasgow	James Chalmers, IA	5 January 1889	XX	1889	193
On the Acoustics of Musical Sounds	James Kerr Love	1 May 1889	XX	1889	196
On Mutual Gables	James Howatt, IM	18 March 1889	XX	1889	213
Proposal for Securing Uniformity of Action in the Exclusion from Day Schools of Children Coming from Families Affected with Contagious Diseases	Dr James Finlayson	3 April 1889	XX	1889	216
The Wiring of Buildings for Electric Light	J D F Andrews	20 March 1889	XX	1889	225
The Garnethill Scarlet Fever Epidemic: a Microscopical Investigation Regarding its Cause	Dr Neil Carmichael	3 April 1889	XX	1889	234
Chile - its Present Position and Future Prospects	John C Rogers	23 January 1889	XX	1889	240
An Examination of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Recent Changes in the Relative Values of Gold and Silver, with Remarks on Bi-metallism	Charles Gairdner		XX	1889	264
State Purchase of Land in Ireland	Mark Davidson, MA, LL.B	12 March 1889	XX	1889	281
The Science of Ventilation as Applied to Inhabited Interiors (Abstract)	D G Hoey	6 March 1889	XX	1889	305
On House Drains Without Ventilation (Abstract)	John Honeyman, FRIBA	6 March 1889	XX	1889	309
Proposed Scheme for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of the Sewage of Glasgow (Abstract)	D M Nelson	20 March 1889	XX	1889	311
Biographical Notice of the late Dr William Wallace	John Mayer	9 January 1889	XX	1889	314
Biographical Notice of the late Edward Maxwell Dixon, BSc	John G Kerr, MA	1 May 1889	XX	1889	322
Joseph J Coleman	Dr M'Kendrick and John Mayer		XX	1889	328
Reports of Sections		1 May 1889	XX	1889	332
Report of Delegate to the British Association - Bath, 1888		1 May 1889	XX	1889	339
Proposed Capitalising of Life Members' Subscriptions			XX		341
Minutes of Session			XX		343
Annual Report of Council for 1887-88			XX		344
Report of Library Committee			XX		347
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1887-88			XX		348
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund - Treasurer's Account			XX		350
Office-Bearers of the Society			XX		362
Committees Appointed by the Council			XX		363
Office-Bearers of Sections			XX		364
Additions to the Library			XX		367
Books Bought			XX		368
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XX		369
List of Periodicals Received			XX		373
List of Members for 1888-89			XX		375
Inventory of Property Belonging to the Society			XX		387
Society Journal Index : Volumes 21-25 : 1889-1894
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XXI

President's Address - Sanitation and Social Economics; an Object Lesson	James B Russell, BA, MD, LL.D		XXI	1889	1
Electrification Air by Combustion	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE and Makita Goto		XXI	1889	22
Note on Nerve Cells	William Snodgrass, MA, MB	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	30
On the Relationships which the Perihelia of Comets Bear to the Sun's Line of Flight in Space	Henry Muirhead, MD, LL.D	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	33
On Fiji: Past and Present	James Blyth	28 April 1890	XXI	1890	37
On Some Consideration of Asia Minor and its Ethnology	Rev. Hugh Callan, MA	28 April 1890	XXI	1890	51
Graham Lecture - On the Basicity of Acids	A Crum Brown, MA, MD, DSc, FRS, FRSE, FCS, FIC	5 March 1890	XXI	1890	69
On the Conversion of Ordinary Gas Shades into Regenerative Lamps	Daniel R Gardner		XXI	1889	92
The Territorial Expansion of the British Empire During the Last Ten Years	Thomas Muir, LL.D		XXI	1889	98
Note on the Alteration of the Index of Refraction of Water with Temperature	George E Allan	5 February 1890	XXI	1890	126
On Horticulture, Villa Gardening and Open Spaces in Large Centres of Industry	D M'Lellan		XXI	1890	128
Notes on the Hydrostatic Arrangements in the Horse's Hoof	T F Macdonald, MB		XXI	1890	138
On Public Lighting by Electricity	Henry A Mavor	19 March 1890	XXI	1890	142
Cyanotype Reproductions of Seaweeds	William Lang, jun., FCS		XXI	1889	155
On Club Mosses, Past and Present	F O Bower, DSc, FLS	30 April 1890	XXI	1890	158
On the Reclamation of Waste Lands in the Clyde Estuary, Considered in Relation to the Disposal of the Sewage of Glasgow	Alexander Frew, CE		XXI	1889	173
Glimpses into Teutonic Antiquity	Professor Georg Fiedler, PhD	8 January 1890	XXI	1890	189
On Electrical Oscillations	Oliver J Lodge, DSc, LL.D, FRS	16 April 1890	XXI	1890	216
Report of Sections		30 April 1890	XXI	1890	225
Report of Delegate of British Association Meeting - Newcastle, 1889		30 April 1890	XXI	1890	229
Minutes of Session			XXI		232
Annual Report of Council - Session 1888-89			XXI		233
Report of Library Committee			XXI		235
Abstract of Treasurer's Account for 1888-89			XXI		236
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund - Treasurer's Account			XXI		238
Science Lectures Association Fund - Treasurer's Account			XXI		239
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXI		252
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXI		253
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXI		254
Additions to the Library			XXI		257
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXI		260
List of Periodicals Received			XXI		264
List of Members for 1889-90			XXI		266
Index			XXI		278


VOLUME XXII

President's Address - On Some of the Problems of Modern Physiology	John G M'Kendrick, MD, LL.D		XXII	1890	1
Memoir of Henry Muirhead, MD, LL.D	Henry Dyer, MA, DSc, CE		XXII	1890	22
A Problem in Ventilation by Heat	W P Buchan		XXII	1890	31
On the Gravimetric Composition of Water	W Dittmar, LL.D, FRS, FRSE, and J B Henderson		XXII	1890	33
Chronological Tables of Scientific Men, Showing the Names of the More Distinguished Anatomists and Physiologists and their Contemporaries	John G M'Kendrick, MD, LL.D, FRSS		XXII	1890	87
The Oyster Fishery of Scotland	J H Fullarton, MA, DSc	7 January 1891	XXII	1891	110
An Art Museum: Its Structural Requirments	James Paton, FLS		XXII	1891	128
The Relations of Thomas Carlyle to Political Economy	James Bonar		XXII	1890	139
On Language	F Max Muller, MA	21 January 1891	XXII	1891	157
Iceland: Some Sociological and Other Notes	Professor James Mavor	4 February 1891	XXII	1891	174
Some Experiments on the Viscosity of Air	James Erskine Murray		XXII	1890	199
On the Physiological Action of Carbon Monoxide of Nickel	John G M'Kendrick, MD, FRS and William Snodgrass, MA, MB	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	204
The Progress of Sanitation, with Special Reference to the Sanitary Condition of our Public Schools (Summary)	W P Buchan		XXII	1891	217
An Inquiry into the Nature of Heredity	William Wallace, MA, MB, CM, LDS	1 April 1891	XXII	1891	227
The Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf in the Light of Present Studies	Charles Annandale, MA, LL.D	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	240
Some Electrical Properties of Flames	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE and Makita Goto		XXII	1891	255
The Great Winter: A Chapter in Geology	Dougald Bell	15 April 1891	XXII	1891	261
Giphantie: A Remarkable Forecast of Photography in 1760	William Lang, jun., FCS		XXII	1890	284
The Optical Lantern in Class-room Work	Archibald Barr, DSc, M Inst CE	18 March 1891	XXII	1891	287
Remarks on the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Syesius, Part II	John Ferguson, LL.D, FRSE, FSA		XXII	1890	295
The Meteorological Results of the "Challenger" Expedition in Relation to Physical Geography	Alexander Buchan, MA, LL.D	29 April 1891	XXII	1891	305
Memoir of the late Mr Alexander Whitelaw		15 April 1891	XXII	1891	311
Abstracts of Professor Blyth's Communications			XXII		315
Reports of Sections		29 April 1891	XXII	1891	316
Minutes of Session			XXII		320
Report of Council for Session 1889-90			XXII		321
Abstract of Treasurer's Account - Session 1889-90			XXII		324
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account			XXII		326
Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account			XXII		327
Report of the Library Committee			XXII		328
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXII		340
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXII		341
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXII		342
Additions to the Library			XXII		345
Books Purchased - 1890-91			XXII		348
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXII		349
List of Periodicals Received			XXII		355
List of Members for 1890-91			XXII		357
Index			XXII		369


VOLUME XXIII

Presidential Address - Human Muscle as a Transformer of Energy	John G M'Kendrick, MD,LL.D, FRS		XXIII	1891	1
On Limes and Cements	Alexander M'Ara		XXIII	1891	24
How Our Bones Grow	John Cleland, MD, DSc, FRS		XXIII	1891	55
The Scientific Cultivation of the Senses	W Anderson Smith	20 January 1892	XXIII	1892	67
The Sewage Problem in Villages and Small Towns	Gilbert Thomson, MA, CE	30 March 1892	XXIII	1892	76
Women's Wages	William Smart, MA		XXIII	1891	87
Progress of School Building in Glasgow	John M'Math		XXIII	1891	106
The Rural Economy of Scotland in the Time of Burns	James Colville, MA, DSc	16 March 1892	XXIII	1892	120
On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius. Part III	Professor John Ferguson, MA, LL.D, FSA, FCS		XXIII	1891	153
The Origin of the Faust Legend	Alexander Tille, PhD		XXIII	1892	168
On Telephone Switchboards: being Principally a Description of the New Telephone Exchange, Glasgow	William Aitken	27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	185
Warming and Ventilation of Public Buildings, With or Without Motive Power	J D Sutcliffe	18 January 1892	XXIII	1892	196
Manufacture of Oxygen by Brins' Process, Compressing Gases in Cylinders, &c.	Henry Brier, MIME		XXIII	1891	212
Some Elementary Facts Regarding the Foci of Lenses, with Special Reference to Dallmeyer's New Tele-Photograhic Lens	John Brown, BSc, CE	13 April 1892	XXIII	1892	225
On the Causes of the Spread of Pulmonary Consumption and Other Tubercular Diseases	Eben Duncan, MD	30 March 1892	XXIII	1892	237
Fogs: a Review of our Present Position Regarding them	W Ernest F Thomson, MA, MB	3 February 1892	XXIII	1892	257
Memoir of the late Sir Andrew Ramsay, FRS	John Young, MD	20 January 1892	XXIII	1892	281
On the late John Mossman	Thomas Gildard	14 March 1892	XXIII	1892	291
Memoir of the late Professor Dittmar, LL.D, FRS, FRSE	Charles A Fawsitt, FRSE, FCS	27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	303
Report of Sections		27 April 1892	XXIII	1892	311
Minutes of Session			XXIII		314
Report of Council for Session 1890-91			XXIII		315
Report of Library Committee			XXIII		317
Abstract of Treasurer's Account - Session 1890-91			XXIII		318
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account - Session 1890-91			XXIII		320
Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account - 1890-91			XXIII		321
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXIII		332
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXIII		333
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXIII		334
Additions to the Library			XXIII		336
Books Purchased - 1891-92			XXIII		339
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXIII		341
List of Periodicals Received			XXIII		347
List of Members for 1891-92			XXIII		350
Index			XXIII		362


VOLUME XXIV

Some Recent Experiments with a Ruhmkorff Coil	Magnus Maclean, MA, FRSE		XXIV	1892	1
Reformed Public Houses: Notes Upon the Scandinavian Licensing Systems, and the Bishop of Chester's Recent Proposals	John Mann jun., MA, CA		XXIV	1892	9
The Geography and Ethnology of Mashonaland, with a Brief Account of the Ruins of Zimbabwe	Robert M W Swan		XXIV	1892	29
Recent Developments of the Hamilton Coalfield	Robert Thomas Moore, BSc,	25 January 1893	XXIV	1893	51
On a New System of Firing Pottery-Ware, by the Use of Gaseous Fuel	W F Murray	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	64
On the Elements of Profit	Sheriff Mark Davidson		XXIV	1893	73
Comparative Tests of Hellesen and E.C.C. Dry Battery Cells	Professor Jamieson, MInst.CE, FRSE	22 March 1893	XXIV	1893	89
The Education of the Deaf and (So called) Dumb	James Kerr Love, MD and W H Addison	8 February 1893	XXIV	1893	117
Memoir of the late Dr Robert Grant, FRS	Professor William Jack, LL.D	5 April 1893	XXIV	1893	139
Exploration of the Amazonian Provinces of Central Peru	Alexander Ross, FRGS	5 April 1893	XXIV	1893	148
Lord Kelvin's New Electricity Meters	Andrew W Meikle, MA		XXIV	1892	170
The Light Sense in Relation to Navigation	Freeland Fergus, MD	22 March 1893	XXIV	1893	177
On Special Applications of the Telephone	William Aitken	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	184
Notes of a Mining Engineer's Visit to South Africa	Alexander George Moore, MA, BSc, ME	19 April 1893	XXIV	1893	190
Obituary of W R W Smith	J B Russell, MD, LL.D		XXIV	1893	206
Obituary of Sir Michael Connal			XXIV	1893	211
The late Professor James Thomson, LL.D, DSc, CE, FRS	J T Bottomley, MA, DSc, FRS		XXIV	1893	220
Obituary of John Jex Long			XXIV	1893	237
On the Planning of Public Libraries (Abstract)	G Washington Browne, Assoc. RSA	30 January 1893	XXIV	1893	240
Reports of Sections, Session 1892-3		3 May 1893	XXIV	1893	253
Minutes of Session, 1892-93			XXIV		257
Report of Council for Session 1891-92			XXIV		259
Report of the Library Committee			XXIV		261
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1891-92			XXIV		262
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account - Session 1891-92			XXIV		264
The Science Lectures Association Fund, Abstract of Treasurer's Account - Session 1891-92			XXIV		265
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXIV		277
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXIV		278
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXIV		279
Additions to the Library			XXIV		281
New Books Recently Added to the Library by Purchase			XXIV		282
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXIV		285
List of Periodicals Received in Reading Room			XXIV		291
List of Members for 1892-93			XXIV		294
Index			XXIV		306


VOLUME XXV

On the Work of the Philosophical and Other Scientific Societies	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D, FRSE, FCS,		XXV	1893	1
On Architecture as an Art	Campbell Douglas, RIBA		XXV	1893	15
Technical Education in Glasgow and the West of Scotland: a Retrospect and a Prospect	Henry Dyer, CE, MA, DSc		XXV	1893	23
A Living Wage	William Smart, MA, LL.D		XXV	1893	52
On the Report of Lord Herschell's Committee on Indian Currency	Alexander Macindoe		XXV	1893	71
On the "Paristagan" System of Building with Concrete	John Dougan		XXV	1893	90
Above the Snow-line in Scotland	Gilbert Thomson, MA, CE	10 January 1894	XXV	1894	98
Some Notes on the Place-names and Dialect of Shetland	David Ross, MA,BSc, LL.D	24 January 1894	XXV	1894	108
On the Glaciation of the West of Scotland	Dugald Bell, FGS	24 January 1894	XXV	1894	118
On Sorghum Sugar Experiments in the United States	T L Patterson, FCS, FIC	7 February 1894	XXV	1894	137
The Glasgow Building Regulations Act, (1892)	George W Barras		XXV	1894	155
The Apprentice Question	John Inglis	27 March 1894	XXV	1894	170
On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of of Democritus and Synesius. Part IV	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D, FSA, FCS		XXV	1893	182
On the Abbeys and Cathedrals in Scotland	P MacGregor Chalmers, FSA	5 March 1894	XXV	1894	192
On Dynamo-Electric Machinery	W B Sayers, MInst.EE	21 March 1894	XXV	1894	196
Some Important Sanitary Problems	James Chalmers, IA		XXV	1893	208
Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D FRSE, FCS	2 May 1894	XXV	1894	224
Reports of Sections, Session 1893-94		3 May 1894	XXV		236
Minutes of Session, 1892-94			XXV		240
Report of Council for Session 1892-93			XXV		241
Report of the Library Committee			XXV		243
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		244
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		246
The Science Lecture Association Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1892-93			XXV		247
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXV		259
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXV
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXV
Additions to the Library			XXV		263
New Books Recently Added to the Library by Purchase			XXV		264
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXV		267
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XXV		273
List of Members for 1893-94			XXV		276
Index			XXV		288
Society Journal Index : Volumes 26-30 : 1894-1898
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

President's Opening Address: Recent Contributions to the Literature of Gold-making	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D		XXVI	1894	1
The Profit and Loss of Gold-mining: Ancient and Modern	Nicol Brown, FGS		XXVI	1894	14
The Municipal Industries of Glasgow	William Smart, MA, LL.D		XXVI	1894	36
On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius, with Photo. Facsimile of Title Page. Postscript to Part VI	Professor Ferguson		XXVI	1894	54
The Labour Colony System, and its Adaptation to our Social Needs	Professor R Patrick Wright, FHAS	9 January 1895	XXVI	1895	57
Notes on the Scottish Poor Law, the Unemployed, and Labour Colonies	James R Motion	6 February 1895	XXVI	1895	73
Aluminium: Is it to be the Metal of the Future?	Professor A H Sexton, FIC, MIM&M	9 January 1895	XXVI	1895	88
An Old Glasgow Architect on Some Older Ones	Thomas Gildard		XXVI	1894	97
Education and Agriculture: A Discussion on the Bearings of the Technical Education Movement on our Greatest Industry	James Hendrick, BSc, FIC, FCS		XXVI	1895	124
Smoke Abatement with Reference to Steam Boiler Furnaces	John Carruthers Thomson, FCS	6 February 1895	XXVI	1895	148
The Anti-Toxin Treatment of Diptheria	Professor John Glaister, MD, DPH	20 March 1895	XXVI	1895	174
Four Great Periods of Italian Art	T L Watson, FRIBA		XXVI	1894	200
Sugar Manufacture in Australia	Thomas Steele, FCS	1 May 1895	XXVI	1895	206
The New Rules of the Board of Trade as to Colour Testing for Mariners and Railway Servants (with Coloured Plate)	Freeland Fergus, MD	3 April 1895	XXVI	1895	212
On the Temperature Variation of the Thermal Conductivity of Rocks	Lord Kelvin, RS, and J R Erskine Murray, BSc	27 March 1895	XXVI	1895	227
On the Electrification of Air	Lord Kelvin, RS	27 March 1895	XXVI	1895	233
Reports of Sections, Session 1894-95		1 May 1895	XXVI	1895	244
Minutes of Session, 1894-95			XXVI		248
Report of Council for Session 1892-94			XXVI		250
Report of the Library Committee			XXVI		251
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1893-94			XXVI		252
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1893-94			XXVI		254
The Science Lectures Association Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1893-94			XXVI		255
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXVI		268
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXVI		269
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXVI		270
Additions to the Library			XXVI		272
New Books Recently Added to the Library			XXVI		274
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXVI		275
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XXVI		282
List of Members for 1894-95			XXVI		284
Index			XXVI		296


VOLUME XXVII

President's Opening Address: Dr Kopp as Historian of Chemistry	Professor John Fergusson, LL.D		XXVII	1895	1
Note on the Stereophotochromoscope: A New Optical Instrument	David Fraser Harris, BSc, MB, CM		XXVII	1895	14
Immunity to Infective Diseases: A Pathological Study in View of Recent Researches	Professor Joseph Coats, MD		XXVII	1895	20
The History and the Results of the Operations of the Glasgow City Improvement Trust	Bailie Samuel Chisholm		XXVII	1895	39
Why has England Become a Great Manufacturing, Commercial and Colonising Country?	Richard Lodge, MA		XXVII	1895	57
Women's Industries in Scotland	Miss Margaret H Irwin	18 March 1896	XXVII	1896	70
Graham Lecture: On Argum and Helium	Professor William Ramsay, PhD, FRS	8 January 1896	XXVII	1896	92	Nobel 1904 Chemistry
Domestic Applications of Electricity	W B Sayers, MInstEE	15 April 1895	XXVII	1895	117
The By-products of the Blast Furnace	A Humboldt Sexton, FCS, FRSE	1 April 1896	XXVII	1896	122
Glasgow Cathedral: A Contribution to the History of its Structure	T L Watson, FRIBA		XXVII	1895	136
Visit to Lake Titicaca, Peru	John Wilson	4 March 1896	XXVII	1896	147
The late Mr W P Buchan, Sanitary Engineer	James Chalmers, IA	15 April 1896	XXVII	1896	151
The New Photography	J T Bottomley, FRS and Dr John Macintyre, FRSE	5 February 1896	XXVII	1896	156
Glasgow Science Lectures Association Trust Lecture: Part 1 - On the Ben Nevis Observatories and the Work Done there	Alexander Buchan, MA, LL.D, FRSE		XXVII	1896	165
Glasgow Science Lectures Association Trust Lecture - Part II - Life and Observing at the Ben Nevis Observatory	R T Ormond, FRSE		XXVII	1896	182
Reports of Sections, Session 1895-96		29 April 1896	XXVII	1896	188
Minutes of Session, 1895-96			XXVII		191
Report of Council for Session 1894-95			XXVII		193
Report of the Library Committeee			XXVII		195
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1894-95			XXVII		196
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1894-95			XXVII		198
The Science Lectures Association Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1894-95			XXVII		199
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXVII		210
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXVII		211
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXVII		212
Additions to the Library			XXVII		214
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXVII		218
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XXVII		225
List of Members for 1895-96			XXVII		227
Index			XXVII		239


VOLUME XXVIII

President's Opening Address: The Scottish Races -Their Ethnology, Growth and Distribution	Dr Eben Duncan		XVIII	1896	1
Art in Our City	P Macgregor Chalmers		XVIII	1896	18
Admission of Lord Kelvin as as Honorary Member			XVIII	1896	39
The Pollution of Scottish Rivers	Dr John Glaister	6 January 1897	XVIII	1897	50
The Literary Art of Robert Burns	Dr James Colville	3 February 1897	XVIII	1897	96
Some Aspects of Political Economy	George Handasyde Dick		XVIII	1897	122
Educational Experiments	John G Kerr		XVIII	1897	143
The Andersonian: A Centenary Sketch	Professor A H Sexton	20 January 1897	XVIII	1897	161
House Sanitation	Dr Neil Carmichael	1 March 1897	XVIII	1897	172
Sugar Bounties	James R Greig	3 March 1897	XVIII	1897	185
Sound and Speech Waves as Revealed by the Phonograph (Science Lecture for 1896)	Dr John G M'Kendrick		XVIII	1896	201
The Vaccination Commissioners' Report: A Plea for Vaccination	Dr John C M'Vail	20 January 1897	XVIII	1897	236
The Law of Mutual or, rather, Common Gables	George G Paton		XVIII	1897	246
A Demonstration on the X Rays: A Resume of Experiments Since his Former Demonstration Before the Society	Dr John Macintyre, FRSE	17 March 1897	XVIII	1897	267
Experiments with Rontgen Rays, Ultra-violet Light and Uranium	J Carruthers Beattie, DSc, FRSE and Smoluchowski de Smolan, PHD	14 April 1897	XVIII	1897	284
The Mechanical Propulsion of Tramway Cars	Professor W H Watkinson		XVIII	1896	292
Minutes of Session			XVIII		301
Report of Council for Session 1895-96			XVIII		303
Report of Library Committee			XVIII		305
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, Session 1895-96			XVIII		308
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1895-96			XVIII		308
The Science Lectures Association Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1895-96			XVIII		309
Office-Bearers of the Society			XVIII		323
Committees Appointed by the Council			XVIII		324
Office-Bearers of Sections			XVIII		325
Additions to the Library			XVIII		327
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XVIII		332
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XVIII		339
List of Members for 1896-97			XVIII		341
Index			XVIII		353


VOLUME XXIX

The Report of the Royal Commission on Agricultural Depression	Professor William Smart, MA, DPhil, LL.D		XXIX	1897	1
Life and Thought of Anglo-Saxon England as Preserved in Contemporary Poetry	John Clark, MA		XXIX	1897	22
On Indian Economics	George Handasyde Dick	12 January 1898	XXIX	1898	45
A Contribution to the Chemistry of Coal, with Special Reference to the Coals of the Clyde Basin	W Carrick Anderson, MA, BSc		XXIX	1897	72
Railway Survey Work in the Shire Highlands of British Central Africa, with General Observations on the Country Between Chinde and Lake Nyasa	Grieve Macrone	26 January 1898	XXIX	1898	97
The Indian Mints	William Warrand Carlile, MA	2 March 1898	XXIX	1898	123
Lord Kelvin's Patents	Dr Magnus Maclean		XXIX	1898	145
Degeneration and Regeneration of Nerves: An Historical Review	Robert Kennedy, MA, BSc, MD	9 March 1898	XXIX	1898	193
Faradimeter, for Measuring Alternating Currents for Therapeutic Use	Samuel Sloan, MD	9 February 1898	XXIX	1898	230
Note on a New Instrument (Oliver's) for the Estimation of the Colouring Matter of Blood	David Fraser Harris	9 March 1898	XXIX	1898	238
The Present State of Deaf Mute Education	W H Addison	20 April 1898	XXIX	1898	241
On the Bubonic Plague	Dr Alex. R Ferguson	20 April 1898	XXIX	1898	254
Some Scientific Questions Concerning Pictures	Professor Archibald Barr	9 February 1898	XXIX	1898	262
Glasgow Cathedral: Notes From a Sketch of its History	P Macgregor Chalmers, IA, FSA		XXIX	1897	280
The Aerial Transmission of the Enteric Fever Poison, with a Record of an Outbreak Presumably Caused by this Means of Infection	John Brownlee, MA, MD, DPH	6 April 1898	XXIX	1898	298
Address Presented to Andrew Stewart by the Council of the Philosophical Society and by the Council of the Economic Science Section		10 June 1897	XXIX	1897	316
Minutes of Session 1897-98			XXIX		318
Report of Council for Session 1896-97			XXIX		318
Report of the Library Committee			XXIX		319
Abstract of Treasurer's Account, 1896-97			XXIX		322
Graham Medal and Lecture Fund: Abstract of Treasurer's Account for Session 1896-97			XXIX		324
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXIX		337
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXIX		338
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXIX		339
Additions to the Library			XXIX		341
List of Societies and Publications with which Exchanges are made			XXIX		348
List of Periodicals Received in the Reading Room			XXIX		355
List of Members, 1897-98			XXIX		358
Index			XXIX		370


VOLUME XXX

President's Opening Address: Some Points on the Special Progess of Scotland in Recent Times	Ebenezer Duncan, MD, CM, FFPSG		XXX	1898	1
A Simple and Inexpensive Method of Localising With X-Rays	William James Fleming, MD		XXX	1898	12
Fires: Their Causes and Prevention	William Patterson		XXX	1898	16
Some Investigations into Palaeolithic Remains in Scotland	Rev. Frederick Smith		XXX	1898	30
The Scottish Vernacular as a Philological Study	James Colville, DSc		XXX	1898	39
Imperial Grants Considered as Adjustments of Taxation	Sheriff W C Smith		XXX	1899	59
On the Different Instabilities of Convex Bodies Spinning in Different Directions on a Plane, First Discovered in Celts	Magnus Maclean, MA, DSc, FRSE	8 March 1899	XXX	1899	75
Better Houses for the Poor - Will they Pay?	John Mann, Jun., MA, CA		XXX	1898	83
Insanity in Relations to Punishment for Crime	Professor Richard Brown	15 March 1899	XXX	1899	125
The Taxation of Land Values	John A Todd, BL	22 March 1899	XXX	1899	140
The Workmen's Compensation Act (1897) as Bearing on the Building Trade	James A Love Tindal	13 March 1899	XXX	1899	156
The Prospect in Chinese Trade and the Present Opportunity	G F Scott Elliot, MA, BSc, FLS, FRGS	29 March 1899	XXX	1899	174
From the Baltic to the Caspian: A Voyage Across Russia	Samuel Mavor, FRGS	12 April 1899	XXX	1899	192
Commercial Education at Home and Abroad	James Knight, MA, BSc, FCS, FGS, FEIS	26 April 1899	XXX	1899	223
Reasons for Rejecting Physio-Chemical Theories of the Origin of Life	William Wallace, MB, CM, MA	15 March 1899	XXX	1899	256
Report of a Conjoint Visit of the Geological and Philosophical Societies to the Dumbuck Crannog, 8th April, 1899	John F Campbell	26 April 1899	XXX	1899	267
Electric Discharges in Vacuo and the Rontgen Rays	A A Campbell Swinton	1 March 1899	XXX	1899	272
The Evolution of the Blast Furnace	Professor A Humboldt Sexton, FCS, FIC	8 March 1899	XXX	1899	284
A Smallpox Hospital Experience of the Protective Influence of Vaccination	R S Thomson, MD, BSc	4 January 1899	XXX	1899	294
The Communication of Infection by Flies (Abstract)	W A M'Lachlan, MD	1 February 1899	XXX	1899	307
Report on the Position of the Trust Constituted for the Purpose of Establishing the Graham Lecture and Medal Fund	John Mann		XXX	1898	308
Memorial Notice of the late Professor Joseph Coats, MD	T K Monro, MD		XXX		311
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXX		314
Minutes of Session, 1898-99			XXX		315
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXX		336
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXX		337
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXX		339
Additions to the Library			XXX		340
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXX		346
List of Periodicals			XXX		353
List of Members			XXX		356
Index			XXX		368
Society Journal Index : Volumes 31-35 : 1898-1904
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XXXI

Sanitation by Compulsion	Gilbert Thomson, MA, CE		XXXI	1899	1
The Theory of Taxation	William Smart, Ma, DPhil, LL.D		XXXI	1899	16
On Some Scots Words, Proverbs and Beliefs Bearing on Diseased Conditions	Dr Rorie		XXXI	1899	38
Biographical Sketch of the late E Stanford	Professor G G Henderson, MA, DSc		XXXI	1900	46
On the Electrical Deposition of Copper	J Campbell Dickson, AGTC		XXXI	1900	52
A Pilgrimage to Solovetsk	Samuel Mavor, FRGS		XXXI	1900	67
History and Philosophy of the Factory System	R Whatley Cooke-Taylor, FSS, FRHist,		XXXI	1900	107
The late George A Turner, MD	Robert Fullerton, MD		XXXI	1900	126
On the Relation of the Ash to the Height of Plants	Edmund J Mills, DSc, FRS, John Imrie, AIC and Archibald Gray		XXXI	1900	129
On the Thermal Conductivity of Substances of Very Low Conductivity	Vincent J Blyth, MA		XXXI	1900	139
On the Equilibrium of a Column of Air, and the Atmospheric Temperature Gradient	David Robertson, BSc, AGTC		XXXI	1900	145
On Molecular Unrest in Solids	Professor Sir W Roberts-Austen, KCB, DCL,FRS		XXXI	1900	152
History and Art: A Florentine Outline	James A Morris, IA, FRIBA		XXXI	1900	167
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXI		182
Minutes of Session 1899-1900			XXXI		183
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXI		205
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXI		206
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXI		208
Additions to the Library			XXXI		209
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXI		216
List of Periodicals			XXXI		223
List of Members			XXXI		226
Index			XXXI		238


VOLUME XXXII

Arctic and Antarctic	William S Bruce, FRSGS		XXXII		1
A Boer Admirer of Robert Burns	James Colville, MA, DSc		XXXII		13
Some Points in the Analysis of Meat Extracts and Allied Preparations	Hugh Galt, MB, DPH		XXXII		19
The Non-Elastic Deformation of Copper Wire Under Various Stresses	James S Dunlop, BA, MA, BSc		XXXII		31
The Chinese People and their Religions	Dr John Ross		XXXII		48
The Zulu of Nyasaland: Their Manners and Customs	Rev. Donald Fraser		XXXII		60
Technical Colleges in Germany and in Glasgow	Professor A MacLay, BSc, CE, MIMechE		XXXII		76
Sir Hew of Eglintoun and Huchown off the Awle Ryale: A Biographical Calendar and Literary Estimate	George Neilson		XXXII		111
Sewage Disposal and Sewage Purification: A Critical Study of the Various Modes now in Use	Professor John Glaister, MD, FFPSG, DPH, FRSE, FCS		XXXII		151
Taxation of Land Values (Second Paper)	John A Todd, BL		XXXII		192
Trusts and Combines	John Galloway		XXXII		205
The Story of the Insane - With Special Reference to Glasgow	Hamilton C Marr, MD		XXXII		215
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXII		235
Minutes of Session 1900-01			XXXII		236
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXII		266
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXII		267
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXII		269
Additions to the Library			XXXII		270
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXII		277
List of Periodicals			XXXII		284
List of Members			XXXII		287
Index			XXXII		305
VOLUME XXXIII

The Evolution of Solar Stars	Professor Arthur Schuster,FRS	06-Nov-01	XXXIII	1901	1
The Training of Teachers in Scotland	James Knight, FCS, FGS, FEIS	20-Nov-01	XXXIII	1901	37
The Photography of Sound Waves and Other Disturbances in Air	H Stanley Allan, MA, BSc	04-Dec-01	XXXIII	1901	71
The Relation of Economics to Numismatics	W W Carlile, MA	08-Jan-02	XXXIII	1902	81
The Criminal: Some Social and Economic Aspects	W Miller Douglas	29-Jan-02	XXXIII	1902	93
Thermal Emissivity	J W Peck, MA	05-Mar-02	XXXIII	1902	110
Rents and Ground Rents. Facts and Figures Bearing Upon the �Housing Problem�	William Fraser, FSI	12-Mar-02	XXXIII	1902	124
Housing Problems	Professor William Smart, MA,LL.D	19-Mar-02	XXXIII	1902	144
Plague in Some of its Historical and Present Day Aspects	Robert Macneil Buchanan, MB, FFPSG, FRSE	19-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	163
Joannes Matthaeus and his Tract, �De Rerum Inventoribus�	Professor John Ferguson, MA, LL.D, FRSE	04-Dec-01	XXXIII	1901	180
The Assyrians in the Judith	David H Crawford, MA	17-Mar-02	XXXIII	1902	209
The Potential Difference Necessary for a Double Spark Gap	H Stanley Allan, MA, BSc	23-Apr-02	XXXIII	1902	215
Editions and MSS of Wyntoun�s �Cronykil�	F J Amours, BA	17-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	219
On a Model for Exhibiting a Classification of the Consonantal Sounds of the English Language	R F Muirhead, MA, BSC	05-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	232
History in the Romance of Golagros and Gawayne	George Neilson	16-Dec-01	XXXIII	1901	234
Notes on Rural and Suburban Life in Scotland in the �Thirties�	David Lamb	17-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	250
Note on Additional Experiments with the Electric Sonometer	Professor James Blyth, MA, LL.D	23-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	267
Early Alliterative Verse	John Clark, MA,	14-Apr-02	XXXIII	1902	269
A Summary of Statistics Relating to Vaccination and Smallpox 1900-1901	R S Thomson, MD, DSc, FFPSG, FRSE and Robert Fullarton, MA, MB, ChB	02-Apr-02	XXXIII	1902	287
The Genealogy of MSS. and Texts, with Special Reference to Recent Chaucerian Investigations	W S M�Cormick, MA, LL.D	03-Feb-02	XXXIII	1902	314
Huchown of the Awle Ryale and his Poems, in the Light of Recent Criticism	J T T Brown	21-Apr-02	XXXIII	1902	315
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXIII		317
Minutes of Session 1900-01			XXXIII
Society Journal Index : Volumes 36-40 : 1904-1909
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XXXVI

Methods of Artificial Respiration	Professor A E Schafer, LL.D, FRS	02-Nov-04	XXXVI	1904	1
A Theory of Education	James Colville, MA, DSc	14-Dec-04	XXXVI	1904	11
Centenary Lecture - Developments in Electric Signalling During the Nineteenth Century	Professor Magnus Maclean, MA, DSc, FRSE	11-Jan-05	XXXVI	1905	38
The Effect of Tensile Overstrain on the Magnetic Properties of Iron	James Muir, DSc, MA and Archibald Lang, MA, BSc	25-Jan-05	XXXVI	1905	77
Biographical Sketch of the late James B Russell, MD, LL.D,	John Brownlee, MA, MD	22-Feb-05	XXXVI	1905	86
The Education of the Examiner	Charles E Fawsitt, DSc, PhD	19-Apr-05	XXXVI	1905	95
Decay of Stones in Buildings: The Cause and Prevention	Samuel Smith	28-Nov-04	XXXVI	1904	103
On the Function of the Water Vascular System in Rotifera, with Notes on Some South African Floscularia	William Milne, MA, BSc	30-Nov-04	XXXVI	1904	118
Experimental Work at Low Temperatures	H Stanley Allen, MA, BSc	22-Mar-05	XXXVI	1905	128
Centenary Lecture - Progress of Astronomy in the Nineteenth Century	Professor Ludwig Becker, PhD	08-Feb-05	XXXVI	1905	136
A Thirteenth Century Tomb in Glasgow Cathedral	P Macgregor Chalmers, IA, FSA	01-Mar-05	XXXVI	1905	184
Duns Scotus: his Life and Times	John Edwards	15-Mar-05	XXXVI	1905	189
Notes on Radio-Activity	H Stanley Allen, MA, BSc	25-Jan-05	XXXVI	1905	209
Reginald Pecock - a Heretic Bishop of the Fifteenth Century	John L Morison, MA	29-Mar-05	XXXVI	1905	214
Centenary Lecture - The Evolution of Zoological Science During the Nineteenth Century	Professor J Graham Kerr	08-Mar-05	XXXVI	1905	227
Centenary Lecture - The Development of Sanitary Science in Britain During the Nineteenth Century	A K Chalmers, MD, DPH	05-Apr-05	XXXVI	1905	249
Some Early Grammars and Other School Books in Use in Scotland, More Particulary Those Printed at or Relating to Glasgow	David Murray, MA, LL.D	16-Dec-04	XXXVI	1904	266
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXVI		298
Minutes of Session 1904-05			XXXVI		299
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXVI		319
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXVI		320
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXVI		322
Additions to the Library			XXXVI		323
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXVI		330
List of Periodicals			XXXVI		338
List of Members			XXXVI		341
Index			XXXVI		358


VOLUME XXXVII

Glasgow University Expedition to Observe the Total Eclipse of the Sun on 30th August 1905	Henry A Mavor	01-Nov-05	XXXVII	1905	1
Saint Serf�s Priory in Lochleven	F J Amours, BA	22-Nov-05	XXXVII	1905	15
Elberfield System of Poor Relief	Rev. Andrew Miller, MA	29-Nov-05	XXXVII	1905	29
Some Facts and Theories Connected with the Inactive Gases of the Atmosphere	Sir William Ramsay, KCB, FRS	17-Jan-06	XXXVII	1906	38
Social Reformation of Criminals	Bailie John Bruce Murray	31-Jan-06	XXXVII	1906	46
The Necessity for Improved Ventilation of Buildings	Neil Carmichael, MA, FFPSG	27-Nov-05	XXXVII	1905	59
Notes on Certain Parasitic Protozoa from the Groups Myxosporidia and Haemosporidia	Muriel Robertson, MA	24-Feb-06	XXXVII	1906	74
Social Derelicts; or The Contribution of the Army to Human Wastage	John S Samuel, JP, FRSE	25-Apr-06	XXXVII	1906	80
The Eyesight of School Children: Being a Record of the Examination of over 3,000 School Children	W B Inglis Pollock, MD	13-Dec-05	XXXVII	1905	93
Heusler�s Magnetic Alloys	J G Gray, BSc	14-Feb-06	XXXVII	1906	125
On the Development of the Great Axial Lines of Folding in Highlands Schists	Peter Macnair	15-Nov-05	XXXVII	1905	129
Some Notes on the Leaves of Nephrodium Filix Mas. L., and Scolopendrium Vulgare Sm., in Relation to Environment	Janie Hamilton M�Ilroy, MA, BSc, MB	18-Jan-06	XXXVII	1906	136
Some Early Grammars and Other School Books in Use in Scotland, More Particularly Those printed at or Relating to Glasgow	David Murray, MA, LL.D	07-Mar-06	XXXVII	1906	142
Solutions of Physical Problems	Andrew Gray, LL.D, FRS	21-Mar-06	XXXVII	1906	192
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXVII		240
Minutes of Session			XXXVII		241
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXVII		263
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXVII		264
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXVII		266
Additions to the Library			XXXVII		267
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXVII		272
List of Periodicals			XXXVII		280
List of Members			XXXVII		283
Index			XXXVII		300


VOLUME XXXVIII

The Religious Orders in Scotland Under Our Early Kings	John Edwards	21-Feb-06	XXXVIII	1906	1
Statistical Studies in Immunity. The Incubation Period and the Crisis	John Brownlee, MA, MD	07-Nov-06	XXXVIII	1906	25
The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on the Land Values Taxation (Scotland) Bill, 1906	John A Todd, BL	14-Jan-07	XXXVIII	1907	48
The Santals of Bengal	James M Macphail, MA, MD	16-Jan-07	XXXVIII	1907	70
On the History and Development of the Natural History Collections in the Glasgow Museums	Peter Macnair, FRSE	05-Dec-06	XXXVIII	1906	81
A Demonstration of Vibrating Plates and Bars	Charles R Gibson	21-Nov-06	XXXVIII	1906	97
The Limiting Speed of Vehicles Moving on Curves, and the Effect of the Gyrostatic Action of the Wheels on Stability	Professor Andrew Gray, LL.D,FRS	05-Dec-06	XXXVIII	1906	102
Vision and Work	Freeland Fergus, MD, FRSE	13-Mar-07	XXXVIII	1907	108
River Pollution and River Purification in Scotland	Professor John Glaister, MD, DPH, FCS, FRS	13-Mar-07	XXXVIII	1907	113
Scottish Mosses	James Stirton, MD, FLS	18-Mar-07	XXXVIII	1907	150
The Training of Youth: Supervision of Lads from their Fourteenth till their Seventeenth Year	Alexander Scott, MD	10-Apr-07	XXXVIII	1907	159
Iron-bacteria and their Connection with Stone-decay	David Ellis, DSc, PHD, FRSE	30-Apr-07	XXXVIII	1907	175
Recent Works on X-Ray Measurement	Lord Blythswood, LL.D, and Walter A Scoble, ARCSc, BSc	07-Mar-07	XXXVIII	1907	186
On the Use of Stimulants, Narcotics and Intoxicants amongst Uncivilised Peoples	James W Allan, MB, CM	07-Nov-06	XXXVIII	1906	198
Beowulf	Frank Beaumont, BA	06-Feb-07	XXXVIII	1907	201
Obituary Notice of Professor James Blyth, MA, LL.D, FRSE	James Colville, MA, DSc	13-Feb-07	XXXVIII	1907	234
Disposal of the Dead	Professor Hugh Galt, BSc, MB, FFPS, DPH	06-Mar-07	XXXVIII	1907	249
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXVIII		252
Minutes of Session 1906-07			XXXVIII		253
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXVIII		274
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXVIII		275
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXVIII		277
Additions to the Library			XXXVIII		278
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXVIII		284
List of Periodicals			XXXVIII		292
List of Members			XXXVIII		295
Index			XXXVIII		312


VOLUME XXXIX

The Punishment and Prevention of Crime	J V Stevenson	20-Nov-07	XXXIX	1907	1
Keyboard Percussion Instruments	Thomas Machell	04-Dec-07	XXXIX	1907	13
Fluctuations of the Building Trade and Glasgow�s House Accommodation	William Fraser, FSI	15-Jan-08	XXXIX	1908	21
Heusler�s Magnetic Alloy	Robert Jack, MA, BSc, and Alexander D Ross, MA, BSc	29-Jan-08	XXXIX	1908	41
Don Quixote	Professor William Paton Ker, MA, LL.D	31-Jan-08	XXXIX	1908	47
Lord Kelvin	Professor Magnus Maclean, MA, DSc, FRSE	11-Mar-08	XXXIX	1908	60
Some Notable Scottish Architects	Alexander Gardner	18-Nov-07	XXXIX	1907	73
The Construction of Permanent Magnets from Specimens of Nearly Pure Copper	James G Gray, BSc and Alexander D Ross, MA, BSc	29-Jan-08	XXXIX	1908	92
Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum	T D Robb, MA	19-Feb-08	XXXIX	1908	97
English Epical Theory and the Heroic Poem	Theodore Douglas Dunn, MA	11-Dec-07	XXXIX	1907	121
Some Disputed Points in the Theory of the Steam Engine	Professor A L Mellanby, DSc	11-Mar-08	XXXIX	1908	143
Queensland in 1906	Thomas Wilson	08-Apr-08	XXXIX	1908	155
Some Observations on the Consumption of Alcohol, and on the Comparative Death-Rate from Alcoholic Excess in England, Ireland and Scotland	Ebenezer Duncan, MD	30-Apr-08	XXXIX	1908	167
Germinal Vitality: a Study of the Growth of Nations as an Instance of a Hitherto Underdescribed Factor in Evolution	John Brownlee, MD, DSc	29-Apr-08	XXXIX	1908	180
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XXXIX		205
Minutes of Session 1907-08			XXXIX		206
Office-Bearers of the Society			XXXIX		224
Office-Bearers of Sections			XXXIX		225
Committees Appointed by the Council			XXXIX		227
Additions to the Library			XXXIX		228
Exchanges with Other Societies			XXXIX		235
List of Periodicals			XXXIX		243
List of Members			XXXIX		246
Index			XXXIX		263
Early Burgh Organization in Sctland as Illustrated in the History of Glasgow			XXXIX		Appendix


VOLUME XL

President�s Address: Part 1 - Present Position and Prospects of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. Part II - Bishop Berkeley and his New Theory of Vision	Freeland Fergus, MD, FFPSG, FRSE	04-Nov-08	XL	1908	1
An Occasional Peculiarity in my own Colour Vision	Charles R Gibson	04-Nov-08	XL	1908	16
Memorial Notice of Mr John Robertson, late Hon. Librarian of the Society	Professor J G Robertson, MA, BSc, PhD
Society Journal Index : Volumes 41-45 : 1909-1914
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME XLI

Recent Researches in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory of the University of Glasgow	Frederick Soddy, MA	03-Nov-09	XLI	1909	1
The Telescope. An Address on the Occasion of the Tercentenary of its Invention	Alexander D Ross, MA, BSc, FRSE	17-Nov-09	XLI	1909	6
Recent Advances in Cometary Investigation	Adam A Rankin	12-Jan-10	XLI	1910	13
The Rise and Development of Scottish Education	John Clark, MA	15-Dec-09	XLI	1909	29
The History of Mummification in Egypt	Professor G Elliot Smith, MA, MD, FRS	06-Apr-10	XLI	1910	59
On Metric Systems of Weights and Measures	Charles MacDonald	09-Feb-10	XLI	1910	65
On an Improved Form of Electric Furnace for Use in Magnetic Testing	James G Gray, DSc, FRSE and Alexander D Ross, MA, BSc, FRSE	15-Mar-10	XLI	1910	84
Aluminuim Bronzes	Robert C Gray	15-Mar-10	XLI	1910	91
The Variation with Temperature of the Magnetic Properties of a High Carbon Steel	Margaret Moir, MA, BSc	15-Mar-10	XLI	1910	96
The Legal Control of Inebriates	John Carswell, FRF, PSG, JP	01-Dec-09	XLI	1909	101
Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry. Supplement II	John Ferguson, MA, LL.D	15-Dec-09	XLI	1909	113
Walter Map	William Tod Ritchie, MA	02-Mar-10	XLI	1910	123
The Architectural Element in Steel Structures	Robert Boyle, BSc, AGTC, AMICE	06-Dec-09	XLI	1909	147
Competition and Combination in Railway Transportation in Great Britain	W R Scott, MA, D Phil, Litt.D	05-Jan-10	XLI	1910	165
The First Quarto of Hamlet - a Literary Fraud	James D Fitzgerald	22-Dec-09	XLI	1909	181
The Youth and Early Manhood of of James Boswell	J T T Brown	23-Mar-10	XLI	1910	219
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLI		246
Minutes of Session 1909-10			XLI		247
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLI		268
Office-Bearers of Sections			XLI		269
Committees Appointed by the Council			XLI		271
Additions to the Library			XLI		272
Exchanges with Other Societies			XLI		278
List of Periodicals			XLI		286
List of Members			XLI		289
Index			XLI		306


VOLUME XLII

Juvenile Employment	John S Samuel, FRSE	02-Nov-10	XLII	1910	1
The Study of Intra-Molecular Change	T S Patterson DSc, PhD	30-Nov-10	XLII	1910	10
The Rate of Transformation of Syn- into Anti- Oximes	T S Patterson, DSc, PhD and Andrew McMillan, MA, BSc	30-Nov-10	XLII	1910	26
Extension of City Boundaries	John Dallas	08-Feb-11	XLII	1911	34
Some Results of Archaeology in Palestine	Rev. T H Weir, MRAS	25-Jan-11	XLII	1911	55
Fergusson and Burns: The Shaping of a Poet	Frank Beaumont, BA	22-Mar-11	XLII	1911	71
The Writings of the Younger Disraeli	Professor John Hepburn Millar, MA, LL.B	19-Apr-11	XLII	1911	93
Education and Commerce	J Montgomery	14-Dec-10	XLII	1910	111
On the Magnetic Properties of Nickel-Manganese Alloys	James G Gray, DSc, FRSE	22-Feb-11	XLII	1911	125
On the Origin of Magnetic Storms	Alexander D Ross, MA, DSc, FRAS	22-Feb-11	XLII	1911	131
Lunacy in Relation to Public Health Administration	Dr John Carswell	05-Apr-11	XLII	1911	137
The Geographical Basis of Nationality	Thomas M�Michael, MA, BSc	17-Feb-11	XLII	1911	149
Memoir of the late John Mann, CA			XLII		159
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLII		164
Minutes of Session 1910-11			XLII		165
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLII		186
Office-Bearers of Sections			XLII		187
Committees Appointed by the Council			XLII		189
Additions to the Library			XLII		190
Exchanges with Other Societies			XLII		195
List of Periodicals			XLII		203
List of Members			XLII		206
Index			XLII		223


VOLUME XLIII

The Future of the Race: A Study in Present-Day Aspects of Social Biomics	Professor John Glaister, MD, DPH	01-Nov-11	XLIII	1911	1
Scotch Forestry: Its Economic Aspect	Sydney Gammell	31-Jan-12	XLIII	1912	46
Pigmentation of the Hair and Eyes of Children Suffering from the Acute Fevers, its Effect on Susceptibility, Recuperative Power and Race Selection	David Macdonald, MD	13-Dec-11	XLIII	1911	56
Some Physical Properties of Alloys of Iron and Copper	Alexander D Ross, MA, DSc, FRSE	05-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	62
Some Consequences of Graham�s Work: The Nature of the Elements; The Diffusion of Liquids	Henry E Armstrong, PhD, LL.D, FRS	16-Jan-12	XLIII	1912	67
On a Further Relation Between Seismic Frequency and the Motion of the Earth�s Pole	Alexander D Ross, MA, DSc and John J Ross, BA	05-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	97
On the Magnetism of Aluminium Bronze	Robert C Gray, MA, BSc	05-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	104
The Crystalisation of Metals	Cecil H Desch, DSc, PhD	29-Nov-11	XLIII	1911	107
Northern Nigeria and its Peoples	J D Falconer, MA, DSc, FRSE	13-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	121
Scholasticism, and the Revival of Classic Culture in Italy in Opposition to it	Professor James MacKinnon, MA, DD, PhD	28-Feb-12	XLIII	1912	139
Puritanism and the Stage	Charles Cullen, MA	20-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	153
The Employment of White Labour in the Suagar Plantations of Queensland	Professor J W Gregory, DSc, FRS	20-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	182
Commerce and Coinage	George Macdonald, MA, LL.D	27-Mar-12	XLIII	1912	195
Study of a Falling Factory Chimney	TL Patterson, FIC, FCS	10-Apr-12	XLIII	1912	217
Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry, Supplement III	Professor John Ferguson, LLD	29-Nov-11	XLIII	1911	232
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLIII		259
Society Journal Index : Volumes 46-50 : 1914-1920
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

The War and the Races of Europe	Professor Dudley J Medley, MA	04-Nov-14	XLVI	1914	1
The Economic Dislocation of the War	Professor William Smart, DPhil, LL.D	07-Oct-14	XLVI	1914	16
Pan-Germanism: Its Actual Past and Probable Future	Andrew R Cowan	18-Nov-14	XLVI	1914	37
The Dual Alliance and the Triple Entente	Professor Robert Rait, MA	02-Dec-14	XLVI	1914	58
Warfare: Mediaeval and Modern	W M Mackenzie	27-Jan-15	XLVI	1915	74
Bells and their Tones	George E Allan, DSc	16-Dec-14	XLVI	1914	92
Memoir of the late William Ewing	Frederick L M Moir	24-Feb-15	XLVI	1915	106
Some Motives for Colonisation	Miss Theodora Keith	10-Mar-15	XLVI	1915	113
The Geographical Factor in Ancient Colonisation	J D Falconer, MA, DSc, FRGS	10-Mar-15	XLVI	1915	125
Power Traction in War	The Right Hon. Sir John H A Macdonald, KCB, LL.D, FRS	24-Feb-15	XLVI	1915	136
Style in Spenser	James H Steel, MA	20-Jan-15	XLVI	1915	146
The Working of Conciliation Boards in the Coal Trade, with Special Reference to Scotland	Adam Nimmo, MA	10-Feb-15	XLVI	1915	206
The Poetry of War	William Robb, MA	24-Mar-15	XLVI	1915	218
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLVI		239
Minutes of Session 1914-15			XLVI		240
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLVI		258
Office-Bearers of Sections			XLVI		259
Committees Appointed by the Council			XLVI		261
Additions to the Library			XLVI		262
Exchanges with Other Societies			XLVI		265
List of Periodicals			XLVI		273
List of Members			XLVI		276
Index			XLVI		294


VOLUME XLVII

The Hellespont in Retrospect	George Neilson, LL.D	06-Oct-15	XLVII	1915	1
The War and Economic Progress	J H Jones, MA	03-Nov-15	XLVII	1915	25
Geography and Politics in the Balkan Peninsula: with Special Reference to Macedonia	Dr Marion Newbiggin	01-Dec-15	XLVII	1915	48
The Ethics of Advocacy	H P Macmillan, KC	23-Feb-16	XLVII	1916	52
Ancient Artillary, With Special Reference to the Early Ordnance of Scotland	Sir James Balfour Paul, CVO, LL.D	26-Jan-16	XLVII	1916	72
The Origin of the Varieties of Coal	E J Edwards, MSc, FRGS	08-Mar-16	XLVII	1916	86
Joannes Matthaeus Lunensis and his Tract, �De Rerum Inventoribus.� Part II	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D,	15-Dec-15	XLVII	1915	102
The Khalifate: Its History and Present Position	Professor William Stevenson, DLitt	15-Dec-15	XLVII	1915	108
On Paying Our War-Bill	Professor Scott, MA, DPhil, Litt.D, LL.D, BFA	22-Mar-16	XLVII	1916	122
Three Pirated Plays of Shakespeare	James D Fitzgerald	08-Dec-15	XLVII	1915	138
Failures of Engineering Construction	Profesor George Moncur, BSc, MInst, CE	17-Nov-15	XLVII	1915	174
Some Early treatises on Technological Chemistry, Supplement V	Professor John Ferguson, LL.D	09-Feb-16	XLVII	1916	176
The Convention of the Burghs	Miss Theodora Keith	15-Mar-16	XLVII	1916	229
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLVII		254
Minutes of Session 1915-16			XLVII		255
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLVII		271
Office-Bearers of Sections			XLVII		272
Committees Appointed by the Council			XLVII		274
Additions to the Library			XLVII		275
Exchanges with Other Societies			XLVII		277
List of Periodicals			XLVII		285
List of Members			XLVII		287
Index			XLVII		305


VOLUME XLVIII

Forestry and the War	Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, Bart. DL	29-Nov-16	XLVIII	1916	1
The Problem of Secret Diplomacy	Andrew R Cowan	18-Oct-16	XLVIII	1916	18
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, OM, GCSI, CB, FRS,MD	Professor F O Bower, ScD, FRS	31-Jan-17	XLVIII	1917	37
The Fueds of the Kennedys	Right Hon. Sir Herbert E Maxwell, Bart., PC, FRS, DCL, LL.D	14-Feb-17	XLVIII	1917	60
Mrs Anderson and the Royal Prerogative in Printing	Rev. W J Couper, MA	07-Mar-17	XLVIII	1917	79
Professor John Ferguson, MA, LL.D, FRSE, FSA	Professor John M Thomson, LLD, FRS	28-Mar-17	XLVIII	1917	103
The Place of the Woman Worker in Reconstructed Industry	Miss Elizabeth B Mitchell, BA	01-Nov-16	XLVIII	1916	115
Trade After the War	James W Murray	28-Mar-17	XLVIII	1917	126
The Evolution of the Warship	William Gray, BSc	28-Feb-17	XLVIII	1917	138
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLVIII		146
Minutes of Session 1916-17			XLVIII		147
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLVIII		165
Office-Bearers of Sections			XLVIII		166
Committees Appointed by the Council			XLVIII		168
Additions to the Library			XLVIII		169
Exchanges with Other Societies			XLVIII		171
List of Periodicals			XLVIII		179
List of Members			XLVIII		181
Index			XLVIII		198


VOLUME XLIX

The Future of the Boys� Brigade Organisation	Right Hon. Viscount Haldane, FRS, KT, OM	10-Oct-17	XLIX	1917	1
The Adjustment of War Expenditure Between Taxes and Loans	Professor W R Scott, DPhil, LittD, LL.D, FBA	21-Nov-17	XLIX	1917	10
The Sugar Industry After the War	T H P Heriot	13-Feb-18	XLIX	1918	31
The Language of Poetry	David J Mackenzie, FSA	27-Feb-18	XLIX	1918	45
The Textile Industry After the War	William Watson	13-Mar-18	XLIX	1918	72
The Need for Revision of the Present Basis of Local Taxation	Ebenezer Duncan, MD, PRFPSG	24-Oct-17	XLIX	1917	89
The Saga of the Wapenfirthers	Robert L Bremner, MA, LL.D	28-Nov-17	XLIX	1917	99
Classic Gaelic Poetry of Panegric	Professor William J Watson, MA, LL.D	19-Dec-17	XLIX	1917	134
Horace Walpole�s Letters	Sheriff A S D Thomson	27-Mar-18	XLIX	1918	157
Metallurgy and the War	Cecil H Desch, DSc, PhD	07-Nov-17	XLIX	1917	178
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			XLIX		197
Minutes of Session 1917-18			XLIX		198
Office-Bearers of the Society			XLIX		216
Exchanges			XLIX		217
List of Periodicals			XLIX		225
List of Members			XLIX		227
Index			XLIX		244


VOLUME L

William Penn	William Gillies, LL.D	15-Jan-19	L	1919	1
Science and Education	J Graham Kerr	04-Dec-18	L	1918	33
The Knights Hospitallers and the Conquest of Rhodes	John Edwards, LL.D, FRSE	09-Oct-18	L	1918	50
The Future of Palestine	T H Weir, MRAS	20-Nov-18	L	1918	64
David Dickson of Irvine	Professor H M B Reid, DD	18-Dec-18	L	1918	79
The late F J Amours	George Neilson, LL.D	26-Feb-19	L	1919	90
What can History Teach?	Andrew R Cowan	03-Dec-19	L	1919	96
Modern Developments of Aircraft	Colonel John A Sillers	19-Nov-19	L	1919	116
The Bead Test for Colour Vision	R A Houston, DSc, PhD	17-Dec-19	L	1919	124
The Liberation of Electrons by Light	H Stanley Allen, MA,DSc	14-Jan-20	L	1920	129
Historic Costume	Miss M B M�Farlane	28-Jan-20	L	1920	135
St Ninian: Apostle of the Britons and Eastern Picts	James Knight, MA,DSC,FRSE	11-Feb-20	L	1920	146
James Watt	T Lindsay Galloway, MA, FGS	25-Feb-20	L	1920	154
Conservation of our Coal Resources	J W Gregory, FRS,MIMM	10-Mar-20	L	1920	171
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			L		193
Minutes of Session, 1918-19			L		194
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1918-19			L		212
Minutes of Session, 1919-20			L		213
Exchanges			L		230
List of Periodicals			L		231
List of Members			L		239
Index			L		ix
			L		xxvii
Society Journal Index : Volumes 51-55 : 1920-27
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LI

Wireless Telephony	Charles R Gibson, FRSE	12-Jan-21	LI	1921	1
Earthquakes and Earthquake Waves	Professor Cargill G Knott, DSc, LL.D, FRS	20-Oct-20	LI	1920	13
Nationalisation	A A Mitchell, MA, LL.B	16-Feb-21	LI	1921	19
Scottish Literature: Its Lets and Hindrances	T D Robb, MA	23-Feb-21	LI	1921	34
The Buke of the Howlet	David J Mackenzie, FSA	23-Mar-21	LI	1921	47
Isotopes	F W Aston, MA, DSc	06-Oct-20	LI	1920	68
Grahame Lecture - Soap and Soap Solutions	Sir James Walker, DSc, PhD, LL.D, FRS	05-Oct-21	LI	1921	78
Some Theories of Light	James Muir, DSc, MA	16-Nov-21	LI	1921	86
Einstein�s Theory of Relativity	John Dougall, MA, DSc	30-Nov-21	LI	1921	93
Presidential Address - The Advantages and Disadvantages of Owning Heritable Property	William Gillies, LL.D	11-Jan-22	LI	1922	116
The Progress of Education in Scotland During the Last Fifty Years	John Clark, MA	08-Feb-22	LI	1922	133
�W J Macquorn Rankine�, a Centenary Address	Professor Archibald Barr, DSC, LL.D, MInstCE	14-Dec-21	LI	1921	167
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			LI		188
Minutes of Session, 1920-21			LI		189
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1920-21			LI		213
Minutes of Session 1921-22			LI		214
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1921-22			LI		230
Exchanges			LI		231
List of Periodicals			LI		239
List of Members			LI		ix
Index			LI		xxx


VOLUME LII

Centenary of Pasteur	R M Buchanan, MB, FRFPS	29-Nov-22	LII	1922	1
Theories of Steam Flow	Professor A L Mellanby, DSc	01-Nov-23	LII	1923	34
Dr Johnston in Scotland	David H Knox, MA, MC, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour	14-Mar-23	LII	1923	46
Living Mechanism: Its Physical Analysis and its Biological Synthesis	Professor A V Hill, FRS	14-Feb-23	LII	1923	58
A Sketch of Egyptian History Down to the Era of Tutankhamen	Rev. G A Frank Knight, DD, FRSE	28-Mar-23	LII	1923	78
Lower Palestine During the Great War	Colonel G H Edington, MD, DSc, TD, KHP	31-Jan-23	LII	1923	97
Optical Glass	James Weir French, DSc, FInstP	19-Dec-23	LII	1923	113
Adam Smith and the City of Glasgow	Professor W R Scott, MA, DPhil, LittD, LL.D, FBA	21-Nov-23	LII	1923	138
Industrial Psychology: Its Scope and Effect on Efficiency (Abstract)	Charles S Myers, MD, ScD, FRS	07-Nov-23	LII	1923	149
Speech Transmission by Light and Allied Problems (Abstract)	Professor A O Rankine, DSc	16-Jan-24	LII	1924	154
Science - the New Philosophy	Professor J Graham Kerr, MA, FRS	13-Feb-24	LII	1924	157
The Foundations of a Rational Diet	Professor E P Cathcart, MD, DSc, FRS	05-Dec-23	LII	1923	175
Some Historical Aspects of Chemistry	Professor Forsyth J Wilson, DSc, PhD, FIC	30-Jan-24	LII	1924	186
Unemployment	A A Mitchell, MA,LLB	23-Jan-24	LII	1924	197
The late George Neilson, LL.D	John Edwards, LL.D, FRSE, FSA	16-Jan-24	LII	1924	206
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			LII		212
Minutes of Session, 1922-23			LII		213
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1922-23			LII		226
Minutes of Session 1923-24			LII		227
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1923-24			LII		244
Exchanges			LII		245
List of Periodicals			LII		255
List of Members			LII		xi
Index			LII		xxxii


Volume LIII

Lord Kelvin: A Centenary Address	Sir J Alfred Ewing, KCB, LL.D, FRS	08-Oct-24	LIII	1924	1
Roads and Road Transport	Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, KCIE, CSS, CIME, AICE	20-Nov-24	LIII	1924	22
Ancient and Modern Medicine	Professor Ralph Stockmann, MD	03-Dec-24	LIII	1924	36
Presidential Address: The Evolution of Electrical Knowledge	Charles R Gibson, FRSE	14-Jan-25	LIII	1925	46
The Atomic Theory in Ancient and Modern Days	Professor Robert Martin Caven, DSc, FIC	17-Dec-24	LIII	1924	65
What can Railway Electrification do for Glasgow?	F F P Bisacre, OBE, MA, BSc, AMInst.CI	11-Mar-25	LIII	1925	81
An Electric House (Abstract)	Professor S Parker Smith, DSc	28-Jan-25	LIII	1925	109
Soda, Nicolas Leblanc, and the French Revolution	Professor T S Patterson, PhD, DSc	05-Nov-24	LIII	1924	113
Present-day Problems of the Atom and Radiation	Professor H Stanley Allen, MA,DSc	25-Mar-25	LIII	1925	129
Rules Governing the Competition for the Graham Medal			LIII		139
Minutes of Session, 1924-25			LIII		140
Acknowledgments			LIII		153
Office-Bearers of the Society, 1924-25			LIII		156
Exchanges			LIII		157
List of Periodicals			LIII		167
List of Members			LIII		ix
Index			LIII		xxxi


Volume LIV

Presidential Address: Citizenship	Professor J Graham Kerr, MA, FRS		LIV	1925	1
The Problems of the Origin and Nature of Life Viewed in the Light of Bacteriological Knowledge (Abstract)	Professor Carl H Browning, MD, DPH	04-Nov-25	LIV	1925	19
The Identification of Alkaloids	William M Cumming, DSC, FIC	02-Dec-25	LIV	1925	26
The Dole and Unemployment	George Wingate, CA	27-Jan-26	LIV	1926	32
The Dialect of Ayrshire	Thomas Wright, MA	22-Jan-25	LIV	1925	43
The Transmission of Speech and Music by Means of Electromagnetic Waves	Professor G W O Howe, DSc, MIEE	18-Nov-25	LIV	1925	54
Mythology and Folklore of Lewis	Norman Morrison, FZS	11-Dec-25	LIV	1925	67
Symposium on the Feasibility and Advantages of a Forth and Clyde Canal	J Bruce Murray, DL, LL.D	24-Feb-26	LIV	1926	79
The Evolution of the Sailing Ship	H H Brinley, MA, FSA	24-Mar-26	LIV	1926	96
Minutes of Session			LIV		119
Office-Bearers, 1925-26			LIV		133
List of Members			LIV		134
Index			LIV		155


VOLUME LV

The Motor Car: The History of its Evolution	Charles R Gibson, FRSE	06-Oct-26	LV	1926	1
The Industrial Situation	George A Mitchell, MA, FRSE	23-Mar-27	LV	1927	20
The Reforms in India	General J Charteris, CMG, MP	20-Oct-26	LV	1926	52
The Place of the Stock Exchange in our Economic System	Horace A Gifford, FCIS	26-Jan-27	LV	1927	61
The Teaching Of Practical Psychology	Robert H Thouless, MA, PhD	09-Mar-27	LV	1927	70
Music in Mediaeval Scotland	George Henry Farmer, MA, PhD	23-Feb-27	LV	1927	75
Saint Francis of Assisi	Professor Archibald Main, DD, DLitt	15-Dec-26	LV	1926	79
The School of Salerno and its Regimen Sanitatis	John F Fergus, MA, MD, FRFPSG	09-Feb-27	LV	1927	96
Minutes of Session			LV		131
Office-Bearers, 1926-27			LV		145
List of Members			LV		146
Index			LV		170
Society Journal Index : Volumes 56-60 : 1927-32
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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LVI

An Interesting Old Glasgow Bell	George E Allan, DSc	19-Oct-27	LVI	1927	1
Bicentenary Address on Newton	Professor James Muir, DSc, MA, FInstP	02-Nov-27	LVI	1927	9
The Economic Position of the Shipbuilding Industry	Sir James Lithgow, Bt, MC, TD, DL, JP	11-Jan-28	LVI	1928	31
Spark Ignition	Professor E Taylor Jones, DSc	30-Nov-27	LVI	1927	48
Peripheral Vision in Relation to Work	Freeland Fergus, MD, LLD, FRSE, FRPSG	19-Oct-27	LVI	1927	53
The Mind of Primitive Man	Professor A A Bowman, MA, Litt.D	08-Feb-28	LVI	1928	61
The Naturalist�s Journey in South America	G S Carter, MA, PhD	21-Mar-28	LVI	1928	81
ONT FACE="Optima">The Development of Public Health Administration in Glasgow	A K Chalmers, LL.D, MD, DPH, FRFPSG	07-Mar-28	LVI	1928	108
Minutes of Session			LVI		143
Office-Bearers, 1927-28			LVI		155
List of Members			LVI		156
Index			LVI		179


VOLUME LVII

A Discourse on Parody	J M Wattie, LL.D	17-Oct-28	LVII	1928	1
Vision and Industrial Efficiency	A Freeland Fergus, MD, LLD, FRSE, FRFPSG	27-Mar-29	LVII	1929	22
Some Pioneers of Botanical Discovery	Professor J M F Drummond, MA, FLS	31-Oct-28	LVII	1928	39
Modern Industrial Tendencies	K G Fenelon, MA, PhD	28-Nov-28	LVII	1928	45
The Science of Listening	W S Tucker, OBE, DSc	16-Jan-29	LVII	1929	50
Bicentenary Address on Joseph Black	John A Cranston, DSc	13-Mar-29	LVII	1929	70
The Measurement of Emotion	R H Thouless, MA, PhD	13-Feb-29	LVII	1929	85
Vibration in Modern Machinery	Professor William Kerr, PhD	30-Jan-29	LVII	1929	90
Temples in Sicily	Miss Frances H Melville, MA, BD, LL.D, JP	27-Feb-29	LVII	1929	111
Low-Temperature Carbonization of Coal	Professor Thomas Gray, LL.D, DSc, PhD	12-Dec-28	LVII	1928	132
Memoir of the late David Murray, MA, LL.D, FSA	Professor Robert S Rait, MA, LL.D, FSA	14-Nov-28	LVII	1928	143
Minutes of Session, 1928-29			LVII		146
Office-Bearers, 1928-29			LVII		159
Roll of Members			LVII		160
Index			LVII		183


VOLUME LVIII

Suspended Animation and Kindred Subjects	James Knight, MA, DSc, FRSE, FRAS, FCS, FGS	20-Nov-29	LVIII	1929	1
Rationalisation	J R Richmond, CBE	06-Nov-29	LVIII	1929	33
The Work of a Plant-Breeding Station	William Robb	12-Feb-30	LVIII	1930	48
Spitsbergen	G W Tyrell, ARCSc, PhD, FGS, FRSE	15-Jan-30	LVIII	1930	61
The Recent Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia	S M Marshall and A P Orr	26-Feb-30	LVIII	1930	84
Colkitto and the Wars of Montrose	Alexander Macgill	06-Feb-30	LVIII	1930	101
Science and Agriculture	Principal W G R Paterson, BSc, NDA(Hons)	04-Dec-29	LVIII	1929	128
The Production and Distribution of Electric Power in Scotland	Professor G W O Howe, DSc,	26-Feb-30	LVIII	1930	141
Preparing for the Gas Age	W Brownhill Smith, MVO, DL and Norman Swindin, MIChemE, AMIMechE	26-Mar-30	LVIII	1930	153
Minutes of Session, 1929-30			LVIII		169
Office-Bearers, 1929-30			LVIII		181
Roll of Members			LVIII		182
Index			LVIII		205


VOLUME LIX

The Metals of the Rare Earths	Professor James Kendall, MA, DSc, FRS	08-Oct-30	LIX	-(1930)	1
The Trade and Industry of Glasgow	George A Mitchell, MA, FRSE	14-Jan-31	LIX	-(1931)	12
Spain of Today	Professor Wm J Entwhistle, MA	05-Nov-30	LIX	-(1930)	38
Memoir of the late Charles R Gibson, LL.D, FRSE	Professor James Muir, DSc, MA	11-Mar-31	LIX	-(1931)	59
Criminal Punishments, Past and Present	Sheriff W Boyd Berry, LLB	25-Feb-31	LIX	-(1931)	63
Adult Education In Glasgow Eighty Years Ago	William H Marwick, MA	27-Nov-30	LIX	-(1930)	86
The New Planet Pluto	Professor R A Sampson, MA, DSc, FRS, LLD	17-Dec-30	LIX	-(1930)	98
The Work of the Empire Marketing Board	Major Walter Elliot, MC, DSc, LLD, MP	19-Nov-30	LIX	-(1930)	107
Colour In the Mineral World	Professor R M Caven, DSc, FIC	11-Feb-31	LIX	-(1931)	109
Scottish Characteristics in Architecture	Mrs Edith Burnet Hughes, ARIBA	11-Mar-31	LIX	-(1931)	119
Minutes of the 129th Session, 1930-31			LIX		138
Office-Bearers 1930-31			LIX		153
Roll of Members 1930-31			LIX		154
Index to Volume LIX			LIX		176


VOLUME LX

Presidential Address - The Future of British Industry and Commerce	Professor W R Scott, MA, DPhil, LittD, LL.D, FBA	07-Oct-31	LX	1931	1
The Economic Aspect of British Railway Transport	William Whitelaw	13-Jan-32	LX	1932	16
Problems of Lift and Stability in Aeroplane Design	F Handley Page	16-Dec-31	LX	1931	34
Centenary Address- The Life and Work of James Clerk Maxwell - 1831-1879	Professor E Taylor Jones, DSc	21-Oct-31	LX	1931	54
Memoir of the late Professor Archibald Barr, DSc, LL.D, FRS	James Weir French	02-Dec-31	LX	1931	78
Co-ordination of the Health Services Under the Local Government Act	A S M Macgregor, OBE, MD, DPH	23-Mar-32	LX	1932	85
On the Early Chemistry of Gold	Andrew Kent, MA, PhD	09-Mar-32	LX	1932	101
Local Government - Past and Present	Robert Burns, MA,LL.B	24-Feb-32	LX	1932	113
Memorandum and Articles of Association			LX		129
Minutes of Session, 1931-32			LX		138
Office-Bearers, 1931-32			LX		152
Roll of Members			LX		153
Index			LX		175
Society Journal Index : Volumes 61-65 : 1932-41
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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LXI

The Musical Scale	James Knight, MA, DSc, FRSE, FGS	16-Nov-32	LXI	-(1932)	1
A Survey of the 1931 Census Report on the City of Glasgow	William Jones	30-Nov-32	LXI	-(1932)	31
Some Observations on the High-Frequency Discharge	John Thomson, MA, PhD, DSc	25-Jan-33	LXI	-(1933)	48
Scots at the Roman Court in the Fifteenth Century	Annie Cameron, MA, PhD	25-Jan-33	LXI	-(1933)	59
Scotland and the Renaissance	Professor J D Mackie, MC, MA	08-Feb-33	LXI	-(1933)	74
Technical Progress in Broadcasting	H Bishop, BSc, MIEE, AMIMechE	22-Feb-33	LXI	-(1933)	90
The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow	Professor A A Bowman, MA, LittD	04-Oct-33	LXI	-(1933)	108
Unemployment and Health (Abstract)	Professor E P Cathcart, CBE, MD, DSc, LL.D, FRS	13-Dec-33	LXI	-(1933)	133
Rotary Wing Aircraft (Abstract)	J de la Cierva, FRAeS	10-Jan-34	LXI	-(1934)	135
Charles Macintosh, FRS, a Glasgow Chemist (Abstract)	Professor G G Henderson, MA, DSc, LL.D, FRS, FIC, FCS	21-Feb-34	LXI	-(1934)	142
The National Electricity Scheme and the Work of the Central Electricity Board (Abstract)	Hugh Quigley	07-Mar-34	LXI	-(1934)	144
Ancient Egypt to Modern England (Abstract)	James Weir French, DSc, FInstP, FSA, FPhys.S, FSoc.Glass Tech	21-Mar-34	LXI	-(1934)	147
Abstract of Accounts for 1932-33			LXI		156


VOLUME LXII

Austria Today	His Excellency the Austrian Minister, Baron Georg Franckenstein	10-Oct-34	LXII	-(1934)	1
Irrigation on the Blue Nile	Sir Arthur J C Huddleston, CMG, OBE, MA	21-Nov-34	LXII	-(1934)	11
Notes on the Organisation of the Fascist State	Arthur S Hedderwick, BA (Econ and Pol) Cantab, LLB	11-Dec-34	LXII	-(1934)	23
The Upper Air	James Knight JP, MA, DSc, FRSE, FRAS, FGS	12-Dec-34	LXII	-(1934)	30
The Scottish Clans	Robert Bain, Depute City Librarian	14-Feb-35	LXII	-(1935)	47
Coal - Some Present Day Problems	Sir Adam Nimmo, KBE	20-Feb-35	LXII	-(1935)	61
Geography in India�s History	The Right Hon Lord Meston, KCSI, LLD	09-Oct-35	LXII	-(1935)	75
Scottish Pottery	J Arnold Fleming, OBE, FRSE	30-Oct-35	LXII	-(1935)	93
The Problem of the Adult Mental Defective	Dr Charles G A Chislett, MB, ChB, FRFPSG	13-Nov-35	LXII	-(1935)	100
Some Recent Advances in Physical Science	E Taylor Jones, DSc	20-Nov-35	LXII	-(1935)	114
Law in the Ancient East (Abstract)	William B Stevenson, DLitt, DD	11-Dec-35	LXII	-(1935)	123
Modern Methods of Weather Forecasting (Abstract)	Sir George Simpson, KCB, FRS	08-Jan-36	LXII	-(1936)	124
The Influence of Broadcasting on Modern Life	Melville Dinwiddie Esq, DSO, OBE, MCC	19-Feb-36	LXII	-(1936)	126
Law and the Citizen	The Right Hon Lord Macmillan of Aberfeldy	08-Apr-36	LXII	-(1936)	132
Abstract of Accounts for 1934-1935			LXII		144

VOLUME LXIII

The Elucidation of Light, Historically Considered	James Weir French, DSc, FInstP, FSocGlass Tech, FPhysSoc, FSA	07-Oct-36	LXIII	-(1936)	1
Health Policy of the Future	Professor E P Cathcart, CBE, MD, DSc, LLD, FRS	12-Oct-36	LXIII	-(1936)	36
The Re-Organisation of the Iron and Steel Industry	The Right Hon The Earl of Dudley	18-Nov-36	LXIII	-(1936)	48
Filterable Viruses	Professor Edward Hindle, MA, ScD, PhD	09-Dec-36	LXIII	-(1936)	60
Memoir of the Late James Knight M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S., Fg.S.	James Weir French, DSc	09-Dec-36	LXIII	-(1936)	70
Memoir of the Late Professor Peter Bennett	George E Allan, DSc	09-Dec-36	LXIII	-(1936)	72
Agriculture and Present-Day Problems	The Right Hon Walter Elliot MC, MP, FRS, LLD	27-Jan-37	LXIII	-(1937)	74
The 200-Inch Telescope	H Spenser Jones, MA, ScD, FRS Astronomer Royal	27-Jan-37	LXIII	-(1937)	75
Recent Experiments in Land Reclamation in Scotland	W G Ogg, MA, PhD	17-Feb-37	LXIII	-(1937)	76
Working-Class Housing in Scotland, Today and Tomorrow	The late John E Highton, CB	10-Mar-37	LXIII	-(1937)	89
Memoir of the Late John Edwards, Ll.D., F.R.S.E., F.S.A.	Sir George A Mitchell, DL, LLD	10-Mar-37	LXIII	-(1937)	109
The Procedure of the House of Commons	Sir Charles MacAndrew, MP	06-Oct-37	LXIII	-(1937)	112
Eddies in Mountain Formation	E B Bailey, MC, MA, DSc,FRS	17-Nov-37	LXIII	-(1937)	113
Some Economic Aspects of the Empire Exhibition	Captain S J Graham	24-Nov-37	LXIII	-(1937)	114
Science and Government	Professor J Graham Kerr, MA, LLD, FRS, MP	08-Dec-37	LXIII	-(1937)	123
The Life and Work of David Stow	George Pratt Insh, MA, DLitt	22-Dec-37	LXIII	-(1937)	138
Problems Relating to Safety and Health in Coal Mines	Professor Andrew M Bryan, BSc, MIMinE, JP	12-Jan-38	LXIII	-(1938)	140
Science and Electric Lighting	Clifford C Paterson, OBE, DSc, MInstCE, MIEE	26-Jan-38	LXIII	-(1938)	153
Trends in Economic and Social Policy	Harold Macmillan, MP	16-Feb-38	LXIII	-(1938)	161
The Music of the Spheres	The Right Hon Sir Halford Mackinder, PC	27-Oct-37	LXIII	-(1937)	170
Prevention and the Individual	Professor Carl Hamilton Browning, MD, LLD, DPH, FRS	09-Mar-38	LXIII	-(1938)	182
Memoir of the Late William Tweeddale, J.P.	Thomas R Innes, MA		LXIII		189
Abstract of Accounts For 1936-37			LXIII		193


VOLUME LXIV

The Government of an Indian Province	The Right Hon Sir John Anderson, GCB, GCSI, MA, BSc, LLD, MP	12-Oct-38	LXIV	-(1938)	1
Health and the General Practitioner	James M Mackintosh, MA, MD, DPH	09-Nov-38	LXIV	-(1938)	16
A National Theatre	James Bridie	23-Nov-38	LXIV	-(1938)	23
Health and the Nurse	A S M MacGregor, OBE, MD, DPH	07-Dec-38	LXIV	-(1938)	40
The Privilege and Responsibility of Leadership	The Right Hon The Earl of Home, KT	11-Jan-39	LXIV	-(1939)	53
Studies in Bracken and Experiments on its Control	Professor K W Baird, MA, BSc, FRSE, FLS	24-Jan-39	LXIV	-(1939)	60
Oil from Coal - A Review of the Problem	Professor William Cumming, DSc, FIC, MICHEME, FInstPet, FRSE	25-Jan-39	LXIV	-(1939)	68
Results and Impressions of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland - 1938	Sir Cecil M Weir, KBE, MC	08-Mar-39	LXIV	-(1939)	83
Presidential Address - What is Electricity?	Professor Edward Taylor Jones, DSc(Lond), Hon DSc(Wales),	11-Oct-39	LXIV	-(1939)	96
Some Implications of the Modern Theory of Renal Excretion	Professor J Shaw Dunn, MA, MD, MSc, FRFPSG	27-Feb-40	LXIV	-(1940)	106
International Morality	William D Lamont, MA, DPhil	22-Nov-39	LXIV	-(1939)	119
Church Towers in Scotland	Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart, KT	10-Jan-40	LXIV	-(1940)	131
The Indebtedness of Science to Medicine	Professor T K Monro, MA, MD, LLD	24-Jan-40	LXIV	-(1940)	134
The Interpretaton of English Scenery	Professor A E Trueman, DSc, FRSE, FGS	06-Mar-40	LXIV	-(1940)	146
Abstract of Accounts for1937-38 and 1938-39			LXIV		153


VOLUME LXV

The British Universities (Abstract)	Sir Hector Hetherington, MA, LLD	09-Oct-40	LXV	-(1940)	1
Nutrition in War Time	David P Cuthbertson, DSc, MD	16-Oct-40	LXV	-(1940)	4
Recent Discoveries Concerning Sense Organs (Abstract)	O Lowenstein, DPhil, PhD	13-Nov-40	LXV	-(1940)	15
Recent Advances in Atomic Physics	Professor Thomas Alty, DSc, PhD, FInstP, FRCS, FRSE	20-Nov-40	LXV	-(1940)	17
Blood Transfusion	Professor Noah Morris, MD, ChB, DSc,DPH, FRFPSG	04-Dec-40	LXV	-(1940)	28
The Glasgow School of Painting	T J Honeyman, MB, ChB, FRFPSG	22-Jan-41	LXV	-(1941)	45
French and English Civilisations: A Comparison	Professor H J Fleure, DSc, MA, FRS	29-Jan-41	LXV	-(1941)	53
The Colour Vision of Insects	Dora Ilse, PhD	05-Feb-41	LXV	-(1941)	68
The Evolution of Scientific Societies (Alexander Pedler Memorial Lecture)	O J R Howarth, OBE, MA, PhD	12-Feb-41	LXV	-(1941)	83
Some Problems of Scottish Agriculture	Professor William G R Paterson, OBE, BSc, NDA, FRSE	19-Feb-41	LXV	-(1941)	96
The Social Life of Animals	F Fraser Darling, DSc, PhD, FRSE	26-Feb-41	LXV	-(1941)	104
The Rise and Progress of Hygiene (Abstract)	David McKail, MD, DPH, FRFPSG	12-Mar-41	LXV	-(1941)	121
Abstract of Accounts for 1939-40			LXV		125
Society Journal Index : Volumes 66-70 : 1941-46
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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LXVI

Planning for Post-War Glasgow	Sir William E Whyte, OBE, FRSE	08-Oct-41	LXVI	-(1941)	1
The France of Today as Seen by a Frenchman	Monsieur de Malglaive	22-Oct-41	LXVI	-(1941)	29
The Merchant Navy in War	Captain Alexander MacDonald	03-Dec-41	LXVI	-(1941)	43
An Expedition to North China	Edward Hindle, MA, ScD, PhD, FRS	14-Jan-42	LXVI	-(1942)	55
Experimental Research on Cancer	James W Cook, DSc, PhD, FIC, FRS	04-Feb-42	LXVI	-(1942)	67
The Harvest of the Sea	F Gross, PhD	11-Feb-42	LXVI	-(1942)	79
Some Twentieth Century Economic Trends	W F Crick	04-Mar-42	LXVI	-(1942)	91
A Naturalist in the Gran Chaco Fifty Years Ago (Abstract)	Sir John Graham Kerr, MA, LLD, FRS, MP	19-Nov-41	LXVI	-(1941)	107
The Fossil Grove and Some Other Extinct Forests (Abstract)	John Walton, MA, DSc, FRSE	29-Oct-41	LXVI	-(1941)	113
Some Applications of Cathode Rays (Abstract)	Walter McFarlane, MA, DSc	12-Nov-41	LXVI	-(1941)	114
A Hundred Years of Pharmacy (Abstract)	James P Todd, PhD, PhC	26-Nov-41	LXVI	-(1941)	115
Art and the Church (Abstract)	Sir David Y Cameron, RA, RSA, LLD	10-Dec-41	LXVI	-(1941)	116
Scottish Gemstones (Abstract)	William J McCallien, DSc	07-Jan-42	LXVI	1942	118
Civil Defence (Abstract)	Sir Steven Bilsland, Bart., MC, JP	21-Jan-42	LXVI	1942	118
The Nutrition of Plants (Abstract)	G Bond, BSc, PhD	28-Jan-42	LXVI	1942	120
The Exploration of the Stratosphere	F A Paneth, PhD (Vienna)	25-Feb-42	LXVI	1942	120
Plant Names (Abstract)	Sir William Wright Smith, MA, DesSc, FRSE	11-Mar-42	LXVI	1942	122
Modern Views on Evolution (Abstract)	Professor H Munro Fox, MA, MSc, FRS	18-Mar-42	LXVI	1942	123
Abstract of Accounts for 1940-41			LXVI		125


VOLUME LXVII

Presidential Address - Medical Education Today	G H Edington, MD, DSc, FRSE	07-Oct-42	LXVII	1942	1
Possible Developments in Scotland	Colonel the Right Hon Walter E Elliot MC, MB, DSc, LLD, PC, MP, FRS	14-Oct-42	LXVII	1942	15
Modern Dramatic Art	James Bridie	11-Nov-42	LXVII	1942	23
A Geologist in the Soviet Union	G W Tyrrell, ARCSc, PhD, DSc, FGS, VPRSE	28-Oct-42	LXVII	1942	41
Clyde Seaweeds and their Economic Uses	Elsie Conway PhD	16-Dec-42	LXVII	1942	53
Glasgow Trade Guilds	Thomas Hart, JP, CA, FRSE	06-Jan-43	LXVII	1943	65
Oceanography and its Application to the Fisheries	Alister C Hardy, FRS	17-Feb-43	LXVII	1943	87
Aeolian Tones (Abstract)	Professor E Taylor Jones, DSc (Lond), Hon DSc (Wales)	21-Oct-42	LXVII	1942	99
Social Medicine (Abstract)	James M Mackintosh, MA, MD, DPH	04-Nov-42	LXVII	1942	101
Agriculture and the State (Abstract)	J M Caie, MA, BL, BSc(Agric)	18-Nov-42	LXVII	1942	106
Life in Prehistoric Scotland (Abstract)	Professor J Ritchie, MA, DSc	25-Nov-42	LXVII	1942	108
Navigation (Abstract)	W M Smart, MA DSc FRAS	02-Dec-42	LXVII	1942	109
Public Opinion in War Time (Abstract)	William D Robieson, MA, LLD	09-Dec-42	LXVII	1942	110
Biology in Post-War Reconstruction (Abstract)	Sir John Boyd Orr, DSO, MC, MA, MD, FRS	13-Jan-43	LXVII	1943	111
The Problem of Fatigue (Abstract)	Edward P Cathcart, CBE, MD, DSc, LLD, FRS	20-Jan-43	LXVII	1943	116
Musical Instruments (Abstract)	Bernard Hague, DSc,PhD, MIEE, FCGI	27-Jan-43	LXVII	1943	118
Artificial Cooling and its Vital Services (Abstract)	James Small, PhD, DSc, MI Mech E	03-Feb-43	LXVII	1943	119
Modern painting (Abstract)	Hugh A Crawford, ARSA	24-Feb-43	LXVII	1943	120
Human Life and Death at High Pressures (Abstract)	J B S Haldane, MA, FRS	03-Feb-43	LXVII	1943	122
Natural History and its Possibilities (Abstract)	W A F Balfour-Brown, MA, FRSE, FLS	10-Mar-43	LXVII	1943	123
Abstract of Accounts for 1941-42			LXVII		125


VOLUME LXVIII

The Mechanism of Speech and Song	Douglas Guthrie, MD, FRCS	13-Oct-43	LXVIII	1943	1
Agricultural Reconstruction in Post-War Europe	Sir E John Russell, OBE, DSc, FRS	20-Oct-43	LXVIII	1943	15
Housing and Planning	Sir John A MacTaggart, Bt, JP	10-Nov-43	LXVIII	1943	23
Salmon Research and the Development of the Salmon Fisheries	John Berry, PhD, FRSE	01-Dec-43	LXVIII	1943	45
The Financial Basis of Post-War Life	Rt Hon F W Pethick-Lawrence, PC, MA, MP	05-Jan-44	LXVIII	1944	61
New Metals and New Methods in Metallurgy	Cecil H Desch, DSc, PhD, LLD, FRS	24-Nov-43	LXVIII	1943	71
X-Rays, Crystals and Molecules	J Monteath Robertson, MA, DSc, PhD	09-Feb-44	LXVIII	1944	81
Hygiene Past and Present	J R Currie, MA, MD, DPH, FRCPE, LLD	16-Feb-44	LXVIII	1944	91
Animal Parthenogenesis, Natural and Artificial	Alexander D Peacock, DSc	15-Dec-43	LXVIII	1943	99
The Ear and its Functions	Otto Lowenstein, DrPhil, PhD	01-Mar-44	LXVIII	1944	125
The Anatomist and the Engineer (Abstract)	Professor Sir D�Arcy Wentworth Thomson, CB, DSc, DLitt, LLD, FRS	06-Oct-43	LXVIII	1943	135
The Nursery School (Abstract)	John Jardine, OBE, MD, DPH, FRCSE	27-Oct-43	LXVIII	1943	135
The Cure of Unemployment (Abstract)	Dr J W Beyen	03-Nov-43	LXVIII	1943	137
Geology in the War and After (Abstract)	E B Bailey, MC, MA, DSc, FRS	17-Nov-43	LXVIII	1943	141
The Solomon Islands (Abstract)	Rev G K Moir, BA, FRGS	08-Dec-43	LXVIII	1943	143
Scientific Aids in Crime Detection (Abstract)	Professor John Glaister, JP, MD, DSc, FRSE, FRFPSG	12-Jan-44	LXVIII	1944	144
The China of Today (Abstract)	Rev Chevalier Arthur Taylor, DD, DChr, FRGS	19-Jan-44	LXVIII	1944	145
Art in Scotland (Abstract)	Stanley Cursiter, OBE, RSW, RSA, FRSE	26-Jan-44	LXVIII	1944	146
The Nation�s Milk (Abstract)	Sir George Wilson, MA	02-Feb-44	LXVIII	1944	148
Fifty Years of Municipal Transport (Abstract)	Eric R L Fitzpayne, BSc, MIEE, MIAE	23-Feb-44	LXVIII	1944	149
Youth Hostels - A Successful Social Experiment (Abstract)	James C Yuill	08-Mar-44	LXVIII	1944	155
Abstract of Accounts for 1942-43			LXVIII	1944	157


VOLUME LXIX

A Modern Statistical Account of the Scottish People	James Gray Kyd, CBE, FFA, FRSE	29-Nov-44	LXIX	1944	1
The History of Therapeutics	Noah Morris, MD, DSc,	13-Dec-44	LXIX	1944	13
Agriculture at the Crossroads	Sir Robert Blyth Greig, MC, DSc, MSc, LLD, FRSE	03-Jan-45	LXIX	1945	35
Taxation and Industry with Particular Reference to Shipbuilding	Alexander Murray Stephen, MC, BA	10-Jan-45	LXIX	1945	43
Curiosities of Medieval Scots Law	Rt Hon Lord Cooper, OBE, MA, LLD, FRSE
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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LXXI

Presidential Address - The House of Memories: Musings Without Dates	Sir Robert Bruce, DL, LLD, FRSE	02-Oct-46	LXXI	1946	1
The Physical Principles of the Release of Atomic Energy	Samuel C Curran MA, BSc, PhD, FInstP	09-Oct-46	LXXI	1946	17
Scotland�s Herring Industry	Sir Frederick Bell, OBE, MC	05-Feb-47	LXXI	1947	27
A Pathologist on Active Service	George L Montgomery, TD, MD	12-Feb-47	LXXI	1947	39
A Review of Some Recent Research on Virus Diseases of Raspberry and Strawberry in Great Britain	R V Harris, DSc	27-Nov-46	LXXI	1946	51
The Fertility of the Sea	S M Marshall, DSc and A P Orr, MA, DSc	05-Mar-47	LXXI	1947	61
Carnivorous Flowering Plants	John Walton, MA, DSc	16-Oct-46	LXXI	1946	73
India at the Crossroads (Abstract)	Sir Gilbert Hogg, KCIE, CSI	23-Oct-46	LXXI	1946	81
Early Swimming Reptiles (Abstract)	Professor D M S Watson, MSc, FRS	30-Oct-46	LXXI	1946	81
Industrial Structure of Glasgow District (Abstract)	Charles A Oakley, BSc, EdB	06-Nov-46	LXXI	1946	82
Distribution of Population in Scotland (Abstract)	Alexander Stevens, MA, BSc	20-Nov-46	LXXI	1946	84
The Orchestra and its Story (Abstract)	Dr C Henry Phillips	04-Dec-46	LXXI	1946	84
Atomic Energy (Abstract)	Professor M L E Oliphant, FRS	11-Dec-46	LXXI	1946	85
Matter and Life (Abstract)	Professor Charles A Campbell, MA	08-Jan-47	LXXI	1947	86
Electric Fishes (Abstract)	Sir Henry Dale, OM, GBE, MD, FRS	15-Jan-47	LXXI	1947	87
The Prospects of a Tourist Industry in Scotland (Abstract)	Dr T J Honeyman	29-Jan-47	LXXI	1947	88
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (Abstract)	Sir Robert Robertson, KBE, MA, FRS	19-Feb-47	LXXI	1947	90
The Mountains of East Greenland and their Origin (Abstract)	Professor L R Wager, BA, ScD, FRS, FGS	12-Mar-47	LXXI	1947	91
Abstact of Accounts			LXXI		93


VOLUME LXXII

The Chronic Rheumatic Diseases	J W McNee, DSO, MD, DSc, FRCP	29-Oct-47	LXXII	1947	1
The Significance of Latin America	William C Atkinson, MA	05-Nov-47	LXXII	1947	11
Iron and Steel	Sir Andrew McCance, DSc, FRS	28-Jan-48	LXXII	1948	27
The Professors And Their Critics (Glasgow University in the 18th Century)	J D Mackie, CBE, MC, MA	11-Feb-48	LXXII	1948	37
The Scottish Renaissance Movement	Maurice Lindsay	18-Feb-48	LXXII	1948	59
Interpreting Britain - The Work of The British Council	H Harvey Wood, OBE, MA, FRSE	03-Mar-48	LXXII	1948	83
Tidal Power	B D Richards, BSc, MICE	10-Mar-48	LXXII	1948	97
Infantry Morale in Battle (Abstract)	Major-General Douglas Wimberley, CB, DSO, MC, DL	01-Oct-47	LXXII	1947	109
Some Contributions of the Organic Chemist to Biological Science (Abstract)	Professor F S Spring, DSc, PhD, FRIC	08-Oct-47	LXXII	1947	111
Education in the Last Hundred years (Synopsis)	John Wishart CBE, LLD, MA, FEIS	15-Oct-47	LXXII	1947	112
Britain�s Financial Position and The American Loan (Synopsis)	W H Hinton, MA, LLD	22-Oct-47	LXXII	1947	112
The Work of the Plymouth Laboratory of The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Abstract)	F S Russell, DSc, DFC, FRS	12-Nov-47	LXXII	1947	113
British Portrait Painting (Extract)	Douglas Percy Bliss, MA, ARCA	19-Nov-47	LXXII	1947	114
The Sheriff Courts, Glasgow (Synopsis)	James Adair	26-Nov-47	LXXII	1947	115
Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone (Abstract)	Professor G W O Howe, DSc, LLD	03-Dec-47	LXXII	1947	116
Sociology and the Emphasis on �Scientific Method� (Abstract)	John Highet, MA, DPhil	10-Dec-47	LXXII	1947	117
Can We Avoid the Next Depression? (Abstract)	Alexander Loveday, MA	17-Dec-47	LXXII	1947	118
Midges and Other Biting Insects (Extract)	John A Downes, ARCS, BSc	07-Jan-48	LXXII	1948	120
Trends in Social Health (Abstract)	Sir Andrew Davidson, MD, MRCPEd, DPH, FRSE	14-Jan-48	LXXII	1948	121
Modern Intelligence Tests (Abstract)	R W Pickford, MA, PhD	21-Jan-48	LXXII	1948	123
Physics and Reality: a Problem in Education (Abstract)	Professor Norman Feather FRS	04-Feb-48	LXXII	1948	125
Gas Turbines (Extract)	Professor James Small, PhD, DSc	25-Feb-48	LXXII	1948	126
Extract of Accounts for 1947-48			LXXII		127


VOLUME LXXIII

Whales	L Harrison Matthews, MA ScD	27-Oct-48	LXXIII	1948	1
American Foreign Policy	Sir Harold Butler, KCMG, CB, LLD	17-Nov-48	LXXIII	1948	15
Evolution in Fossil Communities	T Neville George, DSC, PhD, FRSE, FGS	24-Nov-48	LXXIII	1948	23
The Scottish Burgh of Barony in Decline 1707-1908	George S Pryde, MA, PhD	26-Jan-49	LXXIII	1949	43
Industry and Technology	J Cameron Smail, OBE, LLD, FRSE	16-Feb-49	LXXIII	1949	65
Reactions in Monolayers (Abstract)	Professor E K Rideal, MBE, DSc, FRS	13-Oct-48	LXXIII	1948	77
Physical Cosmology from Pythagoras to Eddington (Abstract)	Professor A D Ritchie, MA	20-Oct-48	LXXIII	1948	77
Our Food Habits and their History (Abstract)	Sir Jack Drummond, DSc, FRS	10-Nov-48	LXXIII	1948	78
Novel-Writing (Abstract)	Guy McCrone	01-Dec-48	LXXIII	1948	79
Studies in Australian Plant Chemistry (Abstract)	Professor John Read, FRS	08-Dec-48	LXXIII	1948	80
Modern Methods in the Control of Plant Diseases (Abstract)	C E Foister, PhD, BA	15-Dec-48	LXXIII	1948	81
Some Scientific Amusements (Children�s Christmas Lecture Abstract)	J M A Lenihan, MSc	29-Dec-48	LXXIII	1948	82
Colour Vision and Industry (Abstract)	W J B Riddell, MD	12-Jan-49	LXXIII	1949	83
Science and Telecommunications (Abstract)	L E Ryall, PhD, MIEE	19-Jan-49	LXXIII	1949	84
Some Problems of the Naval Architect (Abstract)	Professor A M Robb, DSc	09-Feb-49	LXXIII	1949	84
The Domestic Affairs of Caterpillars (Abstract)	Professor W A F Balfour-Browne, MA	23-Feb-49	LXXIII	1949	85
Modern Methods of Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis (Abstract)	Stuart I A Laidlaw, BSc, MD, DPH, BL, DPH	02-Mar-49	LXXIII	1949	86
Clan Campbell and the �45 (Abstract)	James Fergusson of Kilkerran	09-Mar-49	LXXIII	1949	88
Abstract of Accounts for 1947-48			LXXIII		89


VOLUME LXXIV

Dramaturgy in Scotland	James Bridie	12-Oct-49	LXXIV	1949	1
The Near East in Recent History	Esmond Wright, MA	19-Oct-49	LXXIV	1949	21
In Search of Nitrogen	Professor Hugh Nicol, PhD, FRIC	02-Nov-49	LXXIV	1949	33
The Physiology of High Altitude Flight	Wing Commander W K Stewart, AFC	07-Dec-49	LXXIV	1949	45
Fundamental Particles	J C Gunn, MA	25-Jan-50	LXXIV	1950	57
Recent Advances in Soil Research at the Macaulay Institution	D N McArthur, DSc, PhD, FRIC, FRSE	01-Mar-50	LXXIV	1950	71
Man and his Environment (Abstract)	Robert G Garry, MB, DSc	26-Oct-49	LXXIV	1949	79
Atomic Energy (Abstract)	Sir John Cockcroft, CBE, FRS, MA, PhD, MSc, LLD	09-Nov-49	LXXIV	1949	79
The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (Abstract)	James R Lumsden,CBE, DL	02-Nov-49	LXXIV	1949	81
Recent Work on the Geology of Coal and Coalfields (Abstract)	Arthur E Trueman, DSc,FRS	14-Dec-49	LXXIV	1949	81
Hume�s Attitude to Religion (Abstract)	Professor W G Maclagan, MA, PhD	11-Jan-50	LXXIV	1950	83
The Scottish House (Abstract)	Robert Hurd	18-Jan-50	LXXIV	1950	84
Some Problems of Roman Britain (Abstract)	Ian A Richmond, MA, LLD, FBA, FSA	01-Feb-50	LXXIV	1950	87
Animal Locomotion (Abstract)	Professor James Gray, FRS	08-Feb-50	LXXIV	1950	89
Antibiotics (Abstract)	Stephen Hutchinson, BSc, PhD	15-Feb-50	LXXIV	1950	91
The Military Problem of the Evacuation of Palestine in 1948 (Abstract)	Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon H A Macmillan,CBE, DSO, MC	22-Feb-50	LXXIV	1950	94
What is Visual Education? (Abstract)	Samuel Thompson, MA	08-Mar-50	LXXIV	1950	97
Abstract of Accounts for 1948-49			LXXIV		99


VOLUME LXXV

Fish Bones	E Ford, ARCSc, DIC, FRSE	25-Oct-50	LXXV	1950	1
The Purpose of Psychiatry	Sir David K Henderson, MD, FRFP	01-Nov-50	LXXV	1950	11
The Dead Sea Scrolls	Professor John Mauchline, MA, DD	08-Nov-50	LXXV	1950	25
The Chemical Approach to Cell Structure	J Norman Davidson,MD, DSc, FRSE	13-Dec-50	LXXV	1950	33
The British Universities in the Post War Era	Sir Hector Hetherington, KBE, MA, LLD, DLitt	17-Jan-51	LXXV	1951	39
Architecture, Glasgow and Mackintosh	Professor William J Smith, MA, FSA, FRIBA	24-Jan-51	LXXV	1951	55
Problems of Taste in an Industrial Society	Wyndham Goodden	28-Feb-51	LXXV	1951	69
The Romans in Scotland	Miss Anne S Robertson, MA	07-Feb-51	LXXV	1951	85
Youth Movements (Abstract)	Sir Ian Bolton, Bt, OBE, DL	11-Oct-50	LXXV	1950	97
The Woman Prisoner and her Prospects (Abstract)	The Hon Victoria Bruce	18-Nov-50	LXXV	1950	98
Research in the Upper Atmosphere (Abstract)	E G Dymond, MA	15-Nov-50	LXXV	1950	100
Glenmore Lodge (Abstract)	Mrs May Brown and Charles Cromar	06-Dec-50	LXXV	1950	100
Bacteria and Animal Nutrition (Abstract)	J W Howie, MD	10-Jan-51	LXXV	1951	102
Some Thoughts on the Meaning of Education (Abstract)	Sir Roderic Hill, KCB, MC, AFC, MA	31-Jan-51	LXXV	1951	103
The Golden Eagle (Abstract)	C Eric Palmar, ARPS, MBOU	14-Feb-51	LXXV	1951	105
Recent Advances in the Biochemistry and Physiology of Lactation (Abstract)	J A B Smith, PhD, DSc, FRIC	21-Feb-51	LXXV	1951	106
Abstract of Accounts for 1949-50			LXXV		108
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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	VOLUME	YEAR	PAGE

VOLUME LXXVI

From Magic to Science	F Sherwood Taylor, MA, BSc, PhD	10-Oct-51	LXXVI	1951	1
The Concept of Psychosomatic Medicine	T Ferguson Rodger, BSc, MB	21-Nov-51	LXXVI	1951	17
The Place of Glasgow in Medical History	A K Bowman, MB, ChB, FRFPS	23-Jan-52	LXXVI	1952	31
The Electron Microscope	Ian M Dawson, BSc, PhD	05-Dec-51	LXXVI	1951	47
Ehrlich and the Development of Chemotherapy (Abstract)	Professor Carl H Browning, MD, DPH, FRS, LLD	24-Oct-51	LXXVI	1951	53
Some Problems of Planktonic life (Abstract)	Professor A C Hardy, FRS	31-Oct-51	LXXVI	1951	54
Some Aspects of Aeronautical Research	Professor W J Duncan, DSc, FRS	07-Nov-51	LXXVI	1951	55
The Glasgow Synchrotron and its Uses (Abstract)	Professor Philip Dee, CBE, MA, FRS	14-Nov-51	LXXVI	1951	58
The Isle of May: A Scottish Bird Observatory (Abstract)	Professor M F M Meiklejohn, MA	28-Nov-51	LXXVI	1951	59
Some Aspects of Education and Industry in the United States (Abstract)	Dr David S Anderson, ARTC, MIMechE	16-Jan-52	LXXVI	1952	61
Local Dialects of English and their History (Abstract)	Professor Norman Davis, MBE, MA	30-Jan-52	LXXVI	1952	63
The Clyde Valley: Its Geology and Scenery (Abstract)	Stuart M K Henderson, BSc, PhD	05-Feb-52	LXXVI	1952	64
The Cleaning and Restoration of Works of Art (Abstract)	Dr T J Honeyman	20-Feb-52	LXXVI	1952	65
Philosophy and Life in 15th Century Scotland (Abstract)	Mrs Annie Dunlop, MA, PhD, LLD	27-Feb-52	LXXVI	1952	66
Clyde Yachting Now and Then: An Historical Review (Abstract)	W M Mackinlay	05-Mar-52	LXXVI	1952	68
Abstract of Accounts for 1950-51			LXXVI		69	undefined

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