Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Том 8

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Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1875
Obituary notices are included in many of the volumes.
 

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Notice of a Singular Property exhibited by the Fluid enclosed
87
Notice of two Fossil Trees lately uncovered in Craigleith Quarry near
104
On the Physiological Action of Light No II By James Dewar
110
Opening Address on the Stability of Steady Motion By the Presi
129
On Taits Property of the Retina By George Forbes Esq
130
On the Anatomy of a new species of Polyodon the Polyodon Gladius
136
On the Physiological Action of Light No III By James Dewar
179
Laboratory Notes By Professor Tait
208
On a Compound formed by the addition of Bromacetic Acid to Sul
219
Address on Ozone by Professor Andrews Hon F R S E Vice
229
Remarks upon the Footprints of the Dinornis in the Sand Rock
236
On a Method of Demonstrating the Relations of the Convolu
243
Preliminary Note on the sense of Rotation and the Function of
255
Biographical Notice of J S Mill By Professor Fraser
259
Obituary Notice of the Rev Dr Guthrie By the Rev Dr Lindsay
273
Obituary Notice of Archibald Smith By Sir William Thomson
282
Obituary Notice of the Very Rev Dean Ramsay By the Rev D
289
Obituary Notice of Professor Rankine By Lewis D B Gordon
296
Obituary Notice of Justus Liebig By Professor CrumBrown
307
Obituary Notice of the Rev Professor Stevenson D D By John
314
Obituary Notice of Dr J Lindsay Stewart By Dr Cleghorn
321
On the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy By the Rev Thomas Brown
339
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344
On the Stresses due to Compound Strains By Professor C Niven
348
On the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Fans By James C
351
On the ThermoElectric Positions of Sodium and Potassium
362

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