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OF THE
University o
MICHIGAN
ENERAL LIBRARY
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
From November 19, 1863, to December 22, 1864, inclusive.
VOL. XIII.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCLXIV.
CONTENTS.
Page
A General Catalogue of Nebula and Clusters of Stars for the Year 1860-0,
with Precessions for 1880-0. By Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., F.R.S.
Note on Kinone. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S...
2
4
Researches on the Colouring-matters derived from Coal-tar.-I. On Aniline-
yellow. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S...
6
Researches on the Colouring-matters derived from Coal-tar.-II. On
Aniline-blue. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S. ...
9
Account of Magnetic Observations made between the years 1858 and 1861
inclusive, in British Columbia, Washington Territory, and Vancouver
Island. By Captain R. W. Haig, R.A.
15
On Plane Water-Lines. By W. J. Macquorn Rankine, C.E., LL.D.,
F.R.SS.L. & E., Assoc. Inst. N.A.
.....
On the degree of uncertainty which Local Attraction, if not allowed for,
occasions in the Map of a Country, and in the Mean Figure of the Earth
as determined by Geodesy: a Method of obtaining the Mean Figure free
from ambiguity, from a comparison of the Anglo-Gallic, Russian, and
Indian Arcs: and Speculations on the Constitution of the Earth's Crust.
By the Venerable J. H. Pratt, Archdeacon of Calcutta.....
On the Meteorological Results shown by the Self-registering Instruments
at Greenwich during the extraordinary Storm of October 30, 1863. By
James Glaisher, F.R.S., F.R.A.S.
Anniversary Meeting:-
Report of Auditors.....
List of Fellows deceased, &c.
18
19
21
22
31
39
elected since last Anniversary
Address of the President
Presentation of the Medals
Election of Council and Officers
Financial Statements...
Changes and present state of the number of Fellows..
On the Spectra of some of the Chemical Elements. By William Huggins,
F.R.A.S.
43
On the Acids derivable from the Cyanides of the Oxy-radicals of the Di- and
Tri-atomic Alcohols. By Maxwell Simpson, A.B., M.B., F.R.S.
44
First Analysis of 177 Magnetic Storms, registered by the Magnetic Instru-
ments in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1841 to 1857. By
George Biddell Airy, F.R.S., Astronomer Royal..
On the Sudden Squalls of 30th October and 21st November 1863. By
Balfour Stewart, M.A., F.R.S., Superintendent of the Kew Observatory.
(Plate I.)......
On the Equations of Rotation of a Solid Body about a Fixed Point. By
William Spottiswoode, M.A., F.R.S.
...
Experiments, made at Watford, on the Vibrations occasioned by Railway
Trains passing through a Tunnel. By Sir James South, LL.D., F.R.S.,
one of the Visitors of the Royal Observatory of Greenwich
Extract of a Letter to General Sabine from Dr. Otto Torell, dated from
Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1863
Results of hourly Observations of the Magnetic Declination made by Sir
Francis Leopold M'Clintock, R.N., and the Officers of the Yacht Fox,'
at Port Kennedy, in the Arctic Sea, in the Winter of 1858-59; and a
Comparison of these Results with those obtained by Captain Maguire,
R.N., and the Officers of H.M.S.Plover,' in 1852, 1853, and 1854, at
Point Barrow. By Major-General Sabine, R.A., President
Examination of Rubia munjista, the East-Indian Madder, or Munjeet of
Commerce. By John Stenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S.
....
On the Magnetic Variations observed at Greenwich. By Professor Wolf,
of Zurich
A Description of the Pneunogastric and Great Sympathetic Nerves in an
Acephalous Foetus. By Robert James Lee, B.A. Cantab.
On the Conditions, Extent, and Realization of a Perfect Musical Scale on
Instruments with Fixed Tones. By Alexander J. Ellis, B.A., F.C.P.S... 93
On the Osteology of the genus Glyptodon. By Thomas Henry Huxley,
F.R.S.
On the Great Storm of December 3, 1863, as recorded by the Self-registering
Instruments at the Liverpool Observatory. By John Hartnup, F.R.A.S.,
Director of the Observatory
On the Criterion of Resolubility in Integral Numbers of the Indeterminate
Equation f=ax2+a'x2+a′′x'^2+2bx'x"+2b'xx'+2b'x'x=0.
By H. J. Stephen Smith, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry
in the University of Oxford
Results of a Comparison of certain Traces produced simultaneously by the
Self-recording Magnetographs at Kew and at Lisbon; especially of those
which record the Magnetic Disturbance of July 15, 1863. By Senhor
Capello, of the Lisbon Observatory, and Balfour Stewart, M.A., F.R.S.
(Plate II.)
Experiments to determine the effects of impact, vibratory action, and a long-
continued change of Load on Wrought-iron Girders. By William Fair-
bairn, LL.D., F.R.S.
108
109
110
111
121
On the Calculus of Symbols.-Fourth Memoir. With Applications to the
Theory of Non-Linear Differential Equations. By W. H. L. Russell, A.B. 126
On Molecular Mechanics. By the Rev. Joseph Bayma, of Stonyhurst
College, Lancashire
126
On some further Evidence bearing on the Excavation of the Valley of the
Somme by River-action, as exhibited in a Section at Drucat near Abbe-
ville. By Joseph Prestwich, F.R.S.
A Contribution to the Minute Anatomy of the Retina of Amphibia and
Reptiles. By J. W. Hulke, F.R.C.S., Assistant-Surgeon to the Middlesex
and the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospitals
Notes of Researches on the Acids of the Lactic Series.-No. I. Action
of Zinc upon a mixture of the Iodide and Oxalate of Methyl. By
E. Frankland, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, and
B. F. Duppa.....
On the Joint Systems of Ireland and Cornwall, and their Mechanical Origin.
By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, M.D., F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College,
Dublin
135
138
140
142
145
On the supposed Identity of Biliverdin with Chlorophyll, with remarks on
the Constitution of Chlorophyll. By G. G. Stokes, M.A., Sec. R.S..... 144
Continuation of an Examination of Rubia munjista, the East-Indian Madder,
or Munjeet of Commerce. By John Stenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S. ......
On the Spectra of Ignited Gases and Vapours, with especial regard to the
different Spectra of the same elementary gaseous substance. By Dr.
Julius Plücker, of Bonn, For. Mem. R.S., and Dr. J. W. Hittorf, of
Münster
On the Influence of Physical and Chemical Agents upon Blood; with special
reference to the mutual action of the Blood and the Respiratory Gases.
By George Harley, M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in Univer-
sity College, London
153
157
Researches on Radiant Heat.-Fifth Memoir. Contributions to Molecular
Physics. By J. Tyndall, F.R.S......
160
Remarks on Sun Spots. By Balfour Stewart, M.A., F.R.S., Superintendent
of the Kew Observatory
168
Description of an Improved Mercurial Barometer. By James Hicks...... 169
On Mauve or Aniline-purple. By W. H. Perkin, F.C.S.
170
On the Functions of the Cerebellum. By William Howship Dickinson,
M.D. Cantab.
177
An Inquiry into Newton's Rule for the Discovery of Imaginary Roots. By
J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S.
Description of a Train of Eleven Sulphide-of-Carbon Prisms arranged for
Spectrum Analysis. By J. P. Gassiot, F.R.S.
179
... 183
The Croonian Lecture.-On the Normal Motions of the Human Eye in rela-
tion to Binocular Vision. By Professor Hermann Helmholtz, For. Mem.
R.S.....
186
On the Orders and Genera of Quadratic Forms containing more than three
Indeterminates. By H. T. Stephen Smith, M.A., F.R.Š.
199
On some Phenomena exhibited by Gun-cotton and Gunpowder under special
conditions of Exposure to Heat. By F. A. Abel, F.R.S. . . . . .
204
On Magnesium. By Dr. T. L. Phipson, F.C.S.
217