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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
From May 5, 1859, to November 22, 1860 inclusive:
VOL. X.
NIVERSITY STANFORD JUUNIOR LIBRARY
LONDON:
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCLX.
CONTENTS.
Propositions upon Arithmetical Progressions. By F. Elefanti, Esq.
On the Electric Properties of Insulating or Non-conducting Bodies.
By Professor Carlo Matteucci of Pisa
On the Synthesis of Acetic Acid. By J. A. Wanklyn, Esq.
On the Resistance of Glass Globes and Cylinders to collapse from ex-
ternal pressure, and on the Tensile and Compressive Strength of
various kinds of Glass. By William Fairbairn, Esq., C.E., F.R.S.,
and T. Tate, Esq., F.R.A.S.
On the Atomic Weight of Graphite. By B. C. Brodie, Esq., F.R.S.,
Pres. C.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford
On the Alloys.-Part I. The Specific Gravity of Alloys. By A.
Matthiessen, Ph.D. . . . .
On the Anatomy of Victoria Regia.-Part II. By Arthur Henfrey,
Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c., Professor of Botany in King's College,
London.
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1
2
4
6
11
12
14
On the Conductivity of Mercury and Amalgams. By F. Crace-Cal-
vert, Esq., F.R.S., and R. Johnson, Esq....
On the Intimate Structure, and the Distribution of the Blood-vessels,
of the Human Lung. By A. T. H. Waters, Esq., Lecturer on
Anatomy and Physiology, Liverpool
16
On certain Sensory Organs in Insects, hitherto undescribed. By J.
Braxton Hicks, M.D. Lond., F.L.S. &c.
25
On Lesions of the Nervous System producing Diabetes. By Frederick
W. Pavy, M.D. Lond. &c. . . . .
27
On the Electrical condition of the Egg of the Common Fowl. By
John Davy, M.D., F.R.SS. L. & E. &c.
31
On the Mode in which Sonorous Undulations are conducted from the
Membrana Tympani to the Labyrinth, in the Human Ear. By
Joseph Toynbee, Esq., F.R.S. &c......
32
On the Electrical Discharge in vacuo with an Extended Series of the
Voltaic Battery. By John P. Gassiot, Esq., F.R.S.
36
Note on the Transmission of Radiant Heat through Gaseous Bodies.
By John Tyndall, Ph.D., F.R.S. &c.
37
Photochemical Researches.-Part IV. By Robert W. Bunsen, For.
Memb. R.S., and Henry Enfield Roscoe, Ph.D., Professor of Che-
mistry in Owens College, Manchester
On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains
of Extinct Mammalia, in Undisturbed Beds of a late Geological
Period. By Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. &c.
Observations on the Discovery in various Localities of the Remains
of Human Art mixed with the Bones of Extinct Races of Animals.
By Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. &c. .
Remarks on Colour-blindness. By Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart.,
F.R.S.
72
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On the Laws of Operation, and the Systematization of Mathematics.
By Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., B.A., F.C.P.S.
85
Annual General Meeting for the Election of Fellows
95
On the frequent occurrence of Vegetable Parasites in the Hard Struc-
tures of Animals. By Professor A. W. Kölliker, of Würzburg.... 95
Researches on the Phosphorus-Bases.-No. VI. Phosphammonium-
Compounds. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S. &c. . . . .
Notes of Researches on the Poly-Ammonias.-No. VI. New Deriva-
tives of Phenylamine and Ethylamine. By A. W. Hofmann,
LL.D., F.R.S. &c.
100
104
On the Behaviour of the Aldehydes with Acids. By A. Geuther,
Esq., and R. Cartmel, Esq.
108
On the Action of Acids on Glycol (Second Notice). By Dr. Maxwell
Simpson
....
Experiments on some of the Various Circumstances influencing Cu-
taneous Absorption. By Augustus Waller, M.D., F.R.S., Professor
of Physiology, Queen's College, Birmingham.
114
122
On Spontaneous Evaporation. By Benjamin Guy Babington, M.D.,
F.R.S. &c.
127
On the Application of the Calculus of Probabilities to the results of
measures of the Position and Distance of Double Stars. By the
Lord Wrottesley, F.R.S. &c..
133
Report of Scientific Researches made during the late Arctic Voyage
of the Yacht Fox.' By Capt. M'Clintock, R.N....
148
On Recent Theories and Experiments regarding Ice at or near its
Melting-point. By Professor James Thomson
152
Anniversary Meeting-Address of the President
160
On the Analytical Theory of the Attraction of Solids bounded by
surfaces of a Class including the Ellipsoid. By Professor W. F.
Donkin, M.A., F.R.S....
181
Supplement to a Paper read January 27, 1859, "On the Thermody-
namic Theory of Steam-engines with dry Saturated Steam, and its
application to practice." By W. J. M. Rankine, Esq., C.E., F.R.S. 183
Supplement to a Paper read February 17, 1859, "On the Influence
of White Light, of the different Coloured Rays and of Darkness, on
the Development, Growth, and Nutrition of Animals." By Horace
Dobell, M.D.
On the Effects produced in Human Blood-corpuscles by Sherry Wine,
&c. By William Addison, Esq., F.R.S...
Researches on the Phosphorus-Bases.-No. VII. Triphosphonium-
Compounds. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S. &c.....
Note respecting the Circulation of Gasteropodous Mollusca and the
supposed Aquiferous Apparatus of the Lamellibranchiata. By
F. J. H. Lacaze-Duthiers
184
186
189
193
On the Repair of Tendons after their subcutaneous division. By
Bernard E. Brodhurst, Esq.
On the Curvature of the Indian Arc. By the Venerable John H.
Pratt, M.A., Archdeacon of Calcutta
196
197
Comparison of some recently determined Refractive Indices with
Theory. By the Rev. Professor Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S. . . 199
On the Electric Conducting Power of Alloys. By A. Matthiessen,
Ph.D.
205
On the Specific Gravity of Alloys. By A. Matthiessen, Ph.D. 207
On an extended Form of the Index Symbol in the Calculus of Opera-
tions. By William Spottiswoode, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Problem on the Divisibility of Numbers. By F. Elefanti, Esq..... 208
On the Structure of the Chorda Dorsalis of the Plagiostomes and some
other Fishes, and on the relation of its proper Sheath to the
development of the Vertebræ. By Professor A. Kölliker
Remarks on the late Storms of October 25-26 and November 1, 1859.
By Rear-Admiral FitzRoy, F.R.S.
207
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214
222
Notes of Researches on the Poly-Ammonias.-No. VII. On the
Diatomic Ammonias. By A. W. Hofmann, LL.D., F.R.S. &c. .. 224
On the Forces that produce the great Currents of the Air and of the
Ocean. By Thomas Hopkins, Esq. . .
235
On the Movements of Liquid Metals and Electrolytes in the Voltaic
Circuit. By George Gore, Esq.
Abstract of a series of Papers and Notes concerning the Electric Dis-
charge through Rarefied Gases and Vapours. By Professor Plücker,
of Bonn, For. Memb. R.S...
256
On the Interruption of the Voltaic Discharge in Vacuo by Magnetic
Force. By J. P. Gassiot, Esq., F.R.S.
269
On Vacua as indicated by the Mercurial Siphon-Gauge and the Elec-
trical Discharge. By J. P. Gassiot, Esq., F.R.S.
274
On the alteration of the Pitch of Sound by conduction through dif-
ferent Media. By Sydney Ringer, Esq. .
276