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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
From June 18, 1868, to June 17, 1869, inclusive.
VOL. XVII.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
Jm MDCCCLXIX.
CONTENTS.
Page
On the Physical Constitution of the Sun and Stars. By G. Johnstone
Stoney, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Secretary to the Queen's University in
Ireland .....
1
Second List of Nebula and Clusters observed at Bangalore with the Royal
Society's Spectroscope; preceded by a Letter to Professor G. G. Stokes.
By Lieut. John Herschel, R.E.....
On the Lightning Spectrum. By Lieut. John Herschel, R.E.
Products of the Destructive Distillation of the Sulphobenzolates.-No. II.
By John Stenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.
Compounds Isomeric with the Sulphocyanic Ethers.-II. Homologues and
Analogues of Ethylic Mustard-oil. By A. W. Hofmann, Ph.D., M.D.,
LL.D.
Account of Spectroscopic Observations of the Eclipse of the Sun, August 18,
1868, in a Letter addressed to the President of the Royal Society. By
Captain C. T. Haig, R.E.
Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, made August 18th,
1868, along the Coast of Borneo, in a Letter addressed to H.M. Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs by His Excellency J. Pope Hennessy, Go-
vernor of Labaun
Further particulars of the Swedish Arctic Expedition, in a Letter addressed
to the President. By Professor Nordenskiöld
.....
Notice of an Observation of the Spectrum of a Solar Prominence, by J. N.
Lockyer, Esq., in a Letter to the Secretary
....
On a New Series of Chemical Reactions produced by Light. By John
Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.
Account of the Solar Eclipse of 1868, as seen at Jamkandi in the Bombay **
Presidency. By Lieut. J. Herschel, R.E.
104
Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of August 18, 1868. By Captain
Charles G. Perrins...
125
D. Rennoldson....
Somerville Murray.
127
Henry Welchman King...
Supplementary Note on a Spectrum of a Solar Prominence. By J. Norman
Lockyer, F.R.A.S., in a Letter to the Secretary....
128
Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun.-No. II. By J. Norman Lockyer,
F.R.A.S.
Account of Explorations by the Swedish Arctic Expedition at the close
of the Season 1868, in a Letter to the President. By Professor A. Nor-
denskiöld.
Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun.-No. II. (concluded). By J. Nor-
man Lockyer, F.R.A.S. .
129
131
133
134
135
145
151
.152 & 153
154
On the Phenomena of Light, Heat, and Sound accompanying the fall of
Meteorites. By W. Ritter v. Haidinger, For. Mem. R.S. &c...
On the Solar and Lunar Variations of Magnetic Declination at Bombay.-
By Charles Chambers, Esq., Superintendent of the Colaba
Observatory
On the Diurnal and Annual Inequalities of Terrestrial Magnetism, as de-
duced from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
from 1858 to 1863; being a continuation of a communication on the
Diurnal Inequalities from 1841 to 1857, printed in the Philosophical
Transactions, 1863. With a Note on the Luno-diurnal and other Lunar
Inequalities, as deduced from observations extending from 1848 to 1863.
By George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal
On the Measurement of the Luminous Intensity of Light. By William
Crookes, F.R.S. &c.
Preliminary Report, by Dr. William B. Carpenter, V.P.R.S., of Dredging
Operations in the Seas to the North of the British Islands, carried on in
Her Majesty's Steam-vessel 'Lightning,' by Dr. Carpenter and Dr.
Wyville Thomson, Professor of Natural History in Queen's College,
Belfast
155
161
163
166
168
Description of the Cavern of Bruniquel, and its Organic Contents.-Part
II. Equine Remains. By Professor Owen, F.R.S..
201
On the Mechanical Possibility of the Descent of Glaciers by their Weight
only. By the Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., Canon of Bristol, F.R.S., Instit.
Imp. Sc. Paris, Corresp....
202
Notes of a Comparison of the Granites of Cornwall and Devonshire with
those of Leinster and Mourne. By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, M.D.,
D.C.L., F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin
209
On the Relation of Hydrogen to Palladium. By Thomas Graham, F.R.S.,
Master of the Mint..
A Memoir on the Theory of Reciprocal Surfaces. By Professor Cayley,
F.R.S.....
A Memoir on Cube Surfaces. By Professor Cayley, F.R.S.
212
220
.... 221
On the Blue Colour of the Sky, the Polarization of Skylight, and on the
Polarization of Light by Cloudy matter generally. By John Tyndall,
LL.D., F.R.S..
223
On the Thermal Resistance of Liquids. By Frederick Guthrie, F.C.S. .. 234
Results of a Preliminary Comparison of certain Curves of the Kew and
Stonyhurst Declination Magnetographs. By the Rev. W. Sidgreaves
and Balfour Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S.
236
On the reappearance of some periods of Declination Disturbance at Lisbon
during two, three, or several days. By Senhor Capello, of the Lisbon
Observatory...
238
On the Action of Solid Nuclei in Liberating Vapour from Boiling Liquids.
By Charles Tomlinson, F.R.S.
240
Researches conducted for the Medical Department of the Privy Council
at the Pathological Laboratory of St. Thomas's Hospital. By J. L.
W. Thudichum, M.D.
253
On Hydrofluoric Acid. By G. Gore, F.R.S.
256
On a momentary Molecular Change in Iron Wire. By G. Gore, F.R.S... 260
On the Devolopment of Electric Currents by Magnetism and Heat. By
G. Gore, F.R.S.
265
On Fossil Teeth of Equines from Central and South America, referable to
Equus conversidens, Equus tau, and Equus arcidens. By Professor Owen,
F.R.S.
...
267
Compounds Isomeric with the Sulphocyanic Ethers.-III. Transformations
of Ethylic Mustard-oil and Sulphocyanide of Ethyl. By A. W. Hof-
mann, Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.
269
On the Solar Protuberances. By M. Janssen. In a Letter to Warren De
La Rue, F.R.S.
276
On the Structure and Development of the Skull of the Common Fowl
(Gallus domesticus). By W. Kitchen Parker, F.R.S...
277
Determinations of the Dip at some of the principal Observatories in Europe
by the use of an Instrument borrowed from the Kew Observatory. By
Lieut. Elagin, Imperial Russian Navy.....
280