Dr. JOHN REID on the Anatomical relation of the Blood-vessels of the ..... ............ Dr. SYM on the Mechanical Functions of the Ear Mr. GEORGE GLOVER on Foreign Bodies in the Esophagus Dr. N. FOWLER on some of the Functions of the Fifth Pair of Nerves, Dr. REES on the Preservation of Subjects for Anatomical purposes...... Dr. JEFFREYS on the Uses of the Conglobate Glands Dr. PATRICK NEWBIGGIN on the Therapeutic Effect of Croton Oil in Dr. J. R. CORMACK on the Effects of Air when Injected into the Veins Dr. HANNAH on the Treatment of Pertussis by Cold washing of the Chest Dr. PERRY on the Circumstances which govern Local Inflammation, the effusion of Coagulable Lymph, and the formation of Pus, as the Se- Dr. MACKAY on the Chemical and Medicinal Properties of the Matias Bark, which is employed in Columbia, South America, as a substi- Dr. PERRY on the Laws which govern Contagious Fevers, the circum- stances which favour their diffusion, and the mode by which they are Mr. K. MACKAY's Description of a double Monocephalic Human Mon- ster, which was transmitted to this country from South America Dr. LAWRIE on the Results of Amputations Dr. R. D. THOMSON on Opacity of the Cornea produced by Sulphuric Acid 164 Dr. H. LONSDALE's Notice of an Ossified Tendo Achillis, and of a Case Mr.JAMES DOUGLAS On Dislocation of the Ankle-joint forward and back- ward; and on the Reproduction of Bone after the Operation of Trepan Mr. RUTHERGLEN on the State of Crime within the Suburban Districts of Glasgow ...... Page 175 Mr. FINDLATER on the State of Crime in the Suburban Burgh of 176 Mr. RICHARDSON on the State of Crime in the District of Gorbals .... The MANCHESTER STATISTICAL SOCIETY on the State of Education in the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull 177 177 Mr. PORTER On Pawnbroking in Ireland, and on the beneficial results which had followed from the establishment of a Mont de Piété, in connexion with a Loan Fund, at Tanderagee 181 Mr. LEATHAM on the Bill Circulation of Great Britain 184 Mr. JOSEPH BENTLEY on the State of Education and Crime in England and Wales 185 Dr. CHALMERS on the Application of Statistics to Moral and Economic 185 on the Pauperism of Glasgow 185 Dr. ALISON'S Illustrations of the Practical Operations of the Scottish 185 Dr. ALCORN on the excess of Population, and on Emigration as a Mr. J. Scott RUSSELL on the Temperature of most effective condensation in Steam Vessels ..... 186 Additional Notice concerning the most Economical and Effective Proportion of Engine Power to the Tonnage of the Hull in Steam Vessels, and more especially in those designed for long Voyages Dr. WILLIAM WALLACE'S Notice of Properties of the Catenary and Curves of Equilibration, with Tables for their Construction, contained in a Memoir entitled, "The Parallelogram Forces and Curves of Equilibration; together with Tables for their Construction, deduced from a Functional Equation 188 ....... 190 Rev. J. BRODIE on a New Mode of Propelling Fluids, or an uniformly Dr. FARQUHARSON on the Strongest form of Sea-borne Vessels Mr. JOSEPH WHITWORTH on producing True Planes or Surfaces on Mr. VIGNOLES on the Economy of Railways in respect of Gradients 193 194 Mr. VIGNOLES on Timber Bridges of a large size, in special reference to 195 Mr. HAWKINS on the Safety Rotation Railway.... 196 Mr. MITCHELL on Timber Bridges, with reference to their Application to the œconomical construction of Railways Captain E. J. JOHNSON on the Application of Native Alloy for Compass Pivots 197 198 Mr. FAIRBAIRN on the Fan-Blast as applied to Furnaces 199 Mr. WILLIAMS on the Combustion of Coal, and the Prevention of the Generation of Smoke in Furnaces Mr. FAIRBAIRN's Experimental Inquiry into the Strength of Iron with respect to its Application as a substitute for Wood in Ship-building Mr. EATON HODGKINSON's Experimental Researches into the Strength Page Mr. GRIME on Wrought Iron Wheels for Locomotive Engines Mr. DIRCKS's account of a Railway Wheel with Wood Tyre UNIVERSITY CALIFORNI NOTICES AND ABSTRACTS OF MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECTIONS. MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. On the mean Apsidal Angle of the Moon's Orbit. By Dr. FORBES. By limiting the terms in the expression of the integral equation to the first four, viz. those depending on cos c 0 a, cos 20 2m0+2 ẞ, cos 20 2m0+2ẞ- Oc + a or the evection, and cos 20 2 m 0 + 2 B + c o a, he derived the number expressing the ratio of the apsidal angle to the whole circle, and found it to be 00843; the result given in the Mécanique Céleste, by Laplace, being the same. A decided influence was ascribed to the inclination of the moon's orbit to the ecliptic, and the corrections that require to be made for it; also, to the value due to h, or the space described by the radius vector in the unit of time, in the disturbed orbit, compared with the same in the simple elliptic theory. The circumstance that this quantity may be so easily determined presents a beautiful evidence of the law of gravitation, and of the truth of the Newtonian theory, and may be of material importance in the theory of the moon. An Account of the Observatory erecting near Glasgow. By Professor NICHOL. He stated that when he was appointed to the office he holds in the University, the state of the Macfarlan Observatory gave him much anxiety, as in consequence of its age it was in nowise fitted to be of service 1840. B |