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INDEX.

ALLARDICE, R. E.

The Equilateral and the Equiangular Polygon,

Geometrical Notes,

AUBERT, PAUL

Composition de Mathématiques Élémentaires proposée

au Concours d'Agrégation de 1886, .

CAYLEY, Professor

On a Differential Equation and the Construction of
Milner's Lamp,

CHREE, CHARLES

On Vortices,

CHRYSTAL, Professor

On Certain Inverse Roulette Problems,

DALLAS, R. J.

Note on the Kinematics of a Quadrilateral,

D'OCAGNE, MAURICE

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Sur les Cordes Communes à une Conique et à un Cercle

de Rayon Nul; Application à la Théorie Gêomé-

trique des Foyers dans les Coniques,

FRASER, A. Y.

An Experiment in the Teaching of Geometry,

HARVEY, WILLIAM

Geometrical Proof of the Tangency of the Inscribed and

Nine-Point Circles, .

MACDONALD, W. J.

Proof of a Geometrical Theorem,

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MACKAY, J. S.

Solutions of Euclid's Problems, with a Rule and one

Fixed Aperture of the Compasses by the Italian

Geometers of the Sixteenth Century,

A Trigonometrical Note [Title], .

On the Value of A"0m/n", when m and n are very large,

Note on Milner's Lamp,,

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An Exercise on Logarithmic Tables,

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TAYLOR, JAMES

Some Correspondence between Robert Simson, Professor

of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow, and

Matthew Stewart, Professor of Mathematics in the

University of Edinburgh,

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PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

EDINBURGH MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY.

FIFTH SESSION, 1886-87.

First Meeting, November 13th, 1886.

DR FERGUSON, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair.

Dr FERGUSON, as retiring President, delivered an address, for which and for his kindness in granting the Society free accommodation in the Edinburgh Institution, he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

For this Session the following Office-Bearers were elected :

President-Mr GEORGE THOM, M.A.

Vice-President-Mr W. J. MACDONALD, M.A., F.R.S.E.

Secretary--Mr A. Y. FRASER, M.A., F.R.S.E.

Treasurer-Mr JOHN ALISON, M.A.

Committee

:

Messrs R. E. ALLARDICE, M.A.; R. M. FERGUSON, Ph.D., F.R.S.E.; GEORGE A. GIBSON, M. A.; WILLIAM HARVEY, B.A., LL.B. ; J. S. MACKAY, M.A., F.R.S.E.; THOMAS MUIR, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.E.