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  2. ADELAIDE PHILOSOPHICALSOC[?]ETY.

    About six months ago we printed the first annual report of this Society. This report has just been printed separately, and distributed amongst the subscribers, accompanied ...

    Article : 350 words
  3. THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

    Previous to laying the Estimates on the table of the House on Tuesday, the Colonial Secretary entered into a very minute and valuable statement of the ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. LAW AND CRIMINAL COURTS. POLICE COURT, PORT ADELAIDE.

    James Graham and William Dawson, found loitering in a suspicious manner on Lefevre's Peninsula, and not giving a satisfactory account of themselves, stated that they belonged ...

    Article : 321 words
  5. MILITIA BILL.—PUBLIC MEETING AT THE BAY.

    A meeting was held at Lamb's, Glenelg Hotel, on Monday evening last, for the purpose of considering the new Militia Bill. The meeting was convened by R. B. Colley, Esq., ...

    Article : 513 words
  6. Seventh Monthly Meeting, August 18.

    "The adaption of Machinery to Calculating and Printing Mathematical Tables, as exemplified in the Difference Engine."—By B. Herschel Babbage.—The object of this paper ...

    Article : 173 words
  7. PROPOSED GLEN OSMOND RAILWAY.

    The draft of a Bill for enabling Mr. Arthur Hardy to form a railway from Glen Osmond to Adelaide has been introduced into the Legislative Council. ...

    Article : 1,187 words
  8. Eighth Monthly Meeting, September 15.

    "The Motions of Animals—the Saltatorial Power—Part 1."—By C. A. Wilson.—This paper is prefaced with the explanation that the description of the great number of animals ...

    Article : 300 words
  9. Monday, 7th August.

    John Coutts, seaman, was charged with using abusive and threatening language to Police-constable Manley, at the Port, on the 6th August. John IIaggerty, corporal of ...

    Article : 2,479 words
  10. Second Monthly Meeting, March 21.

    "The Theory of the Arch."—By J. L. Young.—After presenting a brief sketch of the history of bridge building, and vindicating the necessity for a sound theoretical as well ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. RAILWAYS IN AMERICA.

    Now that we are about to commence the adoption of railways into our country districts, it will be as well for us to gather information on the cost of ...

    Article : 875 words
  12. THE RANDALL TESTIMONIAL.

    Sir—In November, 1853, two gentlemen called upon me to subscribe my mite to the above; having done so and paid, I wish to know what steps have been taken to bring ...

    Article : 852 words
  13. Third Monthly Meeting, April 25.

    "The Mathematical Theory of Musical Harmony."—By C. J. Feinaigle. [No copy of this paper having been lodged in the hands of the Secretary, and its author being now ...

    Article : 50 words
  14. Fourth Monthly Meeting, May 24.

    "The Rise of English Comedy."—By John Howard Clark.—This paper consists mainly of a sketch of the earliest regular English comedy that has hitherto been discovered; but ...

    Article : 232 words
  15. Ninth Monthly Meeting, October 18.

    "Systems or Philosophy."—By Andrew Garran.—This paper commences by vindicating the importance of metaphysical enquiries, on the ground that all our common ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. Fifth Monthly Meeting, June 27.

    "The Structure and Uses of the Hand."—By Octavius Hammond.—In the course of this paper the anatomical structure of the upper extremity generally is explained, so far as ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. Tenth Monthly Meeting, November 15.

    "The Nervous System of Invertebrate Animals."—By J. C. Bompas.—The first portion of this paper is devoted to a few general remarks upon the study of ...

    Article : 367 words
  18. Sixth Monthly Meeting, July 21.

    "The Structure of the Aboriginal Dialects of New Holland."—By M. Moorhouse.—This paper commences by stating that there are six Australian dialects on record—four spoken ...

    Article : 469 words
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