Journal and Proceedings of
The Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume 126 Parts 3 and 4 [Issued December, 1993]
CONTENTS
| AUTHORS & TITLES | PAGES |
| Bennett, Max, A Consideration of Humphrey's "Cerebral Sentient Loop" Explanation of Consciousness from "A History of the Mind" by Nicholas Humphrey | 111-124 |
| Branagan, David and Cairns, Hugh, Marks on sandstone surfaces – Sydney region, Australia: cultural origins and meanings? | 125-133 |
| Sternhell, S., Bonding and non-bonding | 135-143 |
| Baggs, Sydney A., Underground space: the geospatial planning option for 21st Century | 145-164 |
| Lawrence,L.J., Stocksiek, C.M. & Williams, P.A., Mallardite from Broken Hill, New South Wales | 165-166 |
| Bennett, Max R., Understanding the Brain in the 21st Century | 167-190 |
| Coenraads, Robert R., The San Calixto Observatory in La Paz, Bolivia. Eighty Years of Operation. Director Dr. Lawrence A. Drake, S.J. | 191-198 |
| Theses Abstracts [Not reproduced here, but available in this page] | |
| Langford, Steven J., Porphyrin-Based Building Blocks | 199-200 |
| Bishop, Mark A., Craterform Origin Derived by Quantitative Geomorphology | 201-202 |
| Cheras, P.A. The Role of Thrombosis in Ischaemic Necrosis of Bone (NB) and Primary Osteo-Arthritis (OA) | 203-204 |
| Mohr, Philip B. Reconciling the Roles of Status and Behaviour in Group Influence: Towards a Status-Confirmation | 205 |
vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 111-124
A Consideration of Humphrey's "Cerebral Sentient Loop" Explanation of Consciousness from "A History of the Mind"
Max Bennett
Initial sentence. The evolution of the nervous system may have started a thousand millions years ago with the sponges or just six hundred and fifty million years ago with polyps like jelly-fish and corals.
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vol 126 parts 3-4, pp. 125-133
Marks on sandstone surfaces – Sydney region, Australia: cultural origins and meanings?
David Branagan & Hugh Cairns
Abstract: Seven tesselated pavement sites on the Hornsby Plateau, north of Sydney, contain a variety of patterns of small pits, which appear to be of human origin.
The patterns of dots resemble, and possibly represent star patterns which have some relation to Aboriginal culture. There may also be subtle spatial relations between marked tesselated surfaces and figurative sites.
There are sightlines between most of the sites, which may prove to have been culturally significant, as the sites are within a region occupied by a single tribal group.
vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 135-143
Bonding and Non-Bonding
S. Sternhell
ABSTRACT. Over the last 10 year our group has carried out two parallel experimental investigations in physical-organic chemistry. The first one dealt with the development of a new experimental parameter for the determination of the rl-bond order of the carbon-carbon double bond and the utilisation of this new parameter in the determination of the ground-state electronic structures of some unsaturated systems.
The second investigation dealt with the limitations of a previously proposed (Bott, Field and Sternhell, 1980) semiquantitative treatment for predicting the severity (energy penalty) of repulsive non-bonded interactions from purely structural parameters.
vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 145-164
UNDERGROUND SPACE: THE GEOSPATIAL PLANNING OPTION FOR 21ST CENTURY SYDNEY
PART TWO (Part One appeared in the last issue)
GEOSPACE IN THE FUTURE, A CASE STUDY: 21ST CENTURY SYDNEY
Sydney A. Baggs
GEOSPATIAL PLANNING
Initial Paragraph In the previous issue of this journal, it was established that the advantages of using geotecture as a valid planning option for the future far outweighed the disadvantages. In this issue, the question of how the principle could be applied to the future planning of Sydney will be addressed. Such a proposal aims at halting the spread of the ubiquitous skyscraper and challenges the whole principle of vertical city development with its concomitant problems of environmental deterioration and loss of human amenity.
vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 165-166
Mallardite from Broken Hill, New South Wales
L.J. LAWRENCE, C.M. STOCKSIEK and P.A. WILLIAMS
ABSTRACT. Mallardite, MnSO4.7H2O, has been observed as an alteration product of alabandite, MnS, from the Broken Hill, N.S.W deposit. This represents the first reported Australian occurence of the rare mineral mallardite.
vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 167-190
Understanding the Brain in the 21st Century
Max R. Bennett
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vol 126 parts 3-4 pp. 191-198
The San Calixto Observatory in La Paz, Bolivia. Eighty Years of Operation. Director Dr. Lawrence A. Drake S.J.
ROBERT R. COENRAADS
ABSTRACT. The San Calixto Observatory has played an important role in understanding the earth's interior, seismicity, seismic risk and the meteorology of La Paz since its foundation on the 1st of May, 1913. Since this time it has had only two directors; Pierre M. Descotes S.L, 52 years and Ramon Cabré S.J., 29 years. Lawrence A. Drake S.J. became the Observatory's third director in 1993.
In 1993, San Calixto became one of the first observatories to install a high-gain, broadband station and joined the Global Telemetered Seismic Network (GTSN). Digital data of this type available on a global scale, together with modern computing facilities, are a significant step forward for the field of seismology.
The Jesuit-run observatory offers a high quality international and national scientific service and is dedicated to the progress and development of humanity. It is a testimony to the compatibility between science and faith.