John Alexander Smith

1818 – 1883

• Notice of a peculiar weapon or harpoon of bronze found on the bank of the River Tweed, near Norham
• Notice of a remarkable bronze ornament with horns, found in Galloway, now at Abbotsford
• Notice of a third brass of Romulus, son of Maxentius, and other coins, found at Paestum
• Notice of remains of the rein-deer, Cervus tarandus, found in Ross-shire, Sutherland, and Caithness
• Notice of the shingled roof of the tower of the Canongate Tolbooth, Edinburgh
• Notice of true hermaphrodism in the codfish (Morrhua vulgaris), and in the herring (Clupea harengus)
• Remarks on a bronze implement, and bones of the ox and dog, found in a bed of undisturbed gravel at kinleith, near Currie, Mid-Lothian
• Note on the supposed "Charter Chest of Johnny Faa" and its contents--probably the official box and plates, with trade marks of the Incorporation of Pewterers of Edinburgh
• Notes on bronze sickles : with special reference to those found in Scotland
• Notice of a cinerary urn, containing a small-sized urn (in which were the bones of a child), discovered in Fife-shire : with notes of similar small and cup-like vessels, in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Notice of a small bronze blade found in a cinerary urn at Balblair, Sutherlandshire, also two small bronze plates : in the collections of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland
• Notice of ancient "feeding bottles" for infants (one containing remains of milk, recently presented to the Museum of the Society) : with notes of the discovery of similar vessels in Gallo-Roman graves, and instances of their occurrence in England