PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING, at Birmingham, September 1865, Published at £1 5s. CONTENTS:-J. G. Jeffreys, Report on Dredging among the Channel Isles;-F. Buckland, Report on the Cultivation of Oysters by Natural and Artificial Methods;-Report of the Committee for exploring Kent's Cavern ;-Report of the Committee on Zoological Nomenclature-Report on the Distribution of the Organic Remains of the North Staffordshire Coal-field;-Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the South Coast of Devon and Cornwall;-Interim Report on the Resistance of Water to Floating and Immersed Bodies ;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors ;-Report on Dredging on the Coast of Aberdeenshire; J. Glaisher, Account of Three Balloon Ascents;-Interim Report on the Transmission of Sound under Water ;-G. J. Symons, on the Rainfall of the British Isles;---W. Fairbairn, on the Strength of Materials considered in relation to the Construction of Iron Ships; -Report of the Gun-Cotton Committee;-A. F. Osler, on the Horary and Diurnal Variations in the Direction and Motion of the Air at Wrottesley, Liverpool, and Birmingham ;-B. W. Richardson, Second Report on the Physiological Action of certain of the Amyl Compounds; -Report on further Researches in the Lingula-flags of South Wales;-Report of the Lunar Committee for Mapping the Surface of the Moon ;-Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance;-Report of the Committee appointed to communicate with the Russian Government respecting Magnetical Observations at Tiflis;-Appendix to Report on the Distribution of the Vertebrate Remains from the North Staffordshire Coal-field;-H. Woodward, First Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea;-H. J. S. Smith, Report on the Theory of Numbers, Part VI.;-Report on the best means of providing for a Unifor mity of Weights and Measures, with reference to the interests of Science;-A. G. Findlay, on the Bed of the Ocean;-Professor A. W. Williamson, on the Composition of Gases evolved by the Bath Spring called King's Bath. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Professor Phillips's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. . PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING, at Nottingham, August 1866, Published at £1 4s. CONTENTS:-Second Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire;-A. Matthiessen, Preliminary Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors; -W. S. Mitchell, Report on the Alum Bay Leaf-bed;-Report on the Resistance of Water to Floating and Immersed Bodies;-Dr. Norris, Report on Muscular Irritability;-Dr. Richardson, Report on the Physiological Action of certain compounds of Amyl and Ethyl;H. Woodward, Second Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea;Second Report on the "Menevian Group," and the other Formations at St. David's, Pembrokeshire;-J. G. Jeffreys, Report on Dredging among the Hebrides ;-Rev. A. M. Norman, Report on the Coasts of the Hebrides, Part II.;-J. Alder, Notices of some Invertebrata, in connexion with Mr. Jeffreys's Report;-G. S. Brady, Report on the Ostracoda dredged amongst the Hebrides;-Report on Dredging in the Moray Firth;-Report on the Transmission of Sound-Signals under Water;-Report of the Lunar Committee;-Report of the Rainfall Committee;-Report on the best means of providing for a Uniformity of Weights and Measures, with reference to the Interests of Science ;-J. Glaisher, Account of Three Balloon Ascents;-Report on the Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands;-Report on the penetration of Iron-clad Ships by Steel Shot;-J. A. Wanklyn, Report on Isomerism among the Alcohols ;-Report on Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law;-A. L. Adams, Second Report on Maltese Fossiliferous Caves, &c. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Grove's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING, at Dundee, September 1867, Published at £1 6s. CONTENTS:-Report of the Committee for Mapping the Surface of the Moon;-Third Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire;-On the present State of the Manufacture of Iron in Great Britain ;-Third Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea; -Report on the Physiological Action of the Methyl Compounds;-Preliminary Report on the Exploration of the Plant-Beds of North Greenland;-Report of the Steamship Performance Committee;-On the Meteorology of Port Louis in the Island of Mauritius;-On the Construction and Works of the Highland Railway;-Experimental Researches on the Me chanical Properties of Steel;-Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the South Coast of Devon and Cornwall;-Supplement to a Report on the Extinct Didine Birds of the Mascarene Islands;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors;-Fourth Report on Dredging among the Shetland Isles ;-Preliminary Report on the Crustacea, &c., procured by the Shetland Dredging Committee in 1867;-Report on the Foraminifera obtained in the Shetland Seas;-Second Report of the Rainfall Committee;-Report on the best means of providing for a Uniformity of Weights and Measures, with reference to the Interests of Science;-Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. PROCEEDINGS. OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Norwich, August 1868, Published at £1 58. CONTENTS:-Report of the Lunar Committee;-Fourth Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire;-On Puddling Iron ;-Fourth Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea;-Report on British Fossil Corals;-Report on Spectroscopic Investigations of Animal Substances;-Report of Steamship Performance Committee;-Spectrum Analysis of the Heavenly Bodies;-On Stellar Spectrometry ;-Report on the Physiological Action of the Methyl and allied Compounds;-Report on the Action of Mercury on the Biliary Secretion;-Last Report on Dredging among the Shetland Isles;-Reports on the Crustacea, &c., and on the Annelida and Foraminifera from the Shetland Dredgings;- Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron, Part I.;-Interim Report on the Safety of Merchant Ships and their Passengers ;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors;-Preliminary Report on Mineral Veins containing Organic Remains;-Report on the desirability of Explorations between India and China;-Report of Rainfall Committee;-Report on Synthetical Researches on Organic Acids ;-Report on Uniformity of Weights and Measures ;-Report of the Committee on Tidal Observations ;-Report of the Committee on Underground Temperature; -Changes of the Moon's Surface; -Report on Polyatomic Cyanides. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, August 1869, Published at £1 2s. CONTENTS:-Report on the Plant-beds of North Greenland;-Report on the existing knowledge on the Stability, Propulsion, aud Sea-going Qualities of Ships;-Report on Steam-boiler Explosions;-Preliminary Report on the Determination of the Gases existing in Solution in Well-waters;-The Pressure of Taxation on Real Property;-On the Chemical Reactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ;-On Fossils obtained at Kiltorkan Quarry, co. Kilkenny;-Report of the Lunar Committee;-Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;-Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the south coast of Devon and Cornwall;-Report on the Practicability of establishing “a Close Time" for the Protection of Indigenous Animals ;-Experimental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of Steel;-Second Report on British Fossil Corals;-Report of the Committee appointed to get cut and prepared Sections of Mountain-limestone Corals for Photographing;—Report on the rate of Increase of Underground Temperature;-Fifth Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire ;-Report on the Connexion between Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action;-On Emission, Absorption, and Reflection of Obscure Heat ;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors;-Report on Uniformity of Weights and Measures;-Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;-Supplement to Second Report of the Steamship-Performance Committee;-Report on Recent Progress in Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions;-Report on Mineral Veins in Carboniferous Limestone and their Organic Contents;-Notes on the Foraminifera of Mineral Veins and the Adjacent Strata;-Report of the Rainfall Committee;-Interim Report on the Laws of the Flow and Action of Water containing Solid Matter in Suspension;-Interim Report on Agricultural Machinery ;— Report on the Physiological Action of Methyl and Allied Series;-On the Influence of Form considered in Relation to the Strength of Railway-axles and other portions of Machinery subjected to Rapid Alterations of Strain;-On the Penetration of Armour-plates with Long Shells of Large Capacity fired obliquely;-Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Stokes's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTIETH MEETING, at Liverpool, September 1870, Published at 18s. CONTENTS:-Report on Steam-boiler Explosions ;-Report of the Committee on the Hæmatite Iron-ores of Great Britain and Ireland; --Report on the Sedimentary Deposits of the River Onny;-Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;-Report on the practicability of establishing "A Close Time" for the protection of Indigenous Animals ;-Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance;-Sixth Report on Kent's Cavern ;-Third Report on Underground Temperature;-Second Report of the Committee appointed to get cut and prepared Sections of Mountain-Limestone Corals ;-Second Report on the Stability, Propulsion, and Sea-going Qualities of Ships;-Report on Earthquakes in Scotland;-Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;-Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1869-70;-Report on Recent Progress in Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions;— Report on Tidal Observations;-On a new Steam-power Meter;-Report on the Action of the Methyl and Allied Series ;-Report of the Rainfall Committee;-Report on the Heat generated in the Blood in the process of Arterialization ;-Report on the best means of providing for Uniformity of Weights and Measures. Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Huxley's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. |