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British Association, Committee of. 11. Reports 

 of the Lunar Committee for mapping the surface 

 of the Moon. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XXXV., 1865, 

 pp. 286-308: XXXVII., 1867, pp. 1-24; 

 XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 1-45; XXXIX., 1869, 

 pp. 76-81. 



12. Reports of the rainfall committee 



(1865-73). Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXVI., 1*66, 

 pp. 281-351 ; XXXVII., 1867, pp. 448-467 ; 

 XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 432-474; XXXIX., 1869, 

 pp. 383-403; XL., 1870, pp. 170-229; XLL, 



1871. pp. 99-116 ; XLIL, 1872, pp. 176-209; 

 XLIII., 1873, pp. 257-303. 



13. Report on the extinct birds of the 



Mascarene Islands. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXVI., 

 1866, pp. 401-402. 



14. Report on the penetration of iron plates 

 by steel shot. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXVI., 

 1866, pp. 403-455. 



15. Reports on steam-ship performance. 



Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXVII.. 1867, pp. 58-107 ; 

 XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 114-139 ; XXXIX., 1869, 

 pp. 330-333. 



16. Report of the Edinburgh committee on 



the action of mercury on the biliary secretion. 

 Brit, Assoc. Rep. XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 187-232. 



17. Report of committee for the purpose 



of promoting the extension, improvement, and 

 harmonic analysis of tidal observations. Brit. 

 Assoc. Rep. XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 489-510. 



18. Reports (1-6) of the committee for 

 the purpose of investigating the rate of increase 

 of underground temperature downwards in 

 various localities of dry land and under water. 

 Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXVIII., 1868, pp. 510- 

 514; XXXIX., 1869, pp. 176-189; XL., 1870, 

 pp. 29-41; XLL, 1871, pp. 26-52; XLIL, 



1872, pp. 128-134; XLIII., 1873, pp. 252-256. 



19. Report of a committee appointed at 



the Nottingham Meeting, 1866, for the purpose 

 of exploring the plant-beds of North Greenland. 

 Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 1869, pp. 1-10. 



2O. Report of a Committee appointed to 



report on the state of existing knowledge on the 

 stability, propulsion, and sea-going qualities of 

 ships. " Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 1869, pp. 

 10-47. 



21. Report of the committee appointed to 



consider and report how far Coroners' Inquisi- 

 tions are satisfactory tribunals for the investiga- 

 tion of Boiler Explosions. Brit. Assoc. Rep. 

 XXXIX., 1869, pp. 47-54. 



22. Report of the committee appointed for 



the determination of the gases existing in solu- 

 tion in well-waters. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 

 1869, pp. 55-57. 



23. Report of the committee on the che- 

 mical nature of cast iron. Brit. Assoc. Rep. 

 XXXIX., 1869, pp. 82-84. 



British Association, Conuiiitin of. 24. Report 

 on the practicability of establishing "a close 

 time " for the protection of indigenous animals. 

 Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 1869, pp. 91-96. 



25. Report on ice as an agent of geologic 

 change. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 1869, pp. 

 171-174. 



26. Provisional report of a committee ap- 



pointed for the purpose of repeating Principal 

 J. D. FORBES'S experiments on the thermal con- 

 ductivity of iron, and of extending them to other 

 metals. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 1869, pp. 

 175-176. 



27. Report of the committee on the con- 

 nexion between chemical constitution and phy- 

 siological action. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 

 1869. pp. 209-213. 



28. Reports (1-5) on the treatment and uti- 

 lization of sewage. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XXXIX., 

 1869, pp. 313-330 ; XL., 1870, pp. 49-75 ; 

 XLL, 1871. pp. 166-189 ; XLIL, 1872, pp. 135- 

 175 ; XLIII., 1873, pp. 4)3-4.-,!. 

 29. Report of the Committee appointed to 

 consider and report on the various plans pro- 

 posed for legislating on the subject of steam 

 boiler explosions, with a view to their preven- 

 tion. Brit. Assoc. Rep. XL., 1870, pp. 1-9. 



30. Second report of the committee ap- 



pointed to get cut and prepared sections of 

 mountain-limestone corals for photographing. 

 Brit. Assoc. Rep. XL., 1870, pp. 41-44. 



31. Reports of the committee on earth- 

 quakes in Scotland. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XL., 

 1870, pp. 48-49 ; XLIII., 1873, pp. 194-197. 



32. Report of committee on tidal observa- 

 tions. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XL., 1870, pp. 120- 

 151. 



33. Reports of the committee on the struc- 

 ture and classification of the fossil Crustacea. 

 Brit. Assoc. Rep. XLL, 1871, pp. 53-56 ; XLIL, 

 1872, pp. 321-327 ; XLIIL, 1873, pp. 304-307. 



34. Report of the committee for discussing 

 observations of lunar objects suspected of change. 

 Brit, Assoc. Rep. XLL, 1871, pp. 60-97; 

 XLIL, 1872, pp. 245-301. 



35. Report of the committee appointed for 



the purpose of promoting the extension, improve- 

 ment, and harmonic analysis of tidal observations. 

 Brit, Assoc. Rep. XLL, 1871, pp. 201-207; 

 XLIL, 1872, pp. 355-395. 



36. Preliminary report of the committee 

 appointed to construct and print catalogues of 

 spectral rays arranged upon a scale of wave- 

 numbers. Brit, Assoc. Rep. XLIL, 1872, pp. 

 53-56 ; XLIII., 1873, pp. 249-250. 



37. Report of the committee appointed to 



organize nu expedition for observing the Solar 

 Eclipse of 12th Dec. 1871. Brit. Assoc. Rep. 

 XLIL, 1872, pp. 327-334. 



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