XX SIXTH RBPORT — 183C. 



SYNOPSIS OF SUMS APPROPRIATED TO 

 SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS 



BY THB GENERAL COMMITTEE AT THE BRISTOL MEETING. 



Reduction of Observations on Stars (vol. iv. p. xv.) . £500 



Discussion of Tides (vol. iv. p. xvii.) 250 



Ditto in the Port of Bristol .... 150 

 Constant of Lunar Nutation (vol. iv. p. xvi.) ... 70 

 Meteorological Instruments and Subterranean Tem- 

 perature (vol. iv. p. xix.) 100 



Comparative Level of Land and Sea (vol. iv. p. xxvi.) 500 



Lens of Rock Salt (vol. iv. p. xxii.) 80 



Hourly Observations of Barometer and Wet-bulb Hy- 

 grometer 30 O 



Investigations on the Form of Waves 100 



Experiments on Vitrification 150 



Specific Gi-avity of Gases (vol. iv. p. xxiii.) . ... 50 



Heat developed in Combustion, &c 30 



Composition of Atmospheric Air 15 



Chemical Constants (vol. iv. p. xxiv.) ..... 24 13 



Strength of Iron (vol. iv. p. xxxii.) 60 



Mud in Rivers (vol. iv. p. xxvii.) 20 



Subterranean Temperature and Electricity .... 30 



Origin of Peat Mosses ... 50 



Growth of Plants under Glass and excluded from Air 25 



Absorbents and Veins (vol. iv. p. xxxi.) 50 



Sounds of the Heart (vol. iv. p. xxxi.) 50 



Chemical Composition of Secreting Organs ... 25 



Influence of Cold on Man and Animals 25 



Effect of Poisons on the Animal OEconomy( vol. iv. p. xxxi.) 25 



Pathology of Brain and Nervous System (vol. iv.p. xxxii.) 25 



Physiology of Spinal Nerves 25 



State of Schools in England 150 



Duty of Steam Engines 50 



