London Committee of the British Association, for 1839-40; — Professor Schbnbein, 

 an Account of Researches in Electro-Chemistry ;— Robert Mallet, Esq., Second Re- 

 port upon the Action of Air and Water, whether fresh or salt, clear or foul, and at 

 various temperatures, upon Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel ; — Robert Were 

 Fox, Esq., Report on some Observations on Subterranean Temperature; — A. Follett 

 Osier, Esq., Report on the Observations recorded during the years 1837, 1838, 1839 

 and 1840, by the Self-Registering Anemometer erected at the Philosophical Institu- 

 tion, Birmingham ; — Sir David Brewster, Report respecting the two Series of Hourly 

 Meteorological Observations kept at Inverness and Kingussie, at the expense of the 

 British Association, from Nov. 1st, 1838, to Nov. 1st, 1839;— William Thompson, 

 Esq., Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Vertebrata; — Charles J. B. Williams, 

 M.D., Report of Experiments on the Physiology of the Lungs and Air-Tubes ; — Rev. 

 J. S. Henslow, Report of the Committee appointed to try Experiments on the Pre- 

 servation of Animal and Vegetable Substances. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Murchison and Major Ed- 

 ward Sabine's Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Com- 

 mittees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the ELEVENTH MEETING, at Plymouth, 

 1841, 9*. 



_ Rev. Philip Kelland, on the Present State of our Theoretical and Experimental 

 Knowledge of the Laws of Conduction of Heat;— G. L. Roupell, M.D., Report on 

 Poisons ; — Mr. Bunt, Report on Discussions of Bristol Tides, under the direction of 

 the Rev. W. Whewell ; — D. Ross, Report on the Discussion of Leith Tide Observa- 

 tions, under the direction of the Rev. W. Whewell ; — W. S. Harris, Esq., upon the 

 Working of Whewell's Anemometer at Plymouth during the past year; — Report of 

 a Committee appointed for the purpose of superintending the scientific co-operation 

 of the British Association in the system of Simultaneous Observations in Terrestrial 

 Magnetism and Meteorology; — Reports of Committees appointed to provide Me- 

 teorological Instruments for the use of M. Agassiz and Mr. M'Cord;— Report of a 

 Committee to superintend the Reduction of Meteorological Observations ; — Report 

 of a Committee for revising the Nomenclature of the Stars ; — Report of a Com- 

 mittee for obtaining Instruments and Registers to record shocks of Earthquakes in 

 Scotland and Ireland; — Report of the Committee for making Experiments on the 

 Preservation of Vegetative Powers in Seeds ; — Dr. Hodgkin, on Inquiries into the 

 Races of Man ; — Report of the Committee appointed to report hew far the Deside- 

 rata in our knowledge of the Condition of the Upper Strata of the Atmosphere 

 may be supplied by means of Ascents in Balloons or otherwise, to ascertain the pro- 

 bable Expense of such Experiments, and to draw up Directions for Observers in 

 such circumstances; — Richard Owen, Esq., Report on British Fossil Reptiles; — 

 Reports on the Determination of the Mean Value of Railway Constants; — Diony- 

 sius Lardner, LL.D., Second and concluding Report on the Determination of the 

 Mean Value of Railway Constants; — Edward Woods, Report on Railway Con- 

 stants ; — Report of a Committee en the Construction of a Constant Indicator for 

 Steam-Engines. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Whewell's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



LITHOGRAPHED SIGNATURES of the MEMBERS who met at Cambridge 

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