PROCEEDINGS or toe EIGHTH MEETING, at Neweastle, 1838, 
Published at 15s. 
ConTENTS :—Rev. W. Whewell, Account of a Level Line, measured from the Bristol Chan- 
nel to the English Channel, by Mr. Bunt ;—Report on the Discussions of Tides, prepared 
under the direction of the Rev. W. Whewell ;—W. S. Harris, Account of the Progress and 
State of the Meteorological Observations at Plymouth ;—Major E. Sabine, on the Magnetic 
Isoclinal and Isodynamic Lines in the British Islands ;—D. Lardner, LL.D., on the Determi- 
nation of the Mean Numerical Values of Railway Constants ;—R. Mallet, First Report upon 
Experiments upon the Action of Sea and River Water upon Cast and Wrought lron ;—R. 
Mallet, on the Action of a Heat of 212° Fahr., when long continued, on Inorganic and Or- 
ganic Substances. 
_ Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Murchison’s Address, and Recommen- 
dations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or tHe NINTH MEETING, at Birmingham, 1839, 
Published at 13s. 6d. 
ConTENTS :—Rev. B. Powell, Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of Refractive 
Indices, for the Standard Rays of the Solar Spectrum in different media ;—Report on the Ap- 
plication of the Sum assigned for Tide Calculations to Rey. W. Whewell, in a Letter from T. G. 
Bunt, Esq. ;—H. L. Pattinson, on some Galvanic Experiments to determine the Existence or 
Non-Existence of Electrical Currents among Stratified Rocks, particularly those of the Moun- 
tain Limestone formation, constituting the Lead Measures of Alston Moor ;—Sir D. Brewster, 
Reports respecting the two series of Hourly Meteorological Observations kept in Scotland ;— 
eport on the subject of a series of Resolutions adopted by the British Association at their 
Meeting in August 1838, at Newcastle ;—R. Owen, Report on British Fossil Reptiles ;—E. 
Forbes, Report on the Distribution of Pulmoniferous Mollusca in the British Isles ;—W. S. 
Harris, Third Report on the Progress of the Hourly Meteorological Register at the Plymouth 
Dockyard. 
roseicr with the Transactions of the Sections, Rey. W. Vernon Harcourt’s Address, and 
Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or toe TENTH MEETING, at Glasgow, 1840, 
Published at 15s. 
Contents :—Rev. B. Powell, Report on the recent Progress of discovery relative to Radiant 
Heat, supplementary to a former Report on the same subject inserted in the first volume of the 
Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ;—J. D. Forbes, Supple- 
mentary Report on Meteorology ;—W. S. Harris, Report on Prof. Whewell’s Anemometer, 
now in operation at Plymouth ;—Report on “‘ The Motions and Sounds of the Heart,” by the 
London Committee of the British Association, for 1839-40 ;—Prof. Schénbein, an Account of 
Researches in Electro-Chemistry ;—R. Mallet, Second Report 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 ;—R. W. Fox, Report on some Observations on Subterranean Tem- 
perature ;—A. F. Osler, Report on the Observations recorded during the years 1837; 1838, 1839 
and 1840, by the Self-registering Anemometer erected at the Philosophical Institution, Bir- 
mingham ;—Sir D. Brewster, Report respecting the two Series of Hourly Meteorological Ob- 
servations kept at Inverness and Kingussie, from Nov. Ist, 1838 to Nov. Ist, 1839 ;—W. 
Thompson, Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Vertebrata ;—C. J. B. Williams, M.D., 
Report of Experiments on the Physiology of the Lungs and Air-Tubes ;—Kev. J. S. Henslow, 
Report of the Committee on the Preservation of Animal and Vegetable Substances, 
_Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Murchison and Major EB. Sabine’s 
Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 
_ PROCEEDINGS or tHe ELEVENTH MEETING, at Plymouth, 
1841, Published at 13s. 6d. 
ConTENTs :—Revy. P. 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 ;— 
T. G. Bunt, Report on Discussions of Bristol Tides, under the direction of the Rev. W. Whewell; 
_—D. Ross, Report on the Discussions of Leith Tide Observations, under the direction of the 
_ Rey. W. Whewell;—W. S. Harris, upon the working of Whewell’s Anemometer at Plymouth 
uring the past year ;—Report of a Committee appointed for the purpose of superintend- 
ing the scientific co-operation of the British Association in the System of Simultaneous Obser- 
vations in Terrestrial Magnetism and Meteorology ;—Reports of Committees appointed to pro- 
vide Meteorological Instruments for the use of M. Agassiz and Mr. M‘Cord ;—Report ofa Com- 
mittee to superintend the reduction of Meteorological Observations ;—Report of a Com- 
mittee for revising the Nomenclature of the Stars ;—Report of a Committee for obtaining In- 
struments and Registers to record Shocks and Earthquakes in Scotland and Ireland ;—Report of 
