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Report on “The Motions and Sounds of the Heart.” By the 
London Committee of the British Association, for 1839-40... 163 
An Account of Researches in Electro-Chemistry. By Professor 
Scu6nBeEtn, of Basle . 
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. By Ropert Matter, M.R.LA., 
prose iing. OE. 23/67. b tie eeeed 
Report on some Observations on Subterranean Temperature. By 
BOBERTAWERE Pox, Jaq... .. . »., anes), 08)43 4s 5 yas) cet mee - 309 
Report on the Observations recorded during the years 1837, 1838, 
1839, and 1840, by the Self-registering Anemometer erected at 
the Philosophical Institution, Birmingham. By A. FoLLertr 
PSL ER MAR n ator, 5) so UU Ae tRits aewiein ss 6 a .5'ha 321 
Report respecting the Two Series of Hourly Meteorological Ob- 
servations kept at Inverness and Kingussie, at the Expense of 
the British Association, from Nov. Ist, 1838, to Nov. Ist, 1839. 
By Sir Davin Brewster, K.H., F.R.S., &. ......... 200 0 349 
Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Vertebrata. Drawn up, at 
the request of the British Association, by W1LL1Am THompson, 
Esq. (Vice-Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast), one of the Com- 
mittee appointed for that purpose................022-008- 353 
Report of Experiments on the Physiology of the Lungs and Air- 
tubes. By Cuarzes J. B. Witiiams, M.D., F.R.S......... 411 
Report of the Committee appointed to try Experiments on the 
Preservation of Animal and Vegetable Substances. Drawn up 
by the Rev. J. S. Henstow, F.L.S., Professor of Botany in the 
University: ef Cambridge so. 4 0.0 Soha. 2 eben hae 421 
Provisional Reports, and Notices of Progress in Special Researches 
entrusted to Committees and Individuals 
