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PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST and SECOND MEETINGS, at York 

 and Oxford, 1831 and 1832, Published at 13«. 6d. 



Contents : — Prof. Airy, on the Progress of Astronomy ; — J. W. Lubbock, on the Tides; 

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 of the Science of Radiant Heat; — Prof. Gumming, on Thermo-Electririty ; — Sir D. Brewster, 

 on the Progress of Optics; — Rev. W. Wliewell, on the Present State of Mineralogy ; — Rev. 

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 Review of Philological and Physical Researches. 



Together with Papers on Mathematics, Optics, Acoustics, Magnetism, Electricity, Chemistry, 

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PROCEEDINGS of the THIRD MEETING at Cambridge, 1833, 

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Contents : — Proceedings of the Meeting ; — John Taylor, on Mineral Veins ; — Dr. 

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