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Ozsects and Rules of the Association .. 1.26.61 see cers ee eteeee Vv 
Officers and Council. is ic ii ci ieei a ee eee ee eee e va aaa vii 
Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement ....+.....+. viii 
Table of Council from commencement .........-.. +s ees ee eees ix 
Officers of Sectional Committees and Corresponding Members xi 
Treasurer’s Account............ ep ok AIC Nh geht uel ars are aaa titan ay : xii 
Reports, Researches, and Desiderata .........-++ se eee seer eee ee XIV 
Recommendations for Additional Reports and Researches in Science XX 
memes OF Money Grants. 6c. 08s tesece ceca choses ee usa8 XXIV 
Arrangements of the General Evening Meetings ...............- XXVili 
Address of the President. . dias Fy spaccahaltnsDalhs af. .i) CRRIX 
Report of the Council to the + at pono sal i aN a : . XXxiv 
Report of the Committee appointed to superintend the catablishinaht 
of Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory ........ XXxix 
Repoft on the Electro- Hk ad an, Register. By Pie 
essor WHEATSTONE, F.R.S. Gh da tos Caan xl 
REPORTS OF RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. 
Third Report upon the Action of Air and Water, whether fresh or salt, 
clear or foul, and of various Temperatures, upon Cast Iron, Wrought 
Iron, and Steel. By Rosert Mauet, Mem. Inst. C.E., M.R.IA.. 1 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Joan Herscuet, the Mas- 
TER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, Sorat the Drawn or Ezy, Dr. 
Luioyp, and Colonel Saxninz, appointed to conduct the co-operation 
of the British Association in the system of Simultaneous Magnetical 
and Meteorological Observations ...... EE TR OE PE 54 
Report of the Committee appointed for the Reduction of Meteorologi- 
cal Observations. By Sir J. F. W. Herscuet, Bart. ............ 60 
Report of the Committee appointed by the British Association for Ex- 
periments on Steam-engines. Members of the Committee :—EatTon 
Hovexinsovn, Esq., F.R.S.; J. Enys, Esq.; Rev. Professor Mosz.ey, 
M.A., F.R.S.; and Professor WILLIAM Poe SRA cedlate) hin sincced® SN 104 
Report of a Committee, consisting of Mr. H. E. Srrickianp, Professor 
Davseny, Professor Henstow and Professor LinpLeEy, appointed 
to continue their Experiments on the Vitality of Seeds........ aiarat she 
