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PROCEEDINGS or true FIFTH MEETING, at Dublin, 1835, 9s. 
= Contents :—Rey. W. Whewell, on the Recent Progress and Present Condition of the 
Mathematical Theories of Electricity, Magnetism, and Heat ;—M. A. Quetelet, Apercu de 
VEtat actuel des Sciences Mathématiques chez les Belges ;—Captain Edward Sabine, on the 
Phenomena of Terrestrial Magnetism. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Sir W. Hamilton’s Address, and Re- 
commendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or tHe SIXTH MEETING, at Bristol, 1836, 8s. 
Conrents :—Prof. Daubeny, on the Present State of our Knowledge with respect to Mine- 
ral and Thermal Waters ;—Major Edward Sabine, on the Direction and Intensity of the Ter- 
restrial Magnetic Force in Scotland ;—Mr. John Richardson, on North American Zoology ;— 
Rey. J. Challis, on the Mathematical Theory of Fluids ;—Mr. J. T. Mackay, a Comparative 
View of the more remarkable Plants which characterize the neighbourhood of Dublin and 
Edinburgh, and the South-west of Scotland, &c.;—Mr. J. T. Mackay, Comparative Geogra- 
phical Notices of the more remarkable Plants which characterize Scotland and Ireland ;—Re- 
port of the London Sub-Committee of the Medical Section on the Motions and Sounds of the 
Heart ;—Second Report of the Dublin Sub-Committee on the Motions and Sounds of the Heart ; 
—Report of the Dublin Committee on the Pathology of the Brain and Nervous System ;— 
J. W. Lubbock, Esq., Account of the recent Discussions of Observations of the Tides ;—Rev. 
Baden Powell, on determining the Refractive Indices for the Standard Rays of the Solar Spec- 
trum in various media;—Dr. Hodgkin, on the Communication between the Arteries and 
Absorbents ;—Prof. Phillips, Report of Experiments on Subterranean Temperature ;—Prof, 
Hamilton, on the Validity of a Method recently proposed by George B. Jerrard, Esq., for 
Transforming and Resolving Equations of Elevated Degrees. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Daubeny’s Address, and Recom- 
mendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or tHe SEVENTH MEETING, at Liverpool, 1837, 11s. 
Contents :—Major Edward Sabine, on the Variations of the Magnetic Intensity observed 
at different Points of the Earth’s Surface ;—Rev. William Taylor, on the various modes of 
Printing for the Use of the Blind ;—J. W. Lubbock, Esq., on the Discussions of Observations 
of the Tides which have been obtained by means of the grant of money which was placed at 
the disposal of the Author for that purpose at the last Meeting of the Association ;—Prof. 
Thomas Thomson, on the Difference between the Composition of Cast Iron produced by the 
Cold and Hot Blast ;—Rev. T. R. Robinson, on the Determination of the Constant of Nutation 
by the Greenwich Observations, made as commanded by the British Association ;—Robert 
Were Fox, Esq., Experiments on the Electricity of Metallic Veins, and the Temperature of 
Minés ;— Provisional Report of the Committee of the Medical Section of the British Associa- 
tion, appointed to investigate the Composition of Secretions, and the organs producing them ; 
—Dr. G. O. Rees, Report from the Committee for Inquiring into the Analysis of the Glands, 
&c. of the Human Body ;—Second Report of the London Sub-Committee of the British Asso- 
ciation Medical Section, on the Motions and Sounds of the Heart ;—Prof. Johnston, on the 
Present State of our Knowledge in regard to Dimorphous Bodies ;—Col. Sykes, on the Sta- 
tistics of the Four Collectorates of Dukhun, under the British Government ;—Eaton Hodgkin- 
son, Esq., on the relative Strength and other Mechanical Properties of Iron obtained from the 
Hot and Cold Blast ;—William Fairbairn, Esq., on the Strength and other Properties of Iron 
obtained from the Hot and Cold Blast ;—Sir John Robison, and John Scott Russell, Esq., 
Report of the Committee on Waves, appointed by the British Association at Bristol in 1836; 
—Note by Major Sabine, being an Appendix to his Report on the Variations of the Magnetic 
Intensity observed at different Points of the Earth’s Surface ;—James Yates, on the Growth 
of Plants under Glass, and without any free communication with the outward Air, on the Plan 
of Mr. N. J. Ward, of London. 
“Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Traill’s Address, and Recommenda- 
tions of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or toe EIGHTH MEETING, at Newcastle, 1838, 
10s. 
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. Snow Harris, Esq., Account of the Progress 
and State of the Meteorological Observations at Plymouth ;—Major Edward Sabine, on the 
Magnetic Isoclinal and Isodynamic Lines in the British Islands ;—D. Lardner, LL.D., on the 
Determination of the Mean Numerical Values of Railway Constants ;—R. Mallet, Esq., First 
Report upon Experiments upon the Action of Sea and River Water upon Cast and Wrought 
