Iron ;—R. Mallet, Esq., on the Action of a Heat of 212° Fahr., when long continued, on In- 
organic and Organic Substances. he 
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PROCEEDINGS or tne NINTH MEETING, at Birmingham, 1839, 9s. 
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fractive Indices, for the Standard rays of the Solar Spectrum in different media ;—Report on 
the Application of the Sum assigned for Tide Circulations to Mr. Whewell, in a Letter from 
T. G. Bunt, Esq. ;—H. L. Pattinson, Esq., on some Galvanic Experiments to determine the 
Existence or Non-Existence of Electrical Currents among Stratified Rocks, particularly those 
of the Mountain Limestone formation, constituting the Lead Measures of Alston Moor ;—Sir 
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in Scotland at the expense of the British Association ;—Report on the subject of a series of Re- 
solutions adopted by the British Association at their Meeting in August 1838, at Newcastle;— 
Richard Owen, Esq., Report on British Fossil Reptiles ;—Edward Forbes, Esq., Report on the 
Distribution of Pulmoniferous Mollusca in the British Isles ;—W. Snow Harris, Esq., Third 
Report on the Progress of the Hourly Meteorological Register at the Plymouth Dockyard, 
Devonport. 
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Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. . 
PROCEEDINGS or tut TENTH MEETING, at Glasgow, 1840, 10s. 
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Radiant Heat, supplementary to a former Report on the same subject inserted in the first vo- 
lume of the Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ;—James D. 
Forbes. Esq., Supplementary Report on Meteorology ;—W. Snow Harris Esq., Report on 
Professor 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 
—Professor Schénbein, an Account of Researches in Electro-Chemistry ;—Robert Mallet, 
Esq., 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 ;—Robert Were Fox, 
Esq., Report on some Observations on Subterranean Temperature ;—A, Follett Osler, Esq., 
Report on the Observations recorded during the years 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840, by the 
Self-registering Anemometer erected atthe Philosophical Institution, Birmingham;—Sir David 
Brewster, Report respecting the two Series of Hourly Meteorological Observations kept at In- 
verness and Kingussie, at the expense of the British Association, from Noy. 1st, 1838 to Nov. 
Ist, 1839 ;—William Thompson, Esq., Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Vertebrata ;— 
Charles J. B. Williams, M.D., Report of Experiments on the Physiology of the Lungs and 
Air-Tubes ;—Rey. J. S. Henslow, Report of the Committee appointed to try Experiments on 
the Preservation of Animal and Vegetable Substances. 
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Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or toe ELEVENTH MEETING, at Plymouth, 
1841, 9s. 
Contents :—Rev. Philip Kelland, on the Present State of our Theoretical and Experi-« 
mental Knowledge of the Laws of Conduction of Heat ;—G. L. Roupell, M.D., Report on 
Poisons ;—Mr. Bunt, Report on Discussions of Brist8] Tides, under the direction of the Rev. 
W. Whewell ;—D. Ross, Report on the Discussion of Leith Tide Observations, under the di- 
rection of the Rev. W. Whewell ;—W. 8. Harris, Esq., upon the working of Whewell’s Ane- 
mometer at Plymouth during the past year ;—Report of a Committee appointed for the pur- 
pose of superintending the scientific co-operation of the British Association in the system of 
Simultaneous Observations in Terrestrial Magnetism and Meteorology ;—Reports of Commit- 
tees appointed to provide Meteorological Instruments for the use of M. Agassiz and Mr, 
M‘Cord;—Report of a Committee to superintend the Reduction of Meteorological Observations ; 
—Report of a Committee for revising the Nomenclature of the Stars ;—Report of a Committee 
for obtaining Instruments and Registers to record Shocks of Earthquakes in Scotland and Ire- 
land ;—Report of the Committee for making experiments on the Preservation of Vegetative 
Powers in Seeds ;—Dr. Hodgkin, on Inquiries into the Races of Man ;—Report of the Com- 
mittee appointed to report how far the Desiderata in our knowledge of the Condition of the 
Upper Strata of the Atmosphere may be supplied by means of Ascents in Balloons or other- 
wise, to ascertain the probable expense of such Experiments, and to draw up Directions for 
Observers in such circumstances ;—Richard Owen, Esq., Report on British Fossil Reptiles ;— 
Reports on the Determination of the Mean Value of Railway Constants ;—Dionysius Lardner, 
LL.D., Second and concluding Report on the Determination of the Mean Value of Railway 
