CONTENTS. 



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Objects and Rules of the Association .* xiii 



Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement xvi 



Table of Council from commencement xviii 



Treasurer's Account xx 



Officers and Council xxii 



Officers of Sectional Committees xxiii 



Corresponding Members xxiv 



Report of Council to the General Committee xxiv 



Repoi't of the Parliamentary Committee xxxi 



Recommendations for Additional Reports and Researches in Science xxxiii 



Synopsis of Money Grants xxxv 



Arrangement of the General Meetings xl 



Address of the President xli 



REPORTS OF RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. 



Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1852-53. By the Rev. 

 Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., Savilian Professor 

 of Geometry in the University of Oxford 1 



On the Physical Features of the Humber. By James Oldham, Esq., 

 Civil Engineer, Hull, M.I.C.E 36 



On the Rise, Progress, and Present Position of Steam Navigation in 

 Hull. By James Oldham, Esq., Civil Engineer, Hull, M.I.C.E — 45 



Experimental Researches to determine the Strength of Locomotive 

 Boilers, and the Causes which lead to Explosion. By William 

 Fairbairn, F.R.S S3 



