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ciently definite statement of the data in the experiment given hy 

 M. Blot, the author is unable to say whether or not his own views 

 are confirmed by it. They certainly are not, as the old hypothesis 

 is completely at fault when applied to it. The author hopes that, 

 by the labours of some person interested in the subject, this, or 

 some other experimentum cruets, will ere long enable us to decide 

 this matter. 



A third communication by Professor Forbes, " On the In- 

 fluence of the Mechanical Texture of Screens on the imme- 

 diate transmission of Radiated Heat," was placed in the hands 

 of the Secretary, and the reading of it postponed till next 

 meeting. 



Monday, &th January 1840. 

 Sir T. M. BRISBANE, Bart. President, in the Chair. 



The following Donations were presented : — 



The Sixth Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic So- 

 ciety, 1838 By the Society ■ 



Abstract of the Returns of the Overseers of the Poor in Massa- 

 chusetts for 1837 and 1838, prepared by the Secretary of the 

 Commonwealth. 



Abstract of the Returns of Insurance Companies, incorporated with 

 Specific Capital in 1838. 



Abstract exhibiting the condition of the Banks in Massachusetts, 

 in February and October 1838. 



Abstracts of the Massachusetts School Returns for 1837. 



First and Second Annual Reports of the Board of Education. 



Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education on the subject 

 of School-Houses. 



Report of the Committee on Education relative to the School- 

 Fund. 



Report and Resolves in relation to the North-Eastern Boundary 

 in March 1838. 



Report of the Bank Commissioners. 



Schedule exhibiting the condition of the Banks in Massachusetts 

 for every year from 1803 to 1837. 



Report of the Commissioners on Codification of the Common Law. 



Preliminary Report of the Commissioners on Criminal Law. 



