REPORT — 1844. 



The following Reports on the Progress and Desiderata of different branches 

 of Science have been drawn up at the request of the Association, and 

 printed in its Transactions. 



1831-32. 



On the progress of Astronomy during the present century, by G. B. Airy, 

 M.A., Astronomer Royal. 



On the state of our knowledge respecting Tides, by J. W. Lubbock, M.A., 

 Vice-President of the Koyal Society. 



On the recent progress and present state of Meteorology, by James D. 

 Forbes, F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh. 



On the present state of our knowledge of the science of Radiant Heat, by 

 the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry, 

 Oxford. 



On Thermo-electricity, by the Rev. James Gumming, M.A., F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry, Cambridge. 



On the recent progress of Optics, by Sir David Brewster, K.C.G., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., &c. 



On the recent progress and present state of Mineralogy, by the Rev. 

 William Whewell, M.A., F.R.S. 



On the progress, actual state, and ulterior prospects of Geology, by the 

 Rev. William Conybeare, M.A., F.R.S., V.P.G.S.,'&c. 



On the recent progress and present state of Chemical Science, by J. F. W. 

 Johnston, A.M., Professor of Chemistry, Durham. 



On the application of Philological and Physical Researches to the History 

 of the Human Species, by J. C. Prichard, M.D., F.R.S., &c. 



1833. 



On the advances which have recently been made in certain branches of 

 Analysis, by the Rev. G. Peacock, M.A., F.R.S. , S:c. 



On the present state of the Analytical Theory of Hydrostatics and Hydro- 

 dynamics, by the Rev. John Challis, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



On the state of our knowledge of Hydraulics, considered as a branch of 

 Engineering, by George Rennie, F.R.S., S:c. (Parts I. and II.) 



On the state of our knowledge respecting the Magnetism of the Earth, by 

 S. H. Cliristie, M.A., F.R.S., Professor ot Mathematics, Woolwich. 



On the state of our knowledge of the Strength of Materials, by Peter 

 Barlow, F.R.S. 



On the state of our knowledge respecting Mineral Veins, by John Taylor, 

 F.R.S., Treasurer G.S., &c. 



On the Physiology of the Nervous System, by William Charles Henry, 

 M.D. 



On the recent progress of Physiological Botany, by John Lindley, F.R.S., 

 Professor of Botany in the University of London. 



1834. 



On the Geology of North America, by H. D. Rogers, F.G.S. 



On the Philosophy of Contagion, by W. Henry, M.D., F.R.S. 



On the state of Physiological Knowledge, by the Rev. Wm. Clark, M.D., 

 F.G.S., Professor of Anatomy, Cambridge. 



On the state and progress of Zoology, by tlie Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



