CONTENTS. 



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Objects and Rules of the Association v 



Officers and Council "vii 



Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement viii 



Table of Council from commencement ix 



Officers of Sectional Committees and Corresponding Members xi 



Treasurer's Account xii 



Reports, Researches, and Desiderata xiv 



Recommendations for Additional Reports and Researches in Science xxi 



Synopsis of Money Grants xxv 



Arrangements of the General Evening Meetings xxx 



Address of the President xxxi 



Report of the Council to the General Committee xlvi 



REPORTS OF RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. 



On the Microscopic Structure of Shells. ByW.CARPENTER,M.D.,F.R.S. 1 



Report on the British Nudibranchiate MoUusca. By Joshua Alder 

 and Albany Hancock 24 



Researches on the Influence of Light on the Germination of Seeds and 

 the Growth of Plants. By Robert Hunt 29 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Sir John W. F. Herschel, Mr. 

 Whewell, and Mr. Baily (deceased), appointed by the British 

 Association in 1840, for revising the Nomenclature of the Stars 32 



On the Meteorology of Toronto in Canada. By Lieut.-Colonel Edward 

 Sabine, R.A., F.R.S. 42 



Report on some recent Researches into the Structure, Functions and 

 CEconomy of the Araneidea made in Great Britain. By John Black- 

 wall, F.L.S 62 



On the Construction of large Reflecting Telescopes. By the Earl 

 OF Rosse 79 



Report on a Gas Furnace for Experiments on Vitrifaction and other 

 Applications of High Heat in the Laboratory. By the Rev. 

 William Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S., &c 82 



Report of the Committee for registering Earthquake Shocks in Scotland 85 



Report of a Committee appointed at the Tenth Meeting of the Associa- 

 tion for Experiments on Steam-Engines. Members of the Com- 

 mittee : — The Rev. Professor Moseley, M.A., F.R.S. ; Eaton 

 Hodgkinson, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. S. Enys, Esq., F.G.S. ; Professor 

 Pole, F.G.S. (Reporter) 90 



