RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XXXI 



Sir W. S. Harris. — On the Progress of the Reduction of 12 years' Anemo- 

 metrical Observations placed in his hands for that purpose. 



Prof. W. Thomson. — On Electrical Theories. 



Professor Powell. — On Radiant Heat. 



Lieut.-Col. Sabine. — Results of Magnetic Cooperation and Magnetic Sur- 

 veys. 



Committee (Prof. Daubeny, Prof. Graham, Sir R. Kane, Prof. Gregory 

 and Prof. Williamson). — On Nomenclature of Organic Substances. 



W. Thompson, Esq. — On Natural History of Ireland. 



Committee of Prof. Henslow, W. Thompson, Esq., Sir W. Jardine, Prof. 

 Phillips, C. C. Babington, Esq., A. Strickland, Esq., H. E. Strickland, Esq. 

 Prof. E. Forbes, F. W. Johnson, Esq., Prof. Ansted, Prof. Owen, Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker, J. S. Bowerbank, Esq., Rev. M. J. Berkeley, Prof. Harvey, J. E. 

 Gray, Esq., J. Alder, Esq., Dr. G. Johnston. — On Typical Arrangements in 

 Provincial Museums of Natural History. 



W. Fairbairn, Esq. — On Mechanical Properties of Metals as derived from 

 repeated meltings, exhibiting the maximum point of strength and the causes 

 of deterioration. 



Sir D. Brewster was requested to publish his Experiments on the Spectrum. 



Printing of Communications. 



That Mr. Drew's Tables of Mean Results of Meteorological Observations 

 at Southampton be printed at length in the Volume of the Association. 



That M. Dumas be requested to favour the Association with a written 

 statement of his verbal remarks " On Atomic Volume and Atomic Weight, 

 with considerations on the probability that certain bodies now considered as 

 Elementary may be decomposed," for the purpose of being printed in full in 

 the Report for the present year. 



That Professor Daubeny be requested to furnish a copy of his paper " On 

 the Chemical Nomenclature of Organic Substances," to be printed in the 

 Volume of Reports, and that the Committee appointed on this subject be 

 furnished as early as possible with 100 copies of such communication for 

 circulation amongst those chemists most likely to afford assistance. 



Miscellaneous. 



That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a Sub-committee to 

 consider and report to the Council within two months on the propriety of 

 printing, in the next Volume as a Report, Dr. Donaldson's paper " On 

 Ethnographical Classification : " — The Chevalier Bunsen, Dr. Latham, Col. 

 Rawlinson, Rev. Mr. Rigaud and Mr. Cull. 



That Mr. Cull be added to the Committee to print Ethnological queries, in 

 the place of Vice-Admiral Malcolm, deceased. 



N.B. The following Recommendations from the Committee of Section C 

 (Geology), did not reach the Committee of Recommendations in time to be 

 reported on, but have been since acted on by direction of the Council : — 



That a Committee be appointed to take into consideration and report 

 upon the exact position, number and nature of the phosphatic beds of the 

 Crag, and to connect this subject with that of mineral manures generally with 

 reference to their scientific and oeconomic value ; and further to investigate 

 the geological conditions under which the so-called ' Coprolites ' and other 

 drifted Organic and Inorganic bodies occur in the Red Crag, and the proba- 

 ble sources from which these bodies have been respectively derived. The 



