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The following papers have been read at the table of the 

 Royal Society, shice our last report. 



May 31. Some experiments on temperature, with a view 

 of determining the ratio of temperature, and the point of 

 absolute cold, by John Herapath, Esq., communicated by 

 Davies Gilbert, Esq., F.R.S. 



June 7. An account of the re-raeasurement of the cube, 

 cylinder and sphei-e, used by the late Sir George Shuck- 

 uuRGii Evelyn, in his inquiries respecting a standard of 

 weights and measures: by Capt. Henry Kater. 



21. An account of observations made at the observatory of 

 Trinity College, Dublin, since 1818, for investigating the paral- 

 lax and aberration of the fixed stars, and the eiFects of lunar 

 nutation : by the Rev. John, Brinkley, D. D. 



28. On the effects produced in the rates of chronometers by 

 the proximity of masses of iron: by Peter Barlow, Esq., 

 communicated by John Barrow, Esq. 



July 5. Some positions respecting the influence of the vol- 

 taic battery, in obviating the effects of the division of the 8th 

 pair of nerves, by A. P. Wilson Philip, M. D., communicated 

 by B. C. Brodie, Esq. 



On the magnetic pha^nomena produced by electricity, and 

 their relation to heat, occasioned by the same agent : by Sir 

 Humphry Davy, Bart., P. R. S. 



12. An investigation of some theorems relating to the 

 theory of the earth, and the principle of equilibrium in 

 fluids, by M. Koene Wronski, communicated by John 

 Pond, Esq., Astronomer Royal. 



On the peculiarities that distinguish the Manatee or Dugong 

 of the West from that of the East Indies, by Sir Eveuard 

 Home, Bart., V. P. R. S. 



On a new compound of Chlorine and Carbon, by Messrs. 

 R. Phillips and Faraday, communicated by the President. 



On the Nerves ; giving an account of some experiments on 

 their structure and functions, which lead to a new arrangement 

 of the system, by Charles Bell, Esq., communicated by 

 llic President. 



