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Russell, Report on Waves;— 1'rovi.sionnl Reports, and Notices of Progress in Special 

 Researclios ontrustc^d to ("ommilteos and Individuals. 



To^jctlior witli the Transactions of tliii Sections, tlie Dean of Kly's Address, and 

 Itecommendalions of tlie Association and its Committees. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF the FIFTEENTH MEETING, at Cambridgo, 

 1845, rablish,;d at 12s. 



CoNTKNTS: — Seventh Roport of a Committee appoint od to conduct tlie Co-opora- 

 tion of tlio Rritisli Association in tlio System of Siniultancous >hifrnctical and 

 Mcteorolo-j^ical Observations; —Lieut. -Col. Sabine, on somoroinis in tlio Meteorolo^'y 

 of 15oml)ay ; J. l?lake, Report on the I'hysiological Act ions of .Medicines; — Dr. Vuu 

 Rofj^uslawski, on tlie Comet of I8i:t;-1!. Hunt, Rejiort on tlu^ .Vclino^'rapli ; — I'nii'. 

 Sch()nl)cin, on Ozone; — I'rof. Erman, on the; Iiithu'uco of l''riction upon Tiiermo- 

 Klectricily; — Havon Senflenbcrfj:, on tlio Seir-rep;islerini; M(>tcorolo,u:ical Instru- 

 ments employed in tlie Oljscrvatory at Senftenber;.'- ;— W. I'. I'.irt, Second Report on 

 Afmosplieiic Waves;- (I. R. Porter, on tlie l'roj,M'ess and Present K.\tent of Savings" 

 Ranks in the United Kingdom ; — Prof. Runsen and Dr. Playfair, Rejiort on the Ciase.s 

 evolved from Iron Furnaces, with referi'nce to the Theory of Smelting of Iron ; — 

 Dr. Richardson, Rei)ort on tlie Ichtliyology of the Seas of Ciiiiia and Japaii : — 

 Report of tlie Committee on the Registration of Periodical Phenomena of Animals 

 and Vegetables; - Fifth Report of the (Committee on the Vitality of Seeds;— 

 Appendix, \c. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir J. F. W. llerschel's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



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PROCEEDINGS of the SIXTEENTH MEETING, at Southampton, 

 184G, Puhlislieil at 15.?. 



CoNTKNTS: — G. G. stokes, Report on Recent Researches in Hydrodynamics; — 

 Sixth Report of the Committee on tlie Vitality of Seeds;— Dr. Schunck, on the 

 Colouring JIatters of Madder; — J. Rlako, on the Physiological Acti(m of I^Iedicines; 

 — R. Hunt, Report on the Actinogra])h ;— R. Hunt, Notices on tlie Tnlluence of Light 

 on the Growth of Plants;— R. L. Ellis, on the Recent Progress of Analysis; — Prof. 

 Forchhammer, on Comparative Analytical Researclios on Sea Water; — A. Erman, on 

 the Calculation of the Gaussian Constants for 182'.t;— G. R. Porter, on the Progress, 

 present Amount, and probable future Condition of the Iron ^lanufacture in Great. 

 Britain; — \V. R. Dirt, Third Report on Atmosjjheric Waves; — Prof. Owen, Report 

 on the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton ; — .1. Phillips, on 

 Anemometry ; — Dr. J. Percy, Report on the Crystalline Flags ;— Addenda to Mr. 

 Rirt's Report on Atmos))hcric Waves. 



Together with the Transact ions of the Sections, Sir R. I. 3Iiirc]ii.son's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



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PROCEEDINGS of the SEVENTEENTH lkrj<:ETING, at Oxfonl, 

 1847, PuhUshcd atlSs. 



Contents: — Prof. Langberg, on the Specilic Gravity of Sulpliuric Acid at 

 different degrees of dilution, and on the reliition which exists between the Develop- 

 ment of Heat and the coincident contraction of Volume in Suljihuric .Acid when 

 mixed with Water;— R. Hunt, Researches on tlie Influence of the Solar Rays on the 

 Growth of Plants;— R. ^Mallet, on the Facts of Earllicpiake Phenomena ; —Prof. 

 Nilsson, on the Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia; — W. Hopkins, Report on the 

 Geological Theories of Elevation and Eartlupiakes ;— Dr. W. 15. Carjiontcr, Report 

 on the Micrcscopic Structure of Shells :--Rcv. W. Whewell and Sir James C. Ross, 

 Report upon the Recommendation of an Exiiedition for the purpose of completing 

 our Knowledge of the Tides;--Dr. Schunck, on Colouring JIatteis; - !-!evcnth Report 

 of the Committee on the Vitality of Seeds; — J. Glynn, on the Turbine or Horizontal 

 Water- Wheel of France and Germany; Dr. R. G. Latham, on the present state and 





