in Special 

 Idrcss, and 



ambridgc, 



c r'o-opora- 

 ncticul and 

 tictcorolojry 

 s ;— Dr. Xon 

 ai)h;— l'i-<-l'. 

 on Tlicrmo- 

 ical Instini- 

 d Rpport on 

 of Savings' 

 )n tlio (iasc'.s 

 L' of Iron ; — 

 id Japan :— 

 I of Aninuili 

 of Seeds;— 



icl's Address, 



uthampton, 



:)dynamics ;— 

 unck, on tlic 

 )f Alodicinos; 

 cnce of Light 

 liysis ;— Prof. 

 Erman, tm 

 lie Progress, 

 ure in tircat 

 Owen, ricport 

 riiillips, on 

 nda to :Mr. 



5on's Addres.^, 



at Oxfonl, 



lU'ic Acid at 

 the Develop- 

 ic Acid wlicn 

 ir Hays on tlie 

 )niena ; —Prof. 

 Piep<n-t on the 

 )entcr, Picport 

 ames t". P^oss, 

 of comiiletins,' 

 oventh Report 

 or Horizontal 

 sent state and 



961 



recent progress of Klhnographicid Pliilol(,gy: Dr. .1. C. Pridiard, on the variouM 

 methods of Kesoarch wliich contril)uto to liic Advanccm.'nt of Ethnology, and of thrt 

 relationn of that Science to other l)ranclic.-,of Kno\vlcdg(! ; Dr. (J. (!. J. Iliinsoii, on 

 the results of the recent Egyptian researches in reference to Asiatic and African 

 Kthnology, and tlie Olassilieation of l.anguiiges; Dr. ('. Meyer,on th(^ hnporlance of 

 the Study of the Celtic Language as exliihited hy the Modern (Vatic Dialects still 

 extant ; - Dr. .Ma.x .M filler, on this Uelation of the Itengali to the Aryan and Al.original 

 Languages of India; W. It. liirt, Eoiirth lleport on Atmospheric Waves; I'mf. \V. 

 1[. Dove, Temperature Tables, with Introductory Ucniarks hy Lieut. -(Jul. K. Sahiiu* ; 

 -A. Erman and H. Petersen, Third Ueiiort on the Calculalinn of the (laussiau Con- 

 stants for lH2!t. 



Togetlierwith the Transactions of the Sections, Sir Kohert Harry Inglis's Address, 

 and lieconuneiidatiims of the A.ssociat ion and its Committees. 



PROCP]EDINGS OF the EIGHTEKNTH MEETING, at Swansen, 



1848, Publishrd at ds. 



Contents: -Uev. Prof. Powell, .\ Catalogue of Observations of Lmninous 

 Meteors ; J. (Jlynti, on Water-press\irc Engines; -11. A. Smith, on tlu? Air and 

 Water of Towns; Kighth Report of Committee on the (Jrowth and Vitality of Seeds; 

 — W. II. IMrt, Fifth Report on Atmospheric Waves; — K. Schunck, on Colourinjf 

 Matters;- J. P. lUidd, on th(! adv;. tageuiis use made of the gaseous escape; from the 

 niast Furnaces at the Ystalyfera Iron Works; R. Hunt, Report of progress in the 

 investigation of the Action of Carbonic Acid on the (irowtli of Plants allied to those 

 of the C'oal Formations; Prof. H. W. Dove, Supplement to the Temjjerature Tables 

 printed i . thcRej)ort of the Rritisli Association for 1847; Remarks by Prof. Dove o!i 

 ids recently constructed Maps of the Montldy Isothermal Lines of tlu; (Jloht!, and on 

 some of tlie principal Conclusions in regard to Climatology deduciblc from them; 

 with an introductory Notice by Lieut. -Col. E. Sabine ; — Dr. Daubeny, on the progress 

 of the investigati'-n on the Intluence of Carbonic Acid on the Growth of Ferns; — J. 

 Phillips, Notice f further progress in Anemometrical Researches; —Mr. Mallet "s 

 Letter to the Assistant-General Secretary; — .\. Erman, Second Report on the 

 (Jaussian Constants ; — Report of a Conmiitteo relative to the expediency of recom- 

 mending the cont inuance of the Toronto Magnetical and Meteorologi(;al Observatory 

 until December ISfiO. 



Togeth(!r with the Transactions of the Sections, the Marquis of Northampton's 

 Address, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the NINETEENTH MEETING, at Birmingham, 



1849, PtMished at 10s. 



CONTENT.S :— Rev. Prof. Powell, A Catalogue of Observations of Luminous 

 Meteors ;— Earl of Rosse, Notice of NebuUe lately observed in the Six-feet Retlector ; 

 —Prof. Daubeny, on the Influence of Carbonic Acid Gas on the health of Plants, 

 especially of those allied to the Fossil Remains found in the Coal Formation ; — Dr. 

 Andrews, Report on the Heat of Combination ; -Report of the Committee on the 

 Registration of the Periodic Phenomena of Plants and .\nimals ;— Ninth Report of 

 Committee on Experiments on the Growth and Vitality of Seeds;— F. Ronalds, 

 Report concerning the Observatory of the British Association at Kew, from Aug. !i, 

 1848 to Sept. \i, 1840;-R. Mallet, Report on the Experimental Inquiry on Railway 

 [?ar Corrosion ;— W. R. Birt, Report on the Discussion of the Electrical Observations 

 at Kew. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, the Rev. T. R. Robinson's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTIETH MEETING, at Edinburgh, 

 1350, Published at Us. (Out of Print.) 



Contents:— R. Mallet, First Report on the Facts of Earthquake Phenomena;— 

 Rev. Prof. Powell, on Observations of Luminous Meteors;— Dr. T. Williams, on the 

 Structure and History of the Rritish Annelida ;— T. C. Hunt, Results of Meteoro- 

 logical Observations taken at St. Michael's from the 1st of January, 1840, to the Slst 



1884. ^' Q 



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