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on tlie prcHciit Stiilo of our Knowlcd^'o of tlie 

 iiitions; — 'I'cntli Ik'iiorl of Coniniitteii on Kxpori- 



of PennnilKT, ISl'.t;— U. Hunt, on 



(!liomical Action of the . Solar Uiuli , .„ , , - 



inetits oil till' (irowlli and Vitality of Sct'ds ; - Major-Ocn. Itri^-j^'s, K('|jort on tlm 

 Abori),'inal Trilif's of India; — K. Ronalds, lU'iiort oonocrninp: llir Observatory of tlu? 

 liriti.sh AsMocialioii at Ki'w;— K. K<)rl)('s, Itcjiort on tlie Investipit ion of Kritisli 

 Marine Zooloj.'y by means of llio Dred^^c;; U. MacAndrew, Notes on liie Distribution 

 and Uan^;e in diiptli of Molhisea and other .Marine Animals, observed on the coasts 

 of Spain, Port iit'al, l!arl)ary, Malta, and Southern Italy in JM!( ; - I'rof. AUman, on 



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1,1 tll\> «jw./i.r^^| .,^, lilt Ibll.^ wi . ..v> «'i'-i^»-, .*. ..inv. .»■*». n .., **w,v,.-. w.i , n^ I. 



d Uan^;e in diipth of Molhisca and other Marine Animals, observed on 



Spain, Port iitral, l!arl)ary, Malta, and Southern Italy in JM'.tj-Prof. 



s Present State of our Knowled^fc of the Freshwater I'olyzoa ; — Uc^ri 



Ht rat ion of 



the I'eriodical I'henoinena of Plants and Animals; Su^r^rest ions to Astronomers for 

 the ()bser\alion of llie Total Kc.lipse of tlie Sun on July 28, IHol. 



Touether with tlio Transactions of the; Sections, Sir David Brewster's Address, 

 and Kecommi^ndations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTY-FIRST ^lEETlNG, at Ipswidi, 



1851, ruhlitihed at IGs, (jil, 



CoNTKNTH :— Rev. Prof. Powell, on Observations of liumintnis Mi^tcors; 

 Eleventh Ilt^xirt of Committee on K.xperiments on the (Irowth anil Vitality of 

 Seeds; — Dr. J. Drew, on the Climate of Soutliamjiton ; — Dr. li. A. Smith, on the 

 Air and Water of Towns: Action of porous Strata, Water, and Or^;anic Matter; 

 lleport of the Commitiee appointed to consider the probable Ktfects in an Kcono- 

 mical and Pliysical Point of View of the Destruction of Troi)ical Forests; A. 

 Henfrey, on tlie llejiroduction and sujiposed F.xistence of Sexual Oi^ians in the 

 Hiji'her Cryiitojjamous Plants;— Dr. Daubeny, on tli(\ Nomenclature of Orj^-anic Com- 

 ])Ounds ; — Uev. Dr. Donaldson, on two unsolved Problems in Indo-German Philolo^'-y ; 

 -Dr. T. Williams, Ue])iirt on the British .Annelida; — It. ]\lallet. Second lte])ort on 

 the Facts of Earthquake Phenomena ; Letter fnmi Prof. Henry to Col. Sabine, on 

 the System of Meleorolo^rical Observations iirojiosed to be established in the United 

 States; -Col. Sabine, lleport on the Kew Ma'/netograjil:s ; — J. Welsh, Ifeport on the 

 Performance of his three Ma.i!;neloj,n'aphs during,' the Experimental Trial .at the 

 Kew Observatory; — F. Ronalds, Report concerning? the Oliservatory of the Pritisli 

 Association at Kew, from September 12, 1850, to July ill, 18.")1 ; —Ordnance Survey 

 of Scotland. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. .Viry's Address, and Recom- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTY-SECOND MEETING, at BoHasi, 



1852, Published at 15s. 



Contents: — R. Mallet, Third Report on tlie Facts of Earthquake Phenomena;— 

 Twelfth Report of Committee on Experiments on the Growth and Vitality of Seeds; 

 — Rev. Prof. Powell, Report on Observations of Luminous Jleteors, 1851-52; — Dr. 

 Gladstone, on the Induence of the Solar Radiations on the Vital Powers of Plants; 

 — A JIanual of Ethnological Inciuiry ; — Col. Sykes, Mean Temperature of the Day, 

 and Monthly Fall of Rain at 127 Stations under the Ilengal Presidency; — Prof. J. 

 D. Forbes, on Experiments on the Laws of the Conduction of Heat ; — R. Hunt, on 

 the Chemical Action of the Solar Radiations; — Dr. Hodges, on tlie Composition and 

 Economy of the Flax Plant ; — W. Thomp.son, on the Freshwater Fishes of Ulster ;— 

 W. Thompson, Sujiplementary Report on the F'auna of Ireland ;— W. Wills, on the 

 Meteorology of Birm:"gham ; — J. Thomson, on the Vortex- Water-Wheel ;— J. H. 

 Lawes and Dr. GiPiert, on the Composition of Foods in relation to Respiration and 

 the Feeding of Animals. 



Together w'v.n tlie Transactions of the Sections, Colonel Sabine's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTY-THIRD MEETING, at Hull, 

 1863, Published at 10s. 6d. 



Contents: — Rev. Prof. Powell, Report on Observations of Luminou-S Meteors, 

 1852-53 ; — James Oldham, on the Pliysical Features of the Humber ;— James Old- 

 ham, on the Ri.se, Progress, and Present Position of Steam Navigation in Hull; — 





