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 trilMition 



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 imierf* lor 



Address, 



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[otcors ; 

 itiility of 

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 an Kci'iiii- 

 rests ; A. 

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 anic Com- 

 I'liilolo^'y ; 

 Report <iii 

 Sal)inc, on 

 lie United 

 lort on the 

 •ial at tlie 

 lie Hritish 

 ice Survey 



nd Ileciini- 



,t BoHtisl, 



nomena ; 

 y of Seeds; 

 1-52 ;- Dr. 

 of Plants; 

 )f the Day, 

 --Prof. J. 

 I. Hunt , on 

 osition and 

 F Ulster;— 

 ills, on the 

 eel; -J. H. 

 iration and 



ddrcss, and 



at Hull, 



us Meteors, 

 James Old- 

 in Hull;— 



963 



William Fairhairn, KxiK-rlmental Uesearehes In determino the Sireiiirtli of Locomo- 

 tive lloihirs, anil the cailses wiiieli lead |n Kx|ilnsinii ; ,1. . I. Sylvester, I'rovisimial 

 Ue[iort on the Theoi T Deienniiiaiils ; I'mlVssnr llml^'es. M.l>., Htport mi the 

 (iases evolved ill Ste. .,.iiK Khix, ami on tho ('oin|M)silloii and Kijntiomy of the Flax 

 I'lant ; 'I'hirteentli Uepnrt nf Cninmittee im Kx|ierimeiits on the'tirowth and 

 Vitalilyoi" Seeds; Uol-n Hinil, on Ihn ('lieinical Aet inn nf the Snlar l{ailiation> ; 



-Dr. .loliii P. llidl, Oliservalions on tho Character and Measineineiits of ne^rimla- 

 tionof the YorJsshina'oast ;- First Ileport nl' I'ommitlee on the I'iiysical CharaiMer 

 of tho Moon's Siirl'aee, as compared wilii tliat of the Kartli; -U. Mallet, I'rnvisinnal 

 Heport on Karlliqiiakt! Wave-Transits; and on Seisninmetrical Instniiiieiils ; 

 William Fairliairii, on the Mechanical I'loperl iesof Metals as derived fmiu repeated 

 Meltint,'s, exhibiting' the maximmu point of strength and the liaiises nt deterinration ; 



-Robert Mallet, Third Rciiort on the Facts of Karthiiiiake I'heiioiiieiia (cmiiinued). 

 Tof^ether with the Transactions of the Si'ctions, Mr. Jloiikins's Address, and 

 Ilocommeudat ion.s of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEHDINGS ok thi: TWENTY-FOUUTH MEETING, at Liver- 

 pool, 1854, rahllnhed at 18s. 



C()NTi;\TS: -R. Jlallet, Third Report on the Facts of Karthi|iiako Phenomena 

 (colli iniUMl) ;—^Iajor-Oeiieral Chesney, on the Const met ion and General Use nf 

 Ktlicii'iit liife-l'oats ; — Rev. Prof. Powell, Third Report on the ])reseiit Stale of our 

 Knosvled^'e of Radiant Ilea' ;- Colonel Sabine, on some of the results obtained at 

 the I'ritish Colonial Ma<,'netic Observatories ; —Colonel Portlock, Re|ii)rt of tho 

 </'(munitleeon Kartliqiiakes, witli their iirocee(lin;rs respecting' Seismometers; Dr. 

 (Jladstone, on tin- Inliuence of the Solar Radiations on the Vital Powers of Plants. 

 Part 2 ; -Rev. Prof. Powell, Report on Observat ions of Luminous Meteors, IHnit-ol; 

 —Second Report of the Committee on the Physical Character ol' tiie Moon's Surface; 

 -W. G. Armstrong, on thc! Ajiplication of Water-Pressure Machiiuuy ; J. I!. Lawes 

 and Dr. Gilbert, on the Equivalency of Starch and Su;.'ar in Food ;— Archibald 

 Smith, on the Deviations of the Comjiass in Wooden and Lmu Shijjs; Fourteenth 

 Report of Committee on Kxperimonts on the Growth and Vitality of Seeds. 



To;^etlier with the Transactions of tho Sections, the Earl of llarrowby's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS ok toe TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING, at Glasgow, 

 1855, Published at 15.9. 



Contents:— T. Dobson, Report on the Relation between Explosions in Coal- 

 Mines and Revolving Storms; — Dr. Gladstone, on the Inliuence of the Solar Radia- 

 tions on tlie Vital Powers of Plants growing under different Atmospheric Conditions, 

 Part ,T;-C. Spence Rate, on the British Edriophthalma; -J. F. Pateman, on tho 

 present state of our knowledge on the Sujiply of Water to Towns ;-Fifteentli 

 Ileport of Committee on Experiments on the Growth and Vitality of Seeds; -Rev. 

 Prof. Powell, Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1854-5.'); - Rejiort of 

 Committee ajipointed to inquire into the best means of ascertaining those projicrties 

 of Metals and etfects of various modes of treating them which are of imiiortance 

 to the durability and efficiency of Artillery ;— Rev. Prof. Henslow, Uejiort on Typical 

 Objects in Natural History ;— A. Follett Osier, Account of the Self-registering 

 Anemometer and Rain-Gauge at the Liverpool Observatory ;—]'rovisional Ri^ports. 



Together with tho Transactions of the Sections, the Duke of Argyll's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTY-SIXTH ^lEETING, at Chel- 

 tenham, 1856, Puhlished at 18.<r. 



Contents :— Report from tho Committee appointed to investigate and report 

 upon the effects produced upon tho Channels of the Mersey by the alterations whicli 

 within the last tifty years have been made in its Panks : - J. Thomson, Interim 

 Report on progress in Researches on the Measurement of Water by AVeir Boards ;— 



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