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the (.'ommittoo on ComhinatioiiH kI' Cupital uud hatumr ; lU^port on llio Mutliod of 

 making' (iol(l-nssay8; — Kifrlilli Itoport on Uiulurt,Miiiiii(l TumponUnro; -Tides in tiio 

 Kiver Mer.soy;— Sixth ll«!iM)rt of tiie Coraniiitco on the; Slnicturcof Carhoniferous 

 ■Corals ;—Uci)ort. of the Committee appointed to explore the Settle Caves; — On 

 the Uiver Avon (l!.istol), its Drainuj,'e-Area, \c. ; lleport, of the Committee on 

 the ))Ossil)ility of establishing a 'Close Time' for the Protection of Indigenous 

 Animals; - Report of tiie (Jommittce apjiointed to superintend the l'ui)lication of 

 the Montiily Uei)orts of the Progress of (.'liemistry ; Itcpdrt (tn Dredging otf the 

 Coasts of Durham and North Yorkshire in 1874 ; UcjMjrt on Luminous Meteors ; — On 

 tlie Analytical Forms called Trees ;- lleport of the Committee on Mathematical 

 Tables; — lleport of the Committee on Mathematical Notation and I'rinting;— Second 

 Report of the Committee for investigating Intestinal Secretion ;— Third J 

 the Sub-Wealden Exploration Ccmimittee. 



Together with the Transact ions of the Sections, Sir John Hawkshaw's 



and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



Third Report of 

 Address, 



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PROCEEDINGS of the FORTY-SIXTH .AIEETING, at Glasgow, 

 September 187G, PuhlLihed at £1 6s. 



Contexts: — Twelfth Report on Kent's Cavern ;— Report on Improving the 

 Methods of Instruction in Elementary (Jeometry ; — Results of a Compari.son of the 

 British-Association Units of Electrical Resistance; Tliird Report on the Thermal 

 Conductivities of certain Rocks; Report of the Committee on the practicability of 

 :ido])ting a Common Measure of Value in the Assessment of Direct Taxation; 

 Report of the Committee for testing exi)erimentally Ohm's Law; -Report of the 

 Committee on the possibility of establishing a ' Close Time ' for the Protection of 

 Indigenous Animals; — Rei)ort of the Committee on the Effect of Propellers on the 

 Steering of Vessels; — On the Inve.stigaticm of the Steering Qualities of Ships;- 

 Seventh Report on Earthquakes in Scotland ; —Report (m the present .state of our 

 Knowledge of the Crustacea; — Second Ueport of the (!ommittee for investigating 

 the Circulation of the Underground Waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permiaii 

 Formations of England ; — Fourth Report of the Committee on the Erratic Blocks of 

 England and Wales, &c. ; — Fourth Report of the Committee on the Exploration of 

 the Settle Caves (Victoria Cave) ;— Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors. 

 1 875-76 ;— Report on the Rainfall of the Rriti.sh Isle.s, 1873-76;— Ninth Report on 

 Underground Temperature ;— Nitrous Oxide in the (hiseous and Liquid States ;— 

 Eighth Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;— Imi)roved Investiga- 

 tions on the Flow of Water through Orifices, with Objections to the modes of treat- 

 ment commonly adopted ; — Report of the Anthropometric Committee ; — On Cyclone 

 and Rainfall Periodicities in connexion with the Sun-sjiot Periodicity ; — Report of 

 the Committee for determining the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat ; -Report of the 

 Committee on Tidal Observations ;— Third lleport of the Committee on the Condi- 

 tions of Intestinal Secretion and Movement ; Report of the Committee for collect- 

 ing and suggesting subjects for Chemical Research. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. T. Andrews's .\ddress, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 





PROCEEDINGS of the FORTY-SEVENTH MEETING, at Ply- 

 mouth, August 1877, Puhllshcd at £1 4s. 



Contents : — Thirteenth Report on Kent's Cavern ;— Second and Third Reports 

 on the Methods employed in the estimation of Pota.sh and Pliosphoric Acid in Com- 

 mercial Products ;— Report on the })rescnt state of our Knowledge of the Crustacea 

 (Part III.) ;— Third Report on the Circulation of the Underground Waters in the New 

 Red Sandstone and Permian Formations of England ;— Fifth Report on the Erratic 

 Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland;— Fourth Report on the Thermal Conducti- 

 vities of certain Rocks ; — Reymrt on Observations of Luminous Jleteors, 1876-77 ; — 

 Tenth Report on Underground Temperature ; — Report on the Effect of Propellers on 

 the Steering of Vessels ;— Report on the jiossibility of establishing a ' Close Time ' 

 for the Protection of Indigenous Animals ; — Report on some Double Compounds of 



