sts Re: Proceedings of the British Association 
ee ~ the’ em by a side view. A few weeks before this, he had attended the 
ae — lectures of Prof. Carlile, of the Queen’ s Cole “hee on the anat- 
Fen ome acquainted 
a pase on the side next the bye % which they went; these, after accom- 
aS. eee it in its passage into the eyeball. ‘These portions of the re- 
tina of the different eygs were also united into one nervous action by 
e “commissure of the retina.” So that, the retina of each eye was 
‘divided into two portions,—the portion next the nose, and the outer 
and larger portion ; and these two portions of each eye were supplied 
by nerves springing from opposite sides of the brain, and not a in’ 
their action by any commissure or connecting nerve. . Now, the con- 
“sequen ce of the sudden turn of the head was, to throw the ace from 
its usual place ye n the portion of the’ retina next the nose, affecting a 
* new and fresh of the retina for an inStant only,—for the motion — 
af the head instantly interposed the socket of the eye and shut off the 
ors therefore became distinct at that instant, for a sim: _ 
les reason sed in the beautiful experiment of Prof. Wheatsto ot 
electric spark showed them distinct,—namely, the instantaneousne’ 
the impression. 
The following are the titles of other memoirs presented to the Sec- 
tion ‘of Mathematical | and Physical Science.— 
Report on the observations and experiments at the Kew Observatory; by F. 
Rowatps. 
Report on Luminous Meteors the Rev. a ft: 
On the’Laws of ara § of TF igohide ; by W.J 
d ted of sg working of the new aia one ago rig the past year; 
OLLET OSLER. 
On Magnetic sama by Mr. J. A 
On the ris ig ‘of the Silk rac. Threads for the Declination Magne- 
tometer; by M ROUN. 
_ On the the Mechanical ‘Compeneations = the effect of cher sean on the Bifilar 
A. Br 
of 
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on tie ® Expansion of Glass, Woods, and Metals from por Tem- 
— “7 wake 
monet tyg Pecearroe on the Instruments for the measurement of earthq! 
on ‘on the Meteorology of the Azores; by Mr. J. C. Hunt. 
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