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PROCEEDINGS op the THIRTY- EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

 wich, August 1868, Published at £1 5s. 



Contents:— Report of the Lunar Committee —Fourth Report on Kent's Cavern, 

 Devonshire ;— On Puddling Iron ;— Fourth Eeport on the Structure and Classifica- 

 tion of the Fossil Crustacea ; — Report on British Fossil Corals ; — Report on Spectro- 

 scopic Investigations of Animal Substances ;— Report of Steamship Performance 

 Committee ;— Spectrum Analysis of the Heavenly Bodies ;— On Stellar Spectro- 

 metry ;— Report on the Physiological Action of the Methyl and allied Compounds ;— 

 Report on the Action of Mercury on the Biliary Secretion ;— Last Report on Dredg- 

 ing among the Shetland Isles ;— Reports on the Crustacea, &c, and on the Annelida 

 and Foraminifera from the Shetland Dredgings ;— Report on the Chemical Nature of 

 Cast Iron, Part I.; — Interim Report on the Safety of Merchant Ships and their 

 Passengers ; — Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Preliminary Report 

 on Mineral Veins containing Organic Remains ;— Report on the Desirability of 

 Explorations between India and China ;— Report of Rainfall Committee ;— Re- 

 port on Synthetical Researches on Organic Acids ;— Report on Uniformity of Weights 

 and Measures ; — Report of the Committee on Tidal Observations ;— Report of the 

 Committee on Underground Temperature ;— Changes of the Moon's Surface ;— Re- 

 port on Polyatomic Cyanides. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker's Address, and Recom- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, 

 August 1869, Published at £1 2s. 



Contents :— Report on the Plant-beds of North Greenland ;— Report on the 

 existing knowledge on the Stability, Propulsion, and Seagoing qualities of Ships ; 

 — Report on Steam-boiler Explosions ; — Preliminary Report on the Determination 

 of the Gases existing in Solution in Well-waters ;— The Pressure of Taxation on 

 Real Property ;— On the Chemical Reactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ;— 

 On Fossils obtained at Kiltorkan Quarry, co. Kilkenny ; — Report of the Lunar Com- 

 mittee ;— Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;— Report on the Marine Fauna 

 and Flora of the South Coast of Devon and Cornwall ;— Report on the Practicability 

 of establishing a ' Close Time ' for the Protection of Indigenous Animals ;— Experi- 

 mental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of Steel ;— Second Report on 

 British Fossil Corals ; — Report of the Committee appointed to get cut and prepared 

 Sections of Mountain- Limestone Corals for Photographing ;— Report on the Rate of 

 Increase of Underground Temperature ;— Fifth Report on Kent's Cavern, Devon- 

 shire ; — Report on the Connexion between Chemical Constitution and Physiological 

 Action ;— On Emission, Absorption, and Reflection of Obscure Heat ; — Report on 

 Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Report on Uniformity of Weights and Measures ; 

 — Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ; — Supplement to Second 

 Report of the Steamship-Performance Committee ; — Report on Recent Progress in 

 Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions ; — Report on Mineral Veins in Carboniferous 

 Limestone and their Organic Contents ; — Notes on the Foraminifera of Mineral 

 Veins and the Adjacent Strata ;— Report of the Rainfall Committee ;— Interim Re- 

 port on the Laws of the Flow and Action of Water containing Solid Matter in 

 Suspension ; — Interim Report on Agricultural Machinery ; — Report on the Physio- 

 logical Action of Methyl and Allied Series ;— On the Influence of Form considered 

 in Relation to the Strength of Railway-axles and other portions of Machinery sub- 

 jected to Rapid Alterations of Strain; — On the Penetration of Armour-plates with 

 Long Shells of Large Capacity fired obliquely ;— Report on Standards of Electrical 

 Resistance. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Stokes's Address, and Re- 

 commendations of the Association and its Committees. 



