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Strength and other Mechanical Properties of Iron obtained from the Hot and Cold 
Blast ;—W. Fairbairn, on the Strength and other Properties of Iron obtained from 
the Hot and Cold Blast ;—Sir J. Robinson and J. S. Russell, Report of the Committee 
on Waves ;—Note by Major Sabine, being an Appendix to his Report on the Varia- 
tions of the Magnetic Intensity observed at different Points of the Earth’s Surface 
—J. Yates, on the Growth of Plants under Glass, and without any free communica- 
tion with the outward Air, on the Plan of Mr. N. J. Ward, of London. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof, Traill’s Address, and Recom- 
mendations of the Association and its Committees, 
PROCEEDINGS or tae EIGHTH MEETING, at Newcastle, 1838, 
Published at 15s. (Out of Print.) 
CONTENTS :—Rey. W. Whewell, Account of a Level Line, measured from the 
Bristol Channel to the English Channel, by Mr. Bunt ;—Report on the Discussions of 
Tides, prepared under the direction of the Rev. W. Whewell ;—W. S. Harris, Account 
of the Progress and State of the Meteorological Observations at Plymouth ;—Major 
H. Sabine, on the Magnetic Isoclinal and Isodynamic Lines in the British Islands ; 
—Dr. Lardner, on the Determination of the Mean Numerical Values of Rail- 
way Constants ;—R. Mallet, First Report upon Experiments upon the Action of Sea 
and River Water upon Cast and Wrought Iron ;—R. Mallet, on the Action of a Heat 
of 212° Fahr., when long continued, on Inorganic and Organic Substances. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Murchison’s Address, and 
Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or tue NINTH MEETING, at Birmingham, 1839, 
Published at 13s. 6d. (Out of Print.) 
CONTENTS :—Rey. B. Powell, Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of 
Refractive Indices, for the Standard Rays of the Solar Spectrum in different media; 
Report on the Application of the Sum assigned for Tide Calculations to Rey. W. 
Whewell, in a letter from T. G. Bunt, Esq. ;—H. L. Pattinson, on some Galvanic 
Experiments to determine the Existence or Non-Existence of Electrical Currents 
among Stratified Rocks, particularly those of the Mountain Limestone formation, 
constituting the Lead Measures of Alton Moor ;—Sir D. Brewster, Reports respecting 
the Two Series of Hourly Meteorological Observations kept in Scotland ;—Report on 
the subject of a series of Resolutions adopted by the British Association at their 
Meeting in August 1838, at Newcastle ;—R. Owen, Report on British Fossil Reptiles ; 
—H. Forbes, Report on the Distribution of the Pulmoniferous Mollusca in the British 
isles ;—W. 8. Harris, Third Report on the Progress of the Hourly Meteorological 
Register at Plymouth Dockyard. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt’s Ad- 
dress, and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 
PROCEEDINGS or raze TENTH MEETING, at Glasgow, 1840, 
Published at 15s. (Out of Print.) 
CONTENTS :—Rey. B. Powell, Report on the Recent Progress of discovery relative 
to Radiant Heat, supplementary to a former Report on the same subject inserted in 
the first volume of the Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of 
Science ;—J. D. Forbes, Supplementary Report on Meteorology ;—W. S. Harris, Re- 
port on Prof. Whewell’s Anemometer, now in operation at Plymouth ;—Report on 
“The Motion and Sounds of the Heart,’ by the London Committee of the British 
Association, for 1839-40;—Prof. Schénbein, an Account of Researches in Electro- 
Chemistry ;—R. Mallet, Second Report upon the Action of Air and Water, whether 
fresh or salt, clear or foul, and at various temperatures, upon Cast Iron, Wrought 
Iron, and Steel ;—R. W. Fox, Report on some Observations on Subterranean Tempe- 
rature ;—A. F. Osler, Report on the Observations recorded during the years 1837, 
1838, 1839, and 1840, by the Self-registering Anemometer erected at the Philosophical 
Institution, Birmingham ;—Sir D. Brewster, Report respecting the Two Series of 
Hourly Meteorological Observations kept at Inverness and Kingussie, from Nov. Ist, 
1838, to Noy. 1st, 1839 :—W. Thompson, Report on the Fauna of Ireland: Div. Verte- 
