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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 or tan 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, 
PROCEEDINGS or tHe FORTIETH MEETING, at Liverpool, 
September 1870, Published at 18s. : 
CoNnTENTS :—Report on Steam-boiler Explosions ;—Report of the Committee on 
the Hematite Iron-ores of Great Britain and Ireland ;—Report on the Sedimentary 
Deposits of the River Onny ;—Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;—Re- 
port on the practicability of establishing a ‘Close Time’ for the protection of 
Indigenous Animals ;—Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance ;—Sixth Report 
on Kent’s Cavern ;—Third Report on Underground Temperature ;—Second Report of 
the Committee appointed to get cut and prepared Sections of Mountain-Limestone 
Corals ;—Second Report on the Stability, Propulsion, and Seagoing Qualities of 
