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PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING, at Birming- 

 ham, September 1865, Published at £1 5s. 



Contents :— J. G. Jeffreys, Report on Dredging among the Channel Isles ;— F. Buckland, 

 Report on the Cultivation of Oysters by Natural and Artificial Methods ; — Report of the 

 Committee for exploring Kent's Cavern ; — Report of the Committee on Zoological Nomen- 

 clature ;— Report on the Distribution of the Organic Remains of the North Staffordshire 

 Coal-field; — Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the South Coast of Devon and Corn- 

 wall ; — Interim Report on the Resistance of Water to Floating and Immersed Bodies ;— Re- 

 port on Observations of Luminous Meteors ;— Report on Dredging on the Coast of Aberdeen- 

 shire; — J. Glaisher, Account of Three Balloon Ascents ;— Interim Report on the Transmis- 

 sion of Sound under Water ;— G. J. Symons, on the Rainfall of the British Isles ;— W. Fair- 

 bairn, on the Strength of Materials considered in relation to the Construction of Iron Ships ; 

 — Report of the Gun-Cotton Committee ;— A. F. Osier, on the Horary and Diurnal Variations 

 in the Direction and Motion of the Air at Wrottesley, Liverpool, and Birmingham ;— B. W." 

 Richardson, Second Report on the Physiological Action of certain of the Amyl Compounds ; 

 --Report on further Researches in the Lingula-flags of South Wales ;— Report of the Lunar 

 Committee for Mapping the Surface of the Moon ;— Report on Standards of Electrical Re- 

 sistance ;— Report of the Committee appointed to communicate with the Russian Govern- 

 ment respecting Magnetical Observations at Tiflis ;— Appendix to Report on the Distribution 

 of the Vertebrate Remains from the North Staffordsiiire Coal-field; — H. Woodward, First 

 Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea ;— H. J. S. Smith, Report 

 on the Theory of Numbers, Part VI. ;— Report on the best means of providing for a Unifor- 

 mity of Weights and Measures, with reference to the interests of Science ;— A. G. Findlay, 

 on the Bed of the Ocean ;— -Professor A. W. Williamson, on the Composition of Gases 

 evolved by the Bath Spring called King's Bath. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Professor Phillips's Address, and Rcconi- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS or the THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING, at Nottiug- 

 ham, August 1866, PuUishecl at £1 4s. 



Contents :— Second Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire ;— A. Matthiessen, Preliminary 

 Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron ;— Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; 

 — W. S. Mitchell, Report on the Alum Bay Leaf-bed ;— Report on the Resistance of Water 

 to Floating and Immersed Bodies ;— Dr. Norris, Report on Muscular Irritability ;— Dr. 



Puchardson, Report on the Physiological Action of certain compounds of Amyl and Ethyl; 



H. Woodward, Second Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea ;— • 

 Second Report on the " Menevian Group," and the other Formations at St. David's, Pem- 

 brokeshire ;— J. G. Jeffreys, Report on Dredging among the Hebrides ;— Rev. A. M. Norman, 

 Report on the Coasts of the Hebrides, Part II. ;— J. Alder, Notices of some Invertebrata, in 

 connexion with Mr. Jeffreys's Report;— G. S. Brady, Report on the Ostracoda dredged 

 amongst the Hebrides ;— Report on Dredging in the Moray Firth ;— Report on the Transmis- 

 sion of Sound-Signals under Water ;— Report of the Lunar Committee ;— Report of the 

 Rainfall Committee ; — Report on the best means of providing for a Uniformity of Weights 

 and Measures, with reference to the Interests of Science ; — J. Glaisher, Account of Three Bal- 

 loon Ascents ;— Report on the Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands ;— Report on the pene- 

 tration/of Iron-clad Ships by Steel Shot;— J. A. VS^anklyn, Report on Isomerism among the 

 Alcohols ;— Report on Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law ;— A. L. Adams, Second Report 

 on Maltese Fossiliferous Caves, &c. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Grove's Address, and Recommendations 

 of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY- SEVENTH MEETING at 

 Dundee, September 1867, Piiblislied at £1 Qs. ' 



Contents :— Report of the Committee for Mapping the Surface of the Moon ;— Third 

 Report on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire ;— On the present State of the Manufacture of Iron 

 in Groat Britain ;— Third Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea • 

 — Keport on the Physiological Action of the Methyl Compounds ;— Preliminary Report on 

 the Exploration of the Plant-Beds of North Greenland ;— Report of the Steamship Perform- 

 ance Committee;— On the Meteorology of Port Louis in the Island of Mauritius ;— On the 

 Construction and Works of the Highland Railway ;— Experimental Researches on the Me- 



