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Thompson, Report on I'.ie Fauna of Ireland : Diy. Invertebrata ; — Provisional Reports, and 

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PROCEEDINGS of the FOURTEENTH MEETING, at York, 1844, 

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Contents : — W. B. Carpenter, on the Microscopic Structure of Shells ; — J. Alder and A. 

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 Influence of Light on the Germination of Seeds and the Growth of Plants ; — Report of a 

 Committee appointed by the British Association in 1840, for revising the Nomenclature of the 

 Stars ; — Lt.-Col. Sabine, on the Meteorology of Toronto in Canada ; — J. Blackwall, Report 

 on some recent researches into the Structure, Functions, and Economy of the Araneidea 

 made in Great Britain ; — Earl of Rosse, on the Construction of large Reflecting Telescopes ; 

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 the recent Progress and Present Slate of Ornithology; — T. Oldliam, Report of Committee 

 appointed to conduct Observations on Subterranean Temperature in Ireland ; — Prof. Owen, 

 Report on the Extinct Mammals of Australia, with descriptions of certain Fossils indicative 

 of the former existence in that continent of large Marsupial Representatives of the Order 

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PROCEEDINGS of the FIFTEENTH MEETING, at Cambridge, 



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Contents : — Seventh Report of a Committee appointed to conduct the Cooperation of the 

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 on the Physiological Actions of Medicines ; — Dr. Von Boguslawski, on the Comet of 1843; 

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 Report on the Gases evolved from Iron Furnaces, with reference to the Theory of Smelting 

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 Report of the Committee on the Registration of Periodical Phenomena of Animals and Vege- 

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