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Account of Nine Balloon Ascents made in 1863 and 1864 ;— J. G. Jeflfreys, Further Report 

 on Shetland Dredgings ; — Report of the Committee on the Distribution of the Organic 

 Remains of the North Staffordshire Coal-field;— Report of the Committee on Standards of 

 Electrical Resistance ;—G. J. Syraons, on the Fall of Rain in the British Isles in 1862 and 

 1863 ;— W. Fairbairn, Preliminary Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of the pro- 

 posed Atlantic Cable. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir Charles Lyell's Address, and Recom- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING, at Birming- 

 ham, September 1865, Published at £l 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 Staffordsliire 

 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. Glaislier, Account of Three Ualloon Ascents; — Interim Report on the Transmis- 

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

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

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 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 iVIoon ; — 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 Staffordshire Conl-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 ; — Prolessor A. W. Williamson, on the Composition of Gases 

 evolved by the Bath Spring called King's Bath. 



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 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIETT-SIXTH MEETING, at Notting- 

 ham, August 1866, Fublished at £1 -is. 



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. 

 Richardson, 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, Accomit 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 Wanklyn, Report on Isomerism among the 

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

 on Maltese Fossiliferous Caves, &c. 



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 of the Association and its Committees. 



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