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 Banks in the United Kingdom ; — Prof. Bunsen and Dr. Playfair, Report on the Gases 

 evolved from Iron Furnaces, with reference to the Theory of Smelting of Iron ; — 

 Dr. Richardson, Report on the Ichthyology of the Seas of China and Japan ; — 

 Report of the Committee on the Registration of Periodical Phenomena of Animals 

 and Vegetables ; — Fifth Report of the Committee on the Vitality of Seeds ; — 

 Appendix, &c. 



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 different degrees of dilution, and on the relation which exists between the Develop- 

 ment of Heat and the coincident contraction of Volume in Sulphuric Acid when 

 mixed with Water; — R. Hunt, Researches on the Influence of the Solar Rays on the 

 Growth of Plants ; — R. Mallet, on the Facts of Eartliquake Phenomena ; — Prof. 

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