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of Science ; — J. Glaisher, Account of Three Balloon Ascents ; — Eeport on the Extinct 

 Birds of the Mascarene Islands ; — Eeport on the Penetration of Ironclad Ships by- 

 Steel Shot ; — J. A. Wanklyn, Eeport on Isomerism among the Alcohols ; — Eeport on 

 Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law ; — A. L. Adams, Second Eeport on Maltese 

 Fossiliferous Caves, &c. 



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

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY- SEVENTH MEETING, at 

 Dundee, September 1867, Puhlished at £1 6s. 



Contents : — Eeport of the Committee for Mapping the Surface of the Moon ;— 

 Third Eeport on Kent's Cavern, Devonshire ; — On the present State of the Manu- 

 facture of Iron in Great Britain ; — Third Eeport on the Structure and Classification 

 of the Fossil Crustacea ; — Eeport on the Physiological Action of the Methyl Com- 

 pounds ; — Preliminary Eeport on the Exploration of the Plant-Beds of North Green- 

 land ; — Eeport of the Steamship Performance Committee ; — On the Meteorology of 

 Port Louis, in the Island of Mauritius ; — On the Construction and Works of the 

 Highland Eailway; — Experimental Eesearches on the Mechanical Properties of 

 Steel ; — Eeport on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the South Coast of Devon and 

 Cornwall ; — Supplement to a Eeport on the Extinct Didine Birds of the Mascarene 

 Islands ; — Eeport on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Fourth Eeport on Dredging 

 among the Shetland Isles ; — Preliminary Eeport on the Crustacea, &c., procured by 

 the Shetland Dredging Committee in 1867 ; — Eeport on the Foraminifera obtained 

 in the Shetland Seas ; — Second Eeport of the Eainfall Committee ; — Eeport on the 

 best means of providing for a Uniformity of Weights and Measures, with reference 

 to the interests of Science ; — Eeport on Standards of Electrical Eesistance. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, and Eecommendations of the 

 Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

 wich, August 1868, Puhlished at £1 5s. 



Contents : — Eeport of the Lunar Committee ; — Fourth Eeport on Kent's Cavern, 

 Devonshire ; — On Puddling Iron ; — Fourth Eeport on the Structure and Classifica- ■ 

 tion of the Fossil Crustacea ; — Eeport on British Fossil Corals ; — Eeport on Spectro- 

 scopic Investigations of Animal Substances ; — Eeport of Steamship Performance 

 Committee ; — Spectrum Analysis of the Heavenly Bodies ; — On Stellar Spectro- 

 metry ; — Eeport on the Physiological Action of the Methyl and allied Compounds ; — 

 Eeport on the Action of Mercury on the Biliary Secretion ; — Last Eeport on Dredg- 

 ing among the Shetland Isles ; — Eeports on the Crustacea, &:c., and on the Annelida 

 and Foraminifera from the Shetland Dredgings ; — Eeport on the Chemical Nature of 

 Cast Iron, Part I. ; — Interim Eeport on the Safety of Merchant Ships and their 

 Passengers ; — Eeport on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Preliminary Eeport 

 on Mineral Veins containing Organic Eemains ; — Eeport on the Desirability of 

 Explorations between India and China ; — Eeport of Eainfall Committee ; — Ee- 

 port on Synthetical Eesearches on Organic Acids ; — Eeport on Uniformity of Weights 

 and Measures ; — Eeport of the Committee on Tidal Observations ; — Eeport of the 

 Committee on Undergroimd Temperature ; — Changes of the Moon's Surface ; — Ee- 

 port on Polyatomic Cyanides. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker's Address, and Eecom- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, 

 Auo-ust 1869, Puhlished at £1 2s. 



Contents : — Eeport on the Plant -beds of North Greenland ; — Eeport on the 

 existing knowledge on the Stability, Propulsion, and Seagoing qualities of Ships ; 

 — Eeport on Steam-boiler Explosions ; — Preliminary Eeport on the Determination 

 of the Gases existing in Solution in Well-waters ; — The Pressure of Taxation on 

 Eeal Property ; — On the Chemical Eeactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ; — 

 On Fossils obtained at Kiltorkan Quarry, co. Kilkenny ; — Eeport of the Lunar Com- 



