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PROCEEDINGS of the FORTT-EIETH MEETING, at Bristol, 

 August 1875, Published at £\ hs. (Out of Print.) 



Contents :— Eleventh Report on Kent's Cavern ;— Seventh Report on Under- 

 ground Temperature;— Report on the Zoological Station at Naples ;— Report of a 

 Committee appointed to inquire into the Methods employed in the Estimation of 

 Potash and Phosphoric Acid in Commercial Products ;— Report on the present state 

 of our Knowledge of the Crustacea ;-Second Report on the Thermal Conduc- 

 tivities of certain Rocks ;— Preliminary Report of the Committee for extending the 

 Observations on the Specific Volumes of Liquids ;— Sixth Report on Earthquakes 

 in Scotland ;— Seventh Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;— Ke- 

 port of the Committee for furthering the Palestine Explorations ;- Third Report ot 

 the Committee for recording the position, height above the sea, lithological 

 characters, size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks of England and Wales, &c.;— 

 Report of the Rainfall Committee ;— Report of the Committee for investigating 

 Isomeric Cresols and their Derivatives ;— Report of the Committee for investigating 

 the Circulation of the Underground Waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permian 

 Formations of England ;— On the Steering of Screw-Steamers ;— Second Report of 

 the Committee on Combinations of Capital and Labour ;— Report on the Method ot 

 making Gold-assays;— Eighth Report on Underground Temperature ;— Tides m the 

 River Mersey ;— Sixth Report of the Committee on the Structure of Carboniterous 

 Corals ;— Report of the Committee appointed to explore the Settle Caves ;— On 

 the River Avon (Bristol), its Drainage-Area, &c. ;— Report of the Committee on 

 the possibility of establishing a ' Close Time ' for the Protection of Indigenous 

 Animals ;— Report of the Committee appointed to superintend the Publication of 

 the Monthly Reports of the Progress of Chemistry ;— Report on Dredging oil the 

 Coasts of Durham and North Yorkshire in 1874 ;— Repeat on Luminous Meteors ;— On 

 the Analytical Forms called Trees ;— Report of the Committee on Mathematical 

 Tables ;— Report of the Committee on Mathematical Notation and Printing ;— Second 

 Report of the Committee for investigating Intestinal Secretion ;— Third Report of 

 the Sub- Wealden Exploration Committee. , kaa 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir John Hawkshaw s Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the FORTY-SIXTH MEETING, at Glasgow, 

 September 1876, Published at £1 5s. 



Contents :— Twelfth Report on Kent's Cavern ;— Report on Improving the 

 Methods of Instruction in Elementary Geometry ;— Results of a Comparison of the 

 British- Association Units of Electrical Resistance ;— Third Report on the Thermal 

 Conductivities of certain Rocks ;— Report of the Committee on the practicability of 

 adopting a Common Measure of Value in the Assessment of Direct Taxation ;— 

 Report of the Committee for testing experimentally Ohm's Law ;— Report of the 

 Committee on the possibility of establishing a ' Close Time ' for the Protection of 

 Indigenous Animals ;— Report of the Committee on the EfEect of Propellers on the 

 Steering of Vessels ;— On the Investigation of the Steering Qualities of Ships ;— 

 Seventh Report on Earthquakes in Scotland ;— Report on the present state ot our 

 Knowledgeof the Crustacea;— Second Report of the Committee for investigating 

 the Circulation of the Underground Waters in the .New Red Sandstone and Permian 

 Formations of England ;— Fourth Report of the Committee on the Erratic Blocks of 

 England and Wales, &c. ;— Fourth Report of the Committee on the Exploration of 

 the Settle Caves (Victoria Cave) ;— Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 

 1875-76 ;— Report on the Rainfall of the British Isles, 1875-76 ;— Ninth Report on 

 Underground Temperature ;— Nitrous Oxide in the Gaseous and Liquid States;— 

 Eighth Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;— Improved Investiga- 

 tions on the Flow of Water through Orifices, with Objections to the modes of treat- 

 ment commonly adopted ;— Report of the Anthropometric Committee ;— On Cyclone 

 and Rainfall Periodicities in connexion with the Sun-spot Periodicity ;— Report of 

 the Committee for determining the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat ;— Report of the 

 Committee on Tidal Observations ;— Third Report of the Committee on the Condi- 

 tions of Intestinal Secretion and Movement ;— Report of the Committee for collect- 

 ing and suggesting subjects for Chemical Research. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. T. Andrews's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



