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spheric Electrometer for Kew, and Portable Apparatus for observing Atmospheric 

 Electricity ; — William Fairbairn, Experiments to determine the Effect of Vibratory 

 Action and long-continued Changes of Load upon Wrought-iron Girders ; — R. P. 

 Greg, Catalogue of Meteorites and Fireballs, fromA.D. 2 to a.d. 1860; — Prof. H. J. S. 

 Smith, Eeport on the Theory of Numbers, Part II. ; — Vice-Admiral Moorsom, on the ■ 

 Performance of Steam-vessels, the Functions of the Screw, and the Kelations of its 

 Diameter and Pitch to the Form of the Vessel ; — Rev. W. V. Harcourt, Report on the 

 Effects of long-continued Heat, illustrative of Geological Phenomena ; — Second 

 Eeport of the Committee on Steamship Performance ; — Interim Report on the Gauging 

 of Water by Triangular Notches ; — List of the British Marine Invertebrate Fauna. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Lord Wrottesley's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-FIRST MEETING, at Manches- 

 ter, September 1861, Published at £\. 



Contents : — James Glaisher, Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — 

 Dr. E. Smith, Report on the Action of Prison Diet and Discipline on the Bodily 

 Functions of Prisoners, Part I. ;— Charles Atherton, on Freight as affected by Differ- 

 ences in the Dynamic Properties of Steamships; — Warren De La Rue, Report on the 

 Progress of Celestial Photography since the Aberdeen Meeting ; — B. Stewart, on the 

 Theory of Exchanges, and its recent extension ; — Drs. E. Schunck, R. Angus Smith, 

 and H. E. Roscoe, on the Recent Progress and Present Condition of Manufacturing 

 Chemistry in the South Lancashire District; — Dr. J. Hunt, on Ethno- Climatology ; 

 or, the Acclimatization of Man ; — Prof. J. Thomson, on Experiments on the Gauging 

 of Water by Triangular Notches; — Dr. A. Voelcker, Report on Field Experiments 

 and Laboratory Researches on the Constituents of Manures essential to cultivated 

 Crops ; — Prof. H. Hennessy, Provisional Report on the Present State of our Knowledge 

 respecting the Transmission of Sound-signals during Fogs at Sea; — Dr. P. L. Sclater 

 and F. von Hochstetter, Eeport on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Birds 

 of the Genus Apteryx living in New Zealand ; — J. G. Jeffreys, Report of the Results 

 of Deep-sea Dredging in Zetland, with a Notice of several Species of Mollusca new 

 to Science or to the British Isles ; — Prof. J. Phillips, Contributions to a Report on 

 the Physical Aspect of the Moon ; — W. E. Birt, Contribution to a Report on the Phy- 

 sical Aspect of the Moon ; — Dr. CoUingwood and Mr. Byerley, Preliminary Report 

 of the Dredging Committee of the Mersey and Dee ; — Third Report of the Committee 

 on Steamship Performance ; — J. G. Jeffreys, Preliminary Report on the Best Mode of 

 preventing the Ravages of Teredo and other Animals in our Ships and Harbours ; — 

 R. Mallet, Eeport on the Experiments made at Holyhead to ascertain the Transit- 

 Velocity of Waves, analogous to Earthquake Waves, through the local Eock Formations ; 

 — T, Dobson, on the Explosions in British Coal-Mines during the year 1859 ; — J. Old- 

 ham, Continuation of Eeport on Steam Navigation at Hull ; — Prof. G. Dickie, Brief 

 Summary of a Report on the Flora of the North of Ireland ; — Prof. Owen, on the 

 Psychical and Physical Characters of the Mincopies, or Natives of the Andaman 

 Islands, and on the Relations thereby indicated to other Races of Mankind ; — Colonel 

 Sykes, Report of the Balloon Committee; — Major-General Sabine, Report on the Re- 

 petition of the Magnetic Survey of England ; — Interim Report of the Committee for 

 Dredging on the North and East Coasts of Scotland ; — W. Fairbairn, on the Resist- 

 ance of Iron Plates to Statical Pressure and the Force of Impact by Projectiles at 

 High Velocities ; — W. Fairbairn, Continuation of Report to determine the effect of 

 Vibratory Action and long-continued Changes of Load upon Wrought-Iron Girders j 

 — Report of the Committee on the Law of Patents; — Prof. H. J. S. Smith, Report on 

 the Theory of Numbers, Part III. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Fairbairn 's Address, and Re- 

 commendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-SECOND MEETING at Cam- 

 bridge, October 1862, PuUished at £1. 



Contents : — James Glaisher, Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1861- 

 62 ; — G. B. Airy, on the Strains in the Interior of Beams ; — Archibald Smith and F. 

 J. Evans, Report on the three Reports of the Liverpool Compass Committee ; — Report 

 on Tidal Observations on the Humber ; — T. Aston, on Rifled Guns and Projectiles 



