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

 Birds of the Mascarene Islands ; — Report on the Penetration of Ironclad 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 

 Fossilif erous Caves, &;c. 



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

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING, at 

 Dundee, September 1867, Published at £\ 6s. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Highland Railway; — Experimental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of 

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

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

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

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

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

 in the Shetland Seas; — Second Report of the Rainfall Committee; — Report on the 

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

 to the interests of Science ; — Report on Standards of Electrical Resistance. 



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

 Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS op the THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

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



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

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

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

 scopic Investigations of Animal Substances ; — Report of Steamship Performance 

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

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

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

 ing among the Shetland Isles ; — Reports on the Crustacea, &.C., and on the Annelida 

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

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

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

 on Mineral Veins containing Organic Remains; — Report on the Desirability of 

 Explorations between India and China; — Report of Rainfall Committee; — Re- 

 port on Synthetical Researches on Organic Acids ; — Report on Uniformity of Weights 

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

 Committee on Underground Temperature ; — Changes of the Moon's Surface ; — Re- 

 port on Polyatomic Cyanides. 



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

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, 

 August 1869, Published at £1 2s. 



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

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

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

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

 Real Property ; — On tlie Chemical Reactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ; — 

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



