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OF SCIENCE. 



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 1831 to 1874 {of which more than 15 copies remain), at 2s. Qd. per volume ; 

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Associates for the Meeting in 1881 may obtain the Volume for the Year at two-thirds 



of the Publication Price. 



PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST and SECOND MEETINGS, at York 

 and Oxford, 1831 and 1832, FicblisJwd at 13s. 6d. 



Contents :— Prof. Airy, on the Progress of Astronomy ;— J. W. Lubbock, on the 

 Tides ;— Prof. Forbes, on the Present State of Meteorology ;— Prof. Powell, on tlie 

 Present State of the Science of Radiant Heat ;— Prof. Gumming, on Thermo-Electri- 

 city ;— Sir D. Brewster, on the Progress of Optics ;— Rev. W. Wliewell, on the Present 

 State of Mineralogy ;— Rev. W. D. Conybeare, on the Recent Progress and Present 

 State of Geology ;— Dr. Pritchard's Review of Philological and Physical Researches. 



Together with Papers on Mathematics, Optics, Acoustics, Magnetism, Electricity, 

 Chemistry, Meteorology, Geography, Geology, Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, Botany, 

 and the Arts ; and an Exposition of the Objects and Plan of the Association, &c. 



PROCEEDINGS op the THIRD MEETING, at Cambridge, 1833, 

 Published at 12s. (Out of Print.) 



Contents:— Proceedings of the Meeting ;— John Taylor, on Mineral Veins ;— Dr. 

 Lindley, on the Philosophy of Botany;— Dr. Henry, on the Physiology of the Nervous 

 System ;— P. Barlow, on the Strength of Materials ;— S. H. Christie, on the Magnetism 

 of the Earth ;— Rev. J. Challis, on the Analytical Theory of Hydrostatics and Hy- 

 drodynamics ;— G. Rennie, on Hydraulics as a Branch of Engineering, Part I.;— Rev. 

 G. Peacock, on certain Branches of Analysis. 



Together with Papers on Mathematics and Physics, Philosophical Instruments and 

 Mechanical iV.rts, Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, and History of Science. 



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