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chanical Properties of Steel ;—Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the South Coast of 
Devon and Cornwall ;—Supplement to a Report on the Extinct Didine Birds of the Masca- 
rene 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 Shet- 
land Seas;—Second Report of the Rainfall Committee ;--Report on the best means of 
providing for a Uniformity of Weights and Measures, with 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 or tue THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 
wich, August 1868, Published at £1 5s. 
ConTENts :—Report of the Lunar Committee ;—Fourth Report on Kent’s Cavern, Devon- 
shire ;—On Puddling Iron ;—Fourth Report on the Structure and Classification of the 
Fossil Crustacea ;—Report on British Fossil Corals;—Report on Spectroscopic Investigations 
of Animal Substances;— Report of Steamship Performance Committee ;—Spectrum Analysis 
of the Heavenly Bodies ;—On Stellar Spectrometry ;—Report on the Physiological Action of 
the Methyl and allied Compounds ;—Report on the Action of Mercury on the Biliary 
Secretion ;—Last Report on Dredging 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 Ships 
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 ;—Report on Synthetical Re- 
searches 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 ;—Report on Polyatomic Cyanides. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker’s Address, and Recommenda- 
tions of the Association and its Committees. j 
PROCEEDINGS or raz THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, Au- 
gust 1869, Published at £1 2s. 
Contents :—Report on the Plant-beds of North Greenland ;—Report on the existing 
knowledge on the Stability, Propulsion, and Sea-going 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 the Che- 
mical Reactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ;—On Fossils obtained at Kiltorkan 
Quarry, co. Kilkenny ;—Report of the Lunar Committee ;—Report on the Chemical Na- 
ture of Cast Iron;—Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of the south coast of Devon 
and Cornwall;—Report on the Practicability of establishing ‘a Close Time” for the Protec- 
tion of Indigenous Animals ;—Experimental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of 
Steel;—Second Report on British Fossil Corals ;—Report of the Committee appointed to 
get cut and prepared Sections of Mountain-limestone Corals for Photographing ;— Report on 
the rate of Increase of Underground Temperature ;—Fifth Report on Kent’s Cavern, De- 
vonshire ;—Report on the Connexion between Chemical Constitution and Physiological 
Action ;—On Emission, Absorption, and Reflection of Obscure Heat ;—Report on Obser- 
vations of Luminous Meteors ;—Report on Uniformity of Weights and Measures ;—Report on 
the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;—Supplement to Second Report of the Steam- 
ship-Performance Committee ;—Report on Recent Progress in Elliptic and Hyperelliptic 
Functions ;—Report on Mineral Veins in Carboniferous Limestone and their Organic Con- 
tents ;—Notes on the Foraminifera of Mineral Veins and the Adjacent Strata ;—Report of 
the Rainfall Committee ;—Interim Report on the Laws of the Flow and Action of Water 
containing Solid Matter in Suspension ;—Interim Report on Agricultural Machinery ;— 
Report on the Physiological Action of Methyl and Allied Series ;—On the Influence of 
Form considered in Relation to the Strength of Railway-axles and other portions of Machi- 
nery subjected to Rapid Alterations of Strain ;—On the Penetration of Armour-plates with 
Long Shells of Large Capacity fired obliquely ;—Report on Standardsof Electrical Resistance, 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Stokes’s Address, and Recom- 
mendations of the Association and its Committees. 
