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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 Forarainifera 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. 



PEOCEEDINGS op the THIETY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

 ■\vicL, August 1868, Puhlislied at £1 55. .. „ . .„,T^„, , 



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

 shire ; — On PuddHng 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 tlie 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 tiie 

 Committee on Tidal Observations ; — Report ofthe Committee on Underground Temperature; 

 — Changes ofthe Moon's Surface; — Report on Polyatomic Cyanides. 



Togetlier with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker's Address, and Recommenda- 

 tions ofthe Association and its Committees. 



PHOCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, Au- 

 gust 18G9, Published at .£1 2s. 



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

 linowledge 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 Properly; — 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 Cliemical 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 iMountain-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 anil 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 HypercUiptic 

 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 

 tlie 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 portioiis of Machi- 

 nery subjected to Rapid Alterations of Strain ; — On the Penetration of Armour-plates with 

 Long Shells of Large Capaeityfired obliquely; — Report on Standardsof Electrical Resistance. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Stokes's Address, and Eccom- 

 tneudations of the Association and its Committees. 



