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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 ;— Eeport 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 THIETT-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

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



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

 sl;iire ; — 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 tlie Action of Mercury on the Biliary 

 Secretion ; — Last Report on Dredging among the Shetland Isles; — Reports on the Crustacea, 

 &c., and on tlie Annelida and Foraminifera from the Shetland Dredgings ;— Report on the 

 Chemical Nature of Cast Iron, Part I. ; — Interim Report on tlie 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 ; — Reporton Uniformity of Weights and Measures ; — Report cf 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. 



PEOCEEDINGS op the THIETY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, Au- 

 gust 18G9, Puhlished at £1 2s. 



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

 Ijnowledge 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 Kdtorkan 

 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 helween Chemical Constitution and Physiological 

 Action ;— On Emission, Absorption, and Reflection of Obscure Meat ; — 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 tiieir 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 Repoiton Agricultural Machinery; — 

 Reporton 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 

 Loiig Shells of Large Capacity fired obliquely ; — Report on Standardsof Electrical Resistance. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Prof. Stokes's Address, and Eecom* 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



