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G. D. Gibb, Eeport on the Physiological Effects of the Bromide of Ammonium ; — C. K. 

 Aken, on the Transmutation of Spectral Rays, Part I. ; — Dr. Robinson, Report of the- 

 Committee on Fog Signals ; — Report of the Committee on Standards of Electrical 

 Resistance ; — E. Smith, Abstract of Report by the Indian Government on the Foods 

 used by the Free and Jail Populations in India ; — A. Gages, Synthetical Researches 

 on the Formation of Minerals, &c. ; — R. Mallet, Preliminary Report on the Experi- 

 mental Determination of the Temperatures of Volcanic Foci, and of the Temperature,. 

 State of Saturation, and Velocity of the issuing Gases and Vapours; — Report of the 

 Committee on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Fifth Report of the Committee- 

 on Steamship Performance ; — G. J. Allman, Report on the Present State of our Know- 

 ledge of the Reproductive System in the Hydroida; — J. Glaisher, Account of Five Bal- 

 loon Ascents made in 1863 ; — P. P. Carpenter, Supplementary Report on the Present 

 State of our Knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North 

 America ; — Prof. Airy, Report on Steam Boiler Explosions ; — C. W. Siemens, Obser- 

 vations on the Electrical Resistance and Electrification of some Insulating Materials 

 under Pressures up to 300 Atmospheres ; — C. M. Palmer, on the Construction of Iron 

 Ships and the Progress of Iron Shipbuilding on the Tyne, Wear, and Tees ; — Messrs. 

 Richardson, Stevenson, and Clapham, on the Chemical Manufactures of the Northern 

 Districts ; — Messrs. Sopwith and Richardson, on the Local Manufacture of Lead, 

 Copper, Zinc, Antimony, &c. ; — Messrs. Daglish and Forster, on the Magnesian Lime- 

 stone of Durham; — I. L. Bell, on the Manufacture of Iron in connexion with the 

 Northumberland and Durham .Coal-field ; — T. Spencer, on the Manufacture of Steel, 

 in the Northern District ; — Prof. H. J. S. Smith, Report on the Theory of Numbers,. 

 Part V. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir William Armstrong's Address, 

 and Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS op the THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING, at Bath, 

 September 1864, Published at 18s. 



Contents : — Report of the Committee for Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — 

 Report of the Committee on the best means of providing for a Uniformity of Weights 

 and Measures ; — T. S. Cobbold, Report of Experiments respecting the Development 

 and Migration of the Entozoa; — B. W. Richardson, Report on the Physiological 

 Action of Nitrite of Amyl ; — J. Oldham, Report of the Committee on Tidal Observa- 

 tions ; — G. S. Brady, Report on Deep-sea Dredging on the Coasts of Northumberland 

 and Durham in 1864 ; — J. Glaisher, Account of Nine Balloon Ascents made in 1863 

 and 1864 ; — J. G. Jeffreys, Further Report on Shetland Dredgings ; — Report of the 

 Committee on the Distribution of the Organic Remains of the North Staffordshire 

 Coal-field ; — Report of the Committee on Standards of Electrical Resistance ; — G. J. 

 Symons, on the Fall of Rain in the British Isles in 1862 and 1863 ;— W. Fairbairn, 

 Preliminary Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of the proposed Atlantic- 

 Cable. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir Charles Lyell's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING, at Birming- 

 ham, September 1865, Published at £1 5s. 



Contents : — J. G. Jeffreys, Report on Dredging among the Channel Isles ; — F. 

 Buckland, Report on the Cultivation of Oysters by Natural and Artificial Methods ; — 

 Report of the Committee for exploring Kent's Cavern ; — Report of the Committee 

 on Zoological Nomenclature ; — Report on the Distribution of the Organic Remains 

 of the North Staffordshire Coal-field ; — Report on the Marine Fauna and Flora of 

 the South Coast of Devon and Cornwall ; — Interim Report on the Resistance of 

 Water to Floating and Immersed Bodies ; — Report on Observations of Luminous 

 Meteors ; — Report on Dredging on the Coast of Aberdeenshire ; — J. Glaisher, Account 

 of Three Balloon Ascents ; — Literim Report on the Transmission of Sound under 

 Water ; — G. J. Symons, on the Rainfall of the British Isles ; — W. Fairbairn, on the 

 Strength of Materials considered in relation to the Construction of Iron Ships ; — 

 Report of the Gun-Cotton Committee ; — A. F. Osier, on the Horary and Diurnal 

 Variations in the Direction and Motion of the Air at Wrottesley, Liverpool, and 





