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PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

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



Contents : — Keport of the Lunar Committee ; — Fourth Report on Kent's- 

 Cavern, Devonshire ; — 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 Perform- 

 ance Committee ; — Spectrum Analysis of the Heavenly Bodies ; — On Stellar Spectro- 

 metry ; — Report on the Physiological Action of the Methyl and allied Compounds ; — 

 Report on the Action of Mercury on the Biliary Secretion ; — Last Report on Dredg- 

 ing 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 ; — Re- 

 port on Synthetical Researches 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 ; — Re- 

 port on Polyatomic Cyanides. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Dr. Hooker's Address, and Recom- 

 mendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, 

 August 1869, Published at £\ 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 Chemical Reactions of Light discovered by Prof. Tyndall ; 



On Fossils obtained at Kiltorkan Quarry, co. Kilkenny ;— Report of the Lunar Com- 

 mittee ;— Report on the Chemical Nature 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 Protection of Indigenous Animals ;— Experi- 

 mental 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, Devon- 

 shire ;— Report on the Connexion between Chemical Constitution and Physiological 

 Action ;— On Emission, Absorption, and Reflection of Obscure Heat ;— Report on 

 Observations of Luminous Meteors ;— Report on Uniformity of Weights and Measures : 

 —Report on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;— Supplement to Second 

 Report of the Steamship-Performance Committee ;— Report on Recent Progress in 

 Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions ;— Report on Mineral Veins in Carboniferous 

 Limestone and their Organic Contents ;— Notes on the Foraminifera of Mineral 

 Veins and the Adjacent Strata ;— Report of the Rainfall Committee ;— Interim Re- 

 port on the Laws of the Flow and Action of Water containing Solid Matter in 

 Suspension ;— Interim Report on Agricultural Machinery ;— Report on the Physio- 

 logical Action of Methyl and Allied Series ;— On the Influence of Form considered 

 in Relation to the Strength of Railway-axles and other portions of Machinery sub- 

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

 Long Shells of Large Capacity fired obliquely ;— Report on Standards of Electrical 

 Resistance. 



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

 commendations of the Association and its Committees. 



