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PROCEEDINGS op the THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Nor- 

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



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

 *€avem, 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- 

 :^nce 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 Cliemical Nature of 

 •Cast Iron, Part I. ; — Interim Report on the Safety of Merchant Sliips 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- 

 anendations of the Association and its Committees. 



PROCEEDINGS of the THIRTY-NINTH MEETING, at Exeter, 



August 1869, Fuhlislied 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 Sliips ; 

 — Report on Steam-boiler Explosions ; — Preliminary Report on tlie 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- 

 Tnittee ; — 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- 

 Tmental 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 

 JV.ction ; — 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 tired 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. 



