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tion should not be successful, I think it will be conceded that any 

 theory of storms which overlooks the part performed by electri- 

 city must be extremely defective. 



32. Both by Messrs. Espy and Redfield the influence of this 

 agent in meteorological phenomena is entirely disregarded, al- 

 though with the storms which have been especially the subject 

 of their lucubrations, thunder and lightning and convective dis- 

 charge are most strikingly associated. 



Art. XVIII. — Abstract of the Proceedings of the Eleve7ith Meet- 

 ing of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Prepared from the Report in the London Athenceum^. 



The eleventh meeting of this Association was held at Ply- 

 mouth, during the week commencing July 29, 1841. The at- 

 tendance was large, and the receipts at the meeting amounted to 

 £1280. The value of the property of the Association is £6955 

 95 lie?. During the year, £1235 10s lid have been expended 

 for scientific purposes. The amount appropriated for similar uses 

 during the coming year, is £3033 9s 8c?. 



At the general meeting on the evening of the 29th, the Presi- 

 dent, Prof. Whewell, on taking the chair, delivered an eloquent 

 address on the objects and progress of the Association. A large 

 portion of this interesting address was inserted in our last number. 



Lord Francis Egerton was chosen President for the year ensu- 

 ing. The next meeting will be at Manchester in June, 1842. 



Sect, A. Mathematics and Physics. 



The committee on the reduction of the stars in Lacaille^s Cae- 

 lum Australe Stelliferum., reported, that the observations are re- 

 duced, all the computations executed, and the arranged catalogue 

 completed and delivered to Mr. Baily, to be employed in the con- 

 struction of the extended edition of the Catalogue of the Astro- 

 nomical Society. 



The Reduction of the Stars in Lalande's Histoire Celeste, 

 will be finished before the next meeting of the Association. 



The Extended Catalogue of Stars of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society, will be completed in a short time. 



The following is the report of a committee consisting of Sir 

 J. Herschel, Mr. Whewell, and Prof. Baily, for revising the no- 



