276 British Association for the Advancement of Science. 



The London Athenceum, (Nos. 565 — 568,) contains a copious 

 and excellent Report of the doings of the meeting. It is impos- 

 sible, in the limits within which other claims upon our pages 

 compel us to bring this article, to give more than a condensed 

 summary of that Report. We shall of course be obliged to pass 

 with a bare mention, many of the papers, and to abridge others 

 more than we could wish. We shall endeavor to lay before our 

 readers those topics which fall more particularly within the prov- 

 ince of this Journal. 



The financial concerns of the Association are highly prosperous. 

 On the 31st of July, 1838, its property amounted to £6812 18s. 

 Id., viz. in books, £1000 7s. 6d, and in stocks and cash on hand, 

 £5812 10s. 7d. During the year, £932 2s. 2c?. were expended 

 for the prosecution of various scientific investigations. 



As heretofore, the meeting was distributed into independent 

 sections, holding distinct daily sessions. 



The next meeting of the Association will be held at Birming- 

 ham, during the month of August, 1839. 



Section A. Mathematical and Physical Science. 



It was reported to the section, 



1. That the Committee appointed to represent to the Govern- 

 ment the importance of reducing the Greenwich Observations ofi 

 the Moofi, had waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 

 that the sum of £2000 had been appropriated for that purpose, 

 which was placed at the disposal of the Astronomer Royal, who 

 had undertaken to superintend the reductions. 



2. That the reduction of the Stars, intended to form the e?2- 

 larged Catalogue of the Royal Astronomical Society, was in pro- 

 gress ; — and (3) also the reduction of the Stars in the Histoire 

 Celeste. 



4. That arrangements had been made and approved for the 

 establishment of an Observatory at Liv&yool, and would be car- 

 ried into effect as soon as the necessary power could be obtained 

 from Parliament. 



Lieut. Col. Reid on Redfield''s Laio of Storms. 



Lieut. Col. Reid, R. E. then read "A Report explaining the 

 Progress made towards developing the Law of Storms, and a 



