RECOMMENDATIONS 



OF 



THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



The following Reports on different Branches of Science have 

 been drawn up, at the request of the Association. 



Vol. I. 



On the progress of Astronomy during the present century, by 

 by G. B. Airy, M.A., Plumian Professor of Astronomy and 

 Natural Philosophy, Cambridge. 



On the state of our knowledge respecting Tides, by J. W. 

 Lubbock, M.A., Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal 

 Society. 



On the recent progress and present state of Meteorology, 

 by James D. Forbes, F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, 

 Edinburgh. 



On the present state of our knowledge of the Science of 

 Radiant Heat, by the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S., Sa- 

 vilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford. 



On Tbermo-Electricity, by the Rev. James Cumming, M.A., 

 F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge. 



On the recent progress of Optics, by Sir David Brewster, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



On the recent progress and present state of Mineralogy, by 

 the Rev. Wm. Whewell, M.A., F.R.S. 



On the progress, actual state, and ulterior prospects of Geo- 

 logy, by the Rev. Wm. D. Conybeare, M.A.,F.R.S., V.P.G.S., 

 &c. 



On the recent progress and present state of Chemical Sci- 

 ence, by James F. W. Johnston, A.M., Professor of Chemistry, 

 Dui'ham. 



On the application of Philological and Physical Researches 

 to the history of the Human Species, by J. C. Prichard, M.D., 

 F.R.S., &c. 



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