PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



1842. No. 52. 



February 3, 1842. 



SIR JOHN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., V.P. and Treas., 

 in the Chair. 



The following papers were read, viz. — 



1. "Abstracts of the Magnetic Term-day Observations for June, 

 July, August, and September 1841," from the Honourable East 

 India Company's Magnetic Observatory at Singapore. 



2. " Graphical representations of the Term- day Observations 

 from April to September inclusive, 1841," from the same Obser- 

 vatory. 



3. " Abstracts of the Daily Magnetic and Meteorological Obser- 

 vations for September 1841," made at the Honourable East India 

 Company's Magnetic Observatory at Madras. 



4. " Abstracts of the Daily Magnetic and Meteorological Obser- 

 vations for September 1841," made at the Honourable East India 

 Company's Magnetic Observatory at Simla. 



The above were presented by the Honourable Court of Directors 

 of the East India Company. Communicated by the Council of the 

 Royal Society. 



5. "Variations de la declinaison et intensite horizontale mag- 

 netique observee a Milan, pendant 24 heures de suite, le 22 et 23 

 Decembre 1841, et le 19 et 21 Janvier 1842." Par Signor F. Car- 

 lini, For. Memb. R.S. 



6. " A Meteorological Journal for 1841, kept at Allenheads, 

 Northumberland, 1400 feet above the level of the sea, with an Ap- 

 pendix." By the Rev. W. Walton, M.A., F.R.S, 



7. " Description of an Observatory constructed at Ardwick, and 

 specification of the work performed in its erection." By John Jesse, 

 Esq., at Ardwick. Communicated by Philip Hardwick, Esq., 

 F.R.S. 



