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FIFTH REPORT— 1835. 
heat,—conducting power for electricity,—melting-point,—re¬ 
fractive power,—proportion of rays reflected out of 1000,—at 
an incidence of 90°. 
4. Specific gravities of all bodies. 
5. List of Mammalia, with columns for height,—length,— 
weight,—weight of skeleton,—weight of each bone,—its greatest 
length,—its smallest circumference,—its specific gravity,—num¬ 
ber of young at a birth,-—number of pulsations per minute,— 
number of inspirations per minute,—period of blindness after 
birth,—of sucking,—of maturity,—temperature,—average dura¬ 
tion of life,—proportion of males to females produced, &c. &c. 
SYNOPSIS OF SUMS APPROPRIATED TO 
SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS. 
Reduction of Observations of Stars. £500 
Discussion of Tides.250 
Constant of Lunar Nutation.100 
Meteorological Instruments.100 
Observations of the Temperature of the Earth .... 100 
Comparative Level of Land and Sea.100 
Fossil Ichthyology. 105 
Lens of Rock-salt.80 
Hourly Temperature.55 
Specific Gravity of Gases .50 
Absorbents and Veins .50 
Sounds of the Heart.50 
Duty of Steam-engines.50 
Electric Light.30 
Equations ..30 
Strength of Iron.30 
Experiments on long-continued Heat.25 
Chemical Constants.20 
Refraction.15 
Tide Transcripts.10 
Rain-gauge Experiments ..10 
£1760 
