PROCEEDINGS of the NINTH MEETING, at Birmingham, 1839,9^. 
Contents :—Rev. Baden Powell, Report on llie Present State of our Knowledge of Re. 
tracltve Indices, for the Standard Rays of the Solar Spectrum in different media j—Report on 
the Application of the Sum assigned for Tide Circulations to Mr. 'Wliewell, in a Letter from 
. G. Bunt, Esq.;—H. L. P.iliiiisoij, Esq., on some galvanic Experiment* to determine the 
existence or Non-Existence of Electrical Current* among Str.uified Rocks, particularly those 
ot the Mounram Linu-vtone fonnaliun, con^tituiing the Lead Mca.iirr* of Alston Moor Sir 
uavid Bre wster, Bepoi ls retpectiiig tli.^ two aerie* of Hotirly Mcleoroiogical Ohservations kept 
in Scotland at the ixpetise ofthc British A-*ociatioiiReport on the suhject of ascrics of Re- 
wiuiion*adopted liythe CriUsh Artoriatii.nat lltcir Meeting in August 1838,at Newcastle,— 
Richard Owen, Lsq.. Report on Br-tisli Fosiil ReptilesEdward ForLc*, Esq., Report on the 
Uistnbution of pulmoniferou* Mollusca in the British Ulcs;-W. Snow Harris, Esq., TMU 
Dewiport* ^'^•‘•‘oroloffical Register at the Plymoutli Dockyard, 
o of ‘ho Section*, Rev. W. Vernon IlarcourCa Address, and 
Recommendation* oftiie AHocMticn and its Committees. 
PROCEKDINGS of tuk TENTH MEETING, at Glai^gow, 1810, lOs. 
Radiant^Mi^V Powell. Report on the recent Progrewof dltcovery relative fo 
lum of it t’ .uhject Inierted in the first vo- 
PoXs r V“ “I"'*’ for the Advancement of Science i-J*mee 1>. 
pSor wtt r* .—'V. Snow Harris, E.sq., Report on 
mid SoIn n?r h "> opemtion at Plymouth :-Report .m The Motions 
—Professor Schth^’"^' Uriti.h Association, for 183?t-40; 
EsrSecondH - I of Rcseareh.-., in Elrrlm-Chemistry i-Kobert Mallet. 
Esq Renort LXm. nl! ’ “r" Jr®". H'ld Steel;— Roheri Were Fox, 
RenLVr,hrorrrr.- Temperature :-A. FoiUtt Osier, Esq., 
Self-reirihu- diircng the year* ISljr. 183d, 1830 and 18d0, hy the 
oeii registering Arieuioinetererecti', nf fh» I'l.It... . . .. . . 
1st, 1839— W.lTi-,,, t.T u. me uriiisii Associauoii, from Nuv. Ist, 18.38 to Ni 
Air.Tubes--.Rev I s ®n the Physiology of the Lungs ai 
'^'-EVENTH MEETINC:, at Plymouth, 
menial Kn.>wIed,J^*nV^he'i,,fw]'o"rVV**r M thcoeelical and Experi- 
w. Whewell j _ t). Ross^enori oi Rnstol Tides, under the direction of the Rev. 
rection of the Rct. W \Vhew#ll--l.W f^**”'*”®'** ®f I*vitU Tide Observations, under the di- 
mometer *i Plywouth diiriiig thi t««t' v Jrn " r ""tking of VVhewell’s Anc- 
pose of superintendlmr the «rt..niifi "f a Cummilice appointed for the pur- 
^olisneJus ^ A>soclutiL in the system of 
tfes appointed Z ZoliSl M.. M>«neti,m mid MeteoruloKy :-Reports of Commit. 
M-CordXReponoVrComSX^^^^ t«.tn.ments for the use of M. Agassiz and Mr. 
—Report of a Committee fur Observations; 
for obtaining tiuinimcntx and H»oi ®f the Stars; —Report of a Commioee 
Und i-Reiirt of « ‘^nake. in Scotland and Ire- 
Power* in Seed*:—Dr lIcMtnlfln n, i’ ®»P<itlni-uts on the Preservation of Vegetative 
mittee appointed to report how far theXX* of the Corn- 
Upper .Strata of the Alinomherp mai -1 knowledge of the Condition of die 
Observer* in sneS eircmn.tances --iRl.t J ri * and to draw up Directions for 
Reports on IhcDelcrn.i ntTun S Report on British Fossil Reptiles;- 
LL.I1,. Second and"SS rLC onstants ;-Dionysius Lardner, 
Consunu:—Edward WotuU Rn.ifri nn’n -‘f "f the Mc-.m Value of Railway 
Construction of a Con-t int ll.rfipi, , r" Rodway Constant* -—Report of a Committee on the 
Together wiili thl! tV f"' SieHm.EnKinr,, 
, and Recomnien- 
