PROCEEDINGS of the FOURTEENTH MEETING, at York, 1844, 
Published at £ 1. 
Contents: —W. B. Carpenter, on the Microscopic Structure of Shells;— J. Alder and A. 
Hancock, Report on the British Nudibranchiate Mollnsca;—R. Hunt, Researches on the 
Influence of Light on the Germination of Seeds and the Growth of Plants;—Report of a 
Committee appointed by the British Association in 1840, for revising the Nomenclature of the 
Stars;—L l-CoI. Sabine, on the Meteorology of Toronto in Canada;— J. BlackwnlI, Report 
on some recent researches into the Structure, Function* and (Economy of the A rant idea 
made in Great Britain; —Earl of Rosxe, on the Construction of large Reflecting Telescopes; 
—Rov, W. V. ITarcourt, Report on a Gas Furnace for Experiments on Vltrlfaction and other 
Applications of High Heat in the Laboratory; — Report of the Committee for Registering 
Earthquake Shocks in Scotland;— Report of a Committee for Experiment* on Steam-Engines ; 
■“Report of the Committee to investigate the Varieties of the Human Race; —Fourth Report 
“l a Committee appointed to continue their Experiments un the Vitality of Seed*;— W. Fair- 
bairn, on the Consumption of Fuel and the prevention of Smoko;—P. Ronalds, Report con¬ 
cerning the Observatory of the British Association at Kcw ; —Sixth Report of the Committee 
appointed to conduct the Co-operation of the British Association in the System of Simulla- 
neous Magnelical and Meteorological Observations; —Prof. Forchhamincr on the influence 
of Fucoidul Plants upon the Formations of the Earth, on Metnmarphism In general, and par¬ 
ticularly the Metamorphosis of the Scandinavian Alum Slate;— H. E. Strickland, Report on 
“ e recent Progress and present Stale of Ornithology ;— T. Oldham, Report of Committee 
^pointed to conduct Observations on Subterranean Temperature in Ireland; —Prof. Owen, 
of r-*e Extinct Mammals of Australia, with descriptions of certaiu Fossils indicative 
p , existence in that Continent of large Marsupial Representatives of the Order 
a pf erra ? la ' — Harris, Report on the working of Whewell and Oder's Anemometers 
jriyniouth, for the years 1841, 1842, 1813;— VV. It! Dirt, Report on Atmospheric Waves; 
8 R„, Re P ort sur ,es Poissons Foasiles dc t’Argilc dc Londres, with translation ;— J. 
* " 1 Report on Waves;—Provisional Reports, and Notices of Progress in Special Re- 
ches entrusted to Committees and Individuals. 
: llh th ® 1 ’ taiw »ctiona of the Sections, Dean of lily’s Address, and Recvmmenda- 
ns 01 ‘“c Association and its Committees. 
jffiSKifa ™ E FIFTEENTU MEETING ’ 01 Cambrid « e - 
B S?»h T Al2w Se,, * nt ^ RG P ort of 11 Committee appointed to conduct the Co-operation of the 
lions •—I, pis 1 ,e S y* tcm ol ' Simultaneous Magneticul and Meteorological Observa- 
on the PI,;';”,: . ll, ' n t c > 0,1 s,mK ' p° inta in the Meteorology of Bombay J. Blake, Report 
'R. Iliinf n ° 8 ‘ Ca Act ! on 0 MedicinesDr. Von Boguslawski, on the Comet of 1843; 
the Influ ‘ K T r i?'. tlle Actiuograph;—Prof. Schiinbein, on Osone;—Prof. Erman, on 
Remvteriiui. u,°i , l !“ n , upon Thermo-Electricity;—Baron Senftenbcrg, on the Self- 
W -R. Biri j o 8ICal 1 nstruuionts employed in the Observatory at Scnftcnberg 
»ent Extern „r°c d - P ? r £ on . Atmospheric Waves;—G. R. Porter, on the Progress and Pre- 
Report on the rM V,ng8 i Ba 'i k r in , tllC Unitcd Kingdom;—Prof. Bunsen and Dr. Playfair, 
«f Iron-_T)r n- , eb ^ vcd f " ,in H-on Furnaces, with reference to the Theory of Smelting 
Report of the Cornin’, dS ° U ’ U 5 p0 "‘ ,he . ldlt hyology of the Sens of China and Japan ;— 
i^blcs;—Fifth t i n ‘R c Heglstrstion of Periodical Phamomcnn of Animals nnd Veee- 
Together with fh t ° C . omn ' illri! on the Vitality of SeedsAppendix, &c. 
^mendations of L a ’ ,SaC,I - , ’ nB ° f "' e Soc,ions > Sir J - W - Handier. Address, and Re- 
uons o| the Association and it* Committee*. 
T " E SIXTEENTH MEETING, at Southampton, 
, C °KTentb 
‘■ '.'graph ;—R, llunl Vfli»« « i t ,i " Medicines K. Hunt, Report on the Ac- 
'K on the Recent IwHl, "a I “'" cn , c , e ' ,f t Li « Ilt ‘ ,n *>>c Growth 0 r Plants;—R. L. 
l urches o„ Sea Water -—A £,,“*** !_ ~ l ™ f ; 1 orchhaitimcr. on Comparative Analytical 
WVT G - U ' IVter ' the Pr«222"iI2 ’ ( he . Cillrula,i “" Constants for 
Cf in Great BrimS^W r W probable '""'re Condition of the 
J.Phiu" 0 "’ R«P“rt on the Arcip.„' V ' r, ' Ird Report on Atmospheric Waves;— 
tir P &V» AhcmoSlry Lj ' of »‘ c Vertebw. Skeleton j— 
T^gethe^Sr ? Al,n iheric Waves " P C ^slallit.e Slags j-Addcnd;. to 
Co, n«« C ndu,ion s of'tiVAsSSand iu CommiUees" *' L Murchison ’ s Addre88 - *» d He- 
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