PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTY-THIRD MEETING, at Hull, 
1853, Pttblished at 10*. 6d. 
Contents: — Rev. Prof. Powell, Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1852-53 ; 
—James Oldham, on the Physical Features of the Humber ;—James Oldham, on the Rise, 
Progress, and Present Position of Steam Navigation in Hull; — William Fairbairn, Experi¬ 
mental Researches to determine the Strength of Locomotive Boilers, and the causes which 
lead to Explosion; — J. J. Sylvester, Provisional Report on the Theory of Determinants;— 
Professor Hodges, M.D., Report on the Oases evolved in Steeping Flax, and on the Composition 
and (Economy of the Flax Plnnt;—Thirteenth Repnrt of Committee on Experiments on the 
Growth and Vitality of Srcds; — Robert Hunt, on the Chemical Action of the Solar Radiations; 
—John P. Bell, M.D., Observations on the Character and Measurements of Degradation of the 
Yorkshire Coast; First Report of Committee on the Phvsical Character of the Moon’s Sur¬ 
face, as compared with that of the EarthK. Mallet', Provisional Report on Earthquake 
Wave-Transits; nnd on Scismometrlcul Instruments,— William Fairbairn, on the Mechanical 
Properties of Metals as derived from repeated Meltings, exhibiting the maximum point of 
strength and the causes of deterioration [—Robert Mallei, Third Report on the Facts of Earth¬ 
quake Phenomena (concluded). 
