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RefNoCMB/90/3/106
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date13 July 1838
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: John George Children, Esq. Vice President in the chair; Dr Bostock; Mr Children; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Sir Philip Eyerton; Mr Pepys; Mr Rigaud; Dr Roget; Dr Royle; Captain Smyth; Mr Wheatstone

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Sir E Home - Magnetical Observations made in the West Indies [Caribbean] on the Coasts of Brazil and North America. Postponed
Mr Ivory - On the theory of Asronomical Refractions. To be printed
Mr Barry - Researches in Ovology. To be printed
Mr Hogg - On the action of light on the colour of the River Sponge. Archives
Reverend H Mosley - On the geometrical forms of turbinated and discoid shells. To be printed
Mr Frodsham - Experiments on the vibration of the pendulum. Postponed
Mr Hilton - On the decussation of fibers at the junction of the medulla spinalis with the medulla oblongata. Postponed
Mr Wheatstone - Contributions to the Physiology of Vision - Part 1. Postponed
Mr Watson - On the relative attractions of sulphuric acid for water. Archives
Mr Tomes - On the structure of the Teeth etc. Postponed
Dr Davy - Experiments on the blood in connection with the theory of respiration. To be printed
Mr Rigg - On the evolution of nitrogen during the growth of Plants. Postponed
Mr Rigg - Experimental enquiry into the influence of nitrogen on the growth of Plants. Postponed
Mr Bell - Dynamical Researches. Postponed
Mr Gulliver - Researches on suppuration. Archives
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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