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RefNoCMB/90/3/126
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date30 April 1840
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Marquis of Northampton in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr F Bell; Mr Christie' Dr Davy; Mr Donkin; Mr Forster; Mr Galloway; Mr Graham; Mr Lubbock; Mr R Phillips; Dr Roget; Major Sabine

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Mr H S Thomas meteorological observations made at Alten in Finmarken between October 1837 and April 1839. Archives
Mr Gassiot On Nobilis' Plate of Colours. Archives
Mr Smee On the structure of Normal and adventitious Bone. Postponed
Mr T W Jones On single Vision with two eyes. Postponed
Mr Gulliver On the Blood - corpuscles of the Genus Cervus. Postponed
Mr Luke Howard On the wet summer of 1839. Postponed
Mr Luke Howard On certain variations of the mean height of the Barometer from 1815 to 1823. Referred
Reverend B Powell On the theory of the dark bands formed in the solar spectrum from partial interception of transparent plates. Referred
Major Sabine Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism. To be printed
Mr Faraday Experimental Researches in Electricity - 17th series and postscript. To be printed
Reverend W Whewell Researches on the Tides - additional note to the 11th series. To be printed
Sir Charles Bell On the nervous System. Referred
Mr Johnston On the constitution of the Resins - Part 4. Referred
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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