| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir John William Lubbock, Bart, Vice president and Treasurer in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr Brande; Dr Bright; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Mr Lawrence; Mr Pepys; Reverend B Powell; Dr Fitton; Dr Roget; Reverend R Willis
Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting
Mr Airy Explanation of the construction, positions, comparisons, and times of observation of th Meteorological Instruments at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Postponed
Dr Martin Barry On Fibre. To be printed
Dr Roberts Lee On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Decidua. Archives
Mr Jesse Description and specification of an Observatory constructed at Ardwick. Archives
Reverend Thomas Boyd Letter to Charles Babbage Esq "On the steam Wave". Postponed
Dr G O Rees On the Chemical Analysis of the contents of the Thoracic Duct in the Human Subject. To be printed
Mr Bowman On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney etc. To be printed
Mr Drach On the diurnal temperature of teh Earth's surface etc. Referred
Dr Kane Contributions to the chemical History of the compounds of Palladium and Platinum. Referred
Mr Addison On the ultimate distribution of the Air - passages and the mode of formation of the Air - cells of the Lungs. Referred |