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RefNoCMB/90/3/145
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date9 March 1843
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair; Mr Brown; Mr Christie; Dr R Lee; Sir John William Lubbock Bart; Mr Pepys; Dr Roget; Mr Talbot; Mr Wheatstone

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Lieutenant Lefroy on the influence of the Moon on the atmospheric pressure as deduced from the observations of the barometer made at the Magnetic Observatory at St Helena. Postponed
Captain Belcher Boring Register, Bow Island, South Pacific. Archives
Mr Wharton Jones Observations on the Blood - corpuscles etc. Archives
Colonel Harding Wind Table, from observation taken at the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar. Referred
Dr Martin Barry Spermatazoa observed within the Mammife ovum. To be printed
Mr Raincy Experimental inquiry into the cause of the ascent and continued motion of the Sap etc. Referred
Dr Stark On the nerves. Archives
Professor Hanson On a new method of computing the Perturbations of the Planets etc. Archives
Dr Carpenter On teh minute structure of the skeletons or hard part os the Invertebrata. Postponed
Reverend B Powell Observations on certain cases of Elliptic Polarization of light by reflection. To be printed
Mr Faraday Experimental Researches in Electricity - 18th series. To be printed
Lieutenant Gillies Variation of the Magnetic Needle as observed at Washington in July 1840. Referred
Mr Hall On the structure and mode of action of the Iris. Postponed
Ca[tain Belcher Tide Obsevations at Siluti Tahiti. To be printed
Dr Martin Barry On Fissiparous Generation. Referred
Dr Hoskins On the decomposition and disintegration of Phosphatic Vesical Calculi etc. To be printed
Sir Frederick Pollock A method of proving the three leading properties of the Ellipse and the Hyperbola etc. Archives
Mr Drach On the diurnal temperature of the Earth's surface etc. Referred
Mr Airy On the laws of Individual Tides at Southampton and Ipswich. To be printed
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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