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RefNoCMB/90/3/191
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date20 July 1848
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair; Dr Roget; Mr Gassiot; Mr Graham; Mr Lyell; Mr Rennie; Colonel Sykes

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting

Dr Lee On the Nerves of the Uterus. Postponed
Dr Lee On the Ganglia and Nerves of the Heart. Postponed
Mr Macaire On the directions assumed by Plants. Postponed
Dr H Jones On the structure of the liver. Postponed
Mr Baggs On the disruptive discharge of accumulated electricity, and Postscript to the same. Archives
Captain Shortrede On teh Moist Bulb Problem. Archives
Mr Macann On the total reflexion at the surfaces of any crystal. Archives
Dr Mantell Observations on some Belemnites. To be Printed
Dr Mantell On the structure of the Jaws and Teeth of the Iguanodon. To be printed subject to the recommendation of the Referees.
Professor Keeley Determination of the Magnetic Inclination and Force in Nova - Scotia and New Brunswick. To be printed
Dr Waller On the Minute structures of the organ of Taste in Vertebrate animals. Postponed
Mr Lee The Brain, the sole Centre of the human Nervous system. Archives
Mr Miller On the Meteorology of the Lake District. To be printed, subject to recommendation of the Committee
Reverend Baden Powell On a new case of the Interference of Light. To be printed
Professor Smyth On the Zodiacal Light and appendix. Postponed
Mr Baxter On Electricity in the organic process of secretion in living animals. To be printed, subject to the alterations suggested in the Report
Mr Wharton Jones Microscopical examination of the contents of the Hepatic Ducts. Postponed
Mr Barlow On the Spontaneous Electrical Currents observed in the wires of the Electric Telegraph. To be printed subject to the alterations suggested in the Report of the Committee
Mr Homersham Account of observations on the depth of Rain which falls in some localities at different latitudes. Archives
Mr Stokes On the Theory of certain bands seen in the Spectrum. To be printed
Dr Hutchinson On the functions of the Intercostal Muscles. Postponed
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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