| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir R Murchison in the chair; Mr Rennie; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Mr Bennett; Sir B Brodie; Dr Forbes; Dr Mantell; Dr Miller; Reverend H Moseley; The Chief Baron; Dr Roget; Mr Wheatstone
Read and confirmed minutes fo previous meeting
Mr Henessy Researches in Physical Geology. Postponed
Mr Thomson On a Mathematical Theory of Magnetism. Postponed
Mr Stokes On the Theory of certain bands seen in the Spectrum. Withdrawn
Lord Brougham Experiments and observations on Light. Again Referred
Mr Matteucci Electro-Physiological Researches. To be printed
Professor Paget Observations on the Freezing of the albumen of Eggs. Postponed
Mr Gray On the Development of the Retina and Optic Nerve. Postponed
Dr Whewell Tide Researches 14th Series. To be printed
Professor Owen On the Molar Teeth of the Placochaerus or Wart Hog. Referred
Reverend E Berthon On a new Hydrostatic Log. Referred
Dr Mantell Memoir on the Pelorosaurus. Referred
Dr Mantell Supplemental Remarks on the Belemnite. Referred
Sir F Pollock On the Extension of Fermat's Theorem of the Polygonal Numbers. Referred
Dr Waller Experiments on Sections of Nerves. Referred
Mr Glaisher Discussion of the Meteorological Observations made at the Royal Society. Referred
Professor Owen On the communication between the cavity of the Tympanum and Fauces of the Crocodilia. Referred
Colonel Sabine On Meteorological Observations. Referred
Mr Moseley On the Stability and Oscillations of floating bodies. Referred
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