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RefNoCMB/90/3/223
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date22 May 1851
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Earl of Rosse, President in the chair; Colonel Sabine; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Captain Smith; Mr Bennett; Sir B Brodie; Sir Philip Egerton; Dr Hall; Dr Mantell; Mr Miller; Sir R Murchison; Sir Frederick Pollock; Mr Rennie; Lord Wrottesley

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Mr Rainey Description of a Muscle of the Stripea Variety in the eye. Withdrawn from publication by the Author
Mr Huxley On the anatomy and Physiology of Salpa and Pyrosama. Postponed
Dr Letheby On the discovery in the Fallopian Tube of an ovule or its remains. Referred
Professor Owen On the Megatherium. Referred
Professor Graham Additional observatins on the Diffusion of Liquid. Referred
Mr Goodman Researches into the identity of the Existence of forces, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. Referred
Sir W Harris On Induced and other Magnetic Forces. Referred
Mr Brooke On the automatic registration of Magnetometers and Meteorological Instruments by means of Photography - No. IV. Referred
Colonel Sabine On the annual variation of the Magnetic declination at different periods of the day. To be printed
Mr Joule On an Air Engine. Referred
Mr Lowe On the mean Temperature of Highfield House. Referred
Mr Broadhurst The human Iris; its structure and physiology. Referred
Dr Nelson On the reproduction of Ascaris Mystax. Referred
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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