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RefNoCMB/90/3/225
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date30 October 1851
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Colonel Sabine R.A. Treasurer in the chair; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Mr Bennett; Dr Forbes; Sir F Pollock; Mr Rennie

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Mr Miller On the Meteorology of the Lake District. To be printed
Mr Huxley On the anatomy and Physiology of Salpa and Pyrosama. To be printed
Dr Letheby On the discovery in the Fallopian Tube of an ovule or its remains. To be printed
Professor Owen On the Megatherium. Postponed
Mr Goodman Researches into the identity of the Existence or forces, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. Not to be printed
Sir W Snow Harris On Induced and other Magnetic Forces. Again referred
Mr Brooke On the automatic registration of Magnetometers and Meteorological Instruments by means of Photography - No. IV. To be printed
Mr Joule On an Air Engine. Postponed
Mr Lowe On the mean Temperature of Highfield House. Archives
Mr Broadhurst The human Iris; its structure and physiology. Archives
Dr Nelson On the reproduction of Ascaris Mystax. Postponed
Colonel Sykes On the Description of the Wet Bulb Thermometer in the Deccan. Postponed
Mr Waterston On a general law of Density in Saturated Vapours. Postponed
Mr O'Brian Researches in Symbolical Physics. Postponed
Mr Newport On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia. Postponed
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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