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RefNoCMB/90/3/39
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date12 July 1832
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: His Royal Highness the President in the chair; Dr Bostrek; Mr Children; Reverend Coddington; Dr Danbury; Mr Dollond; Mr Gilbert; Mr Green; Mr Lubbock; Dr Maton; Reverend Peacock; Dr Roget

Minutes of the last meeting read and agreed

Professor Rigaud - On Harriot's Astronomical Observations. Withdrawn

Mr Bailey - On the correction of a Pendulum for the Reduction to a Vacuum: and on some anomalies observed in Pendulum Experiments. To be printed

Mr Lubbok's - Researchesin Physical Astronomy. To be printed

Mr Newport - On the nervous system of the sphima liginstra [?] Lima, and on some of the changes which it undergoes. To be printed

Commander Belcher's - Magnetical Experiments made on the Western Coast of Africa. To be printed

Professor Boubee - Relation des Experiences Physiques et Geologiques faites sur Lac 7 Go en 1831. Not to be printed

Mr Osler - On the Anatomy and habits of marine testaceous Mollusca. To be printed

Mr Owen - On the Mammary Glands of the Ornithorleneu Phradopa [?] To be printed

Dr Crawford - On the Laws of Life in reference to the origin of disease. Not to be printed

Professor Daniell - On the Water Barometer erected in the Halls of the Royal Society. To be printed

Mr Hudson's - [?] Observations on the Barometer: and experimental investigations into the Phenomena of its periodical oscillations. To be printed

Mr Lubbock - On the Tides in the Port of London. To be printed

Mr Lubbock - Researches in Physical Astronomy. To be printed
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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