Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/109
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date29 November 1838
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Francis Baily Esq Vice president and Treasurer in the chair; Dr Bostock; Mr Children; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Mr Gilbert; Mr Konig; The Marquis of Northampton; Reverend G Peacock; Mr Pepys; Dr Roget; Dr Royle; Mr Travers; Captain Smyth; Mr Wheatstone; Reverenc W Whewell

Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting

Mr Hilton On the decussation of fibres at the junction of the medulla spinales with the medulla oblongata. Postponed
Mr Wheatstone Contributions to the Physiology of Vision Part I. To be printed
Mr Rigg On the evolutionof Nitrogen during the growth of Plants. To be printed
Mr Rigg Experimental enquiry into the influlence of Nitrogen on the growth of Plants. To be printed
Mr T Bell Dynamical Researches. Postponed
Lieutenant Wood Discovery of the source of the Oxus. Archives
Mr Hopkins On the state of the interior of the Earth. Postponed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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