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RefNoCMB/90/3/10A
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date26 March 1829
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr Bell; Mr Brown; Mr Hatchett; Sir E Home; Captain Kater; Mr Pond; Dr Roget; Captain Sabine; Dr Young

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Mr William Walter's Papers on the Stability of Vessels. Withdrawn
Sir Georg Smith Gibbes Paper On Alimentary Substances. Withdrawn

1829
12 and 19 February Dr Brewster On the Reflection and Decomposition of Light, at the separating surfaces of Media of ther Same, and of different, refractive powers. To be printed
19 February The Reverend John Warburton On objections raised against the Geometrical Representation of the Square roots fo Negative Quantities. To be printed
5 March Mr Bransby Blake Cooper's Paper - The Anatomical Description of the Foot of a Chinese Female. Postponed
12 and 19 March Captain Sabine's Paper On the Reduction to a Vacuum for the Vibrations of an Invisible Pendulum. To be printed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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