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RefNoCMB/90/3/130
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date7 January 1841
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Sir John William Lubbock, Bart Vice President and Treasurer in the chair; Mr Airy; Mr Brande; Mr Christie; Dr Roget; Major Sabine; Lieutenant Colonel Sykes; Reverend R Willis

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Mr L Howard Tables of the variation, thro' a cycle of nine years of the mean heights of the barometer, mean temperature, and depth of rain as connected with the prevailing winds etc. Postponed
Mr Airy On the theoretical explanation of an apparent new Polarity in Light. Supplemental paper. To be printed
Captain Norton Description of a Percussion shell, to explode at the bottom of the sea. Archives
Mr Wharton Jones Memorandum - On the Ova of Man and Mummiferous Animals etc. Archives
Mr Wheatstone Description of the Electro Magnetic clock. Postponed
Dr Martin Barry Memorandum. Archives
Dr Martin Barry Supplementary note to the 3rd series of Researches in Embryology - A contribution to the Physiology of Cells. To be printed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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