| Description | Present at the meeting; the Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair; Mr Airy; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Dr Fitton; Sir John William Lubbock; Reverend B Powell; Dr Roget; Lieutenant Colonel Sabine; Lieutenant Sykes; Reverend R Willis
Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting
Mr Wheatstone Description of the Electro Magnetic Clock. Withdrawn
Dr Martin Barry On the corda Dorsalis. Postponed
Dr Martin Barry On the Corpuscles of thre Blood - Part 2. Postponed
Mr Grove On some Electro Nitogurets. Postponed
Mr Hargreaves On the calculation of attractions, and the figure of the Earth. Postponed
Dr Mantell Memoir on a portion of the lower jaw of an Iguanodon aand other Saurian Remains etc. Postponed
Sir David Brewster On a remarkable property of the Diamond. to be prined
Mr L Howard On a cycle of 18 years in the mean annual height of the Barometer in the Climate of London etc. Referred
Mr L Howard on a remakable depression of the Barometer in November 1840, agreeing very closely in its movements and results with that of December 1821. Referred
Mr Redhouse General results of Meteorological Observations at Constantinople. Referred
Reverend J Farquharson On the localities affected by Hoar - frost, the peculiar currents of air excited by it. Referred
Reverend J Farquharson On Ground - gru, or ice formed, under peculiar circumstances, at the bottom or running water. To be printed
Sir John Lubbock, Bart. Note on an irregularity in the height of the barometer, of which the argument is the declination of the Moon. Referred
Reverend Willam Walton Meteorological Journal for 1840, kept at Allenheads Northumberland, with remarks on the rain - gage. Referred
Mr Lay The scholars Lute, among the Chinese. Archives
Mr Mc Cormich Remarks on the Birds of Kerguelen's Land. Referred
Mr Mc Cormich Geological remarks on Kerguelen's Land. Referred
Mr L Howard On the proportion of the prevailing winds, the mean timperature, and depth of rain in the climate of London, computed thro' a cycle of 18 years. Referred
Mr Weddle New method of solving numeical equations. Referred
Mr Bowman Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle. Referred
Mr Rutherford Investigation of a new and simple series by which the ratio of the diameter of a circle to itw circumference may be easily computed to any required degree of accuracy. Referred
Sir David BRewster On the phenomena of thin plates of solid and fluid substances exposed to polarized light. Referred |