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RefNoCMB/90/3/141
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date12 May 1842
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Marquis of Northampton, president in the chair; Dr Arnott; Mr Baily; Mr BRande; Mr Christie; Dr Fitton; Mr Hopkins; Sir J W Lubbock, Bart; Colonel Sykes; Mr Wheatstone

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Mr Airy Explanation of the construction, positions, comparisons, and times of Observation of the Meteorological Instruments at the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich. Archives
Reverend Thomas Boys [sic] Letter to Charles Babbage, Esq "On the Steam Wave". Archives
Mr Drach On the diurnal temperture of teh Earth's surface etc. Postponed
Dr Kane Contributions to th chemical history of the compounds of Palladium and Platinum. Postponed
Mr Addison On the ultimate distribution of the Air - passages and the mode of formtion of the Air - cells of the Lungs. To be printed
Dr Fielding Remarks on the probable natural causes of the epidemic influenza as experienced at Hull in 1833. Withdrawn
Reverend James Farquharsion Report of a remarkable appearance of the Aurora Borealis below the clouds. To be printed
Mr Bowerbank On the organic tissues in the bony structure of the Corallidae. To be prined
Mr J F Daniell Sixth letter on Voltaic combinations. Referred
Dr Martin Barry On Fibre - additional notes. To be printed
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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