Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/169
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date19 February 1846
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair; Dr Roget; Mr Christie; Sir William Burnett; Mr Grove; Captain Smyth; Mr Wheatstone

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Mr Howard On barometrical Averages. Postponed
Mr Faraday Experimental reserches in Electricity - Twentieth Series and Twenty five Series. To be printed
Lieutenant Clark Account of the Southern Magnetic Surveying Expedition. Withdrawn
Professor Forbes On Glaciers. Postponed
Mr Goodsir On the supra renal Thymus and Thyroid bodies. Postponed
Mr De Morgan On a point connected with the dispute about the invention of fluxions. Postponed
Mr Smyth On the Compounds of Ammonia and Cyanogen. Postponed
Mr J R Christie On the Barometric Thermometer. Postponed
Mr Jones On the sdecretory apparatus of the liver. Postponed
Mr Sturgeon On the Electro Culture of of Farm Crops. Archives
Mr Haile On the Comet of 1844-5 Postponed
Mr Schoenbein On Spontaneous Nitrification. Postponed
Mr Drach On a practical extension of the application of the law of mortality announced by Mr Gompoertz. Postponed
Mr Pring On Engraving by Voltaic Electricity. Withdrawn
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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