Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/179
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date28 January 1847
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: mr Horner in the chair; Dr Roget; Mr Christie; Colonel Sabine; Mr Brande; Si rHenry de la Beeche; Mr Grove

Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting

Mr Sibson On the blowhole of the Porpoise. Postponed
Mr Johnson Description of a process of extracting palladium from gold. Postpned
Mr Brooke On the automatic registration of magnetometers. To be printed
Dr Waller On Microscopic observations of the vesicular vapour of water. To be printed
Mr Henessy Reserches on physical geology. Postponed
M De la Rive On the Voltaic Arc. To be printed
Dr Lee On the nerves of the Virgin Uterus. Postponed
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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