Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/22
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date28 June 1830
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: The President in the chair; Mr Barlow; Mr R Brown; Mr J E Daniell; Mr H ellis; Mr Faraday; Sir John Franklin; Dr Philip; Mr Pond; Dr Roget; Mr Warburton

Minutes of past meeting were read

Mr Walsh on Functions Withdrawn
Dr Carter on the Preserved Bodies of Aboriginal Peruvian Indians. Postponed
Mr R W Fox on the Electricity of Mines. To be printed
Mr J F Daniell on a new Register Pyrometer. To be printed
Captain Kater On an error in Standards of Linear Measure. To be printed
Mr S Brown On his Gas Engine. Postponed
Captain Robertson On the Second Comet of 1822. Postponed
Mr J W Lubbock On the Elliptic Constants. To be printed
Mr J Dryden On the angular Calculus. Postponed
Mr W S Harris On the transient magnetic state of various substances. Postponed
Mr J Macdonald On the Magnetic variation near Calcutta and other parts of Hindostan in 1828. Postponed
Lieutenant Colonel Pasley's experiment on artificial water cements. Postponed
Mr J Horapath On some new [?] optical Phenomena. Postponed
Lieutenant Drummond on the Illumination of Lighthouses. To be printed
Professor Davy On the new fulminate of Silver and its application as a test for Chlorine etc. Postponed
Dr Yelloly on calculous Diseases. To be printed
Baron H[illegible] on Lithotrity. Postponed Dr Thomson's Analysis of new minerals. Withdrawn
Mr R W Fox on the Electricity of Mines. To be printed
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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