Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/220
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date20 March 1851
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Colonel Sabine, Treasurer, in the chair; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Captain Smyth; Mr Bennett; Sir B Brodie; Dr Forbes; Dr Hall; Dr Mantell; Mr Miller; Sir R Murchison; Mr Phillips; Mr Rennie; Mr Solly

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Professor Owen On the Exogenous processes of Vertebrae. To be printed
Lord Wrottesley On the results of the Observations of 19 Stars favourably situated for the Investigation of Parallax. To be printed
Dr Bence Jones On the oxidation of Ammonia in the human body. To be printed
Mr Rainey Description of a Muscle of the Stripea Variety in the eye. Postponed
Mr Dickinson On the supply of Water from the Chalk Stratum. Archives
Mr Schunck On Rubian and its Compounds.To be printed
Mr Atherton An Explanation of the so - called Mysterious Circles. Archives
Mr Airy On the relation of the direction of the erina [?] to the age of the moon. To be printed
Mr Miller On the Meteorology of the Lake district. Referred
Mr Moseley On the rolling Motion of a Cylinder. Referred
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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