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RefNoCMB/90/3/224
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date19 June 1851
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Earl of Rosse, President, in the chair; Colonel Sabine; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Captain Smyth; Mr Bennett; Sir B Brodie; Sir Philip Egerton; Dr Forbes; Dr Hall; Dr Mantell; Mr Solly; Lord Wrottesley

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Mr Miller On the Meteorology of the Lake District. Postponed
Mr Huxley On the anatomy and Physiology of Salpa and Pyrosama. Postponed
Dr Letheby On the discovery in the Fallopian Tube of an ovule or its remains. Postponed
Professor Owen On the Megatherium. Postponed
Professor Graham Additional observations on the Diffusion of Liquid. To be printed
Mr Goodman Researches into the identity of the Existence of forces, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. Postponed
Sir W Snow Harris On Induced and other Magnetic Forces. Postponed
Mr Brooke On the automatic registration of Magnetometers and Meteorological Instruments by means of Photography - No. IV. Postponed
Colonel Sabine On the annual variation of the Magnetic declination at different periods of the day. To be printed
Mr Joule On an Air Engine. Postponed
Mr Lowe On the mean Temperature of Highfield House. Postponed
Mr Broadhurst The human Iris; its structure and physiology. Postponed
Dr Nelson On the reproduction of Ascaris Mystax. Postponed
Mr Phillips Experiments made at York on the deviation of the Plane of Vibration of a Pendulum. To be printed entire in the Proceedings
Colonel Sykes On the Description of the Wet Bulb Thermometer in the Deccan. Referred
Mr H F Talbot On Instantaneous Photographic Images. To be printed in the Proceedings
Mr Waterston On a general law of Density in Saturated Vapours. Referred
Mr O'Brian Researches in Symbolical Physics. Referred
Mr Newport On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia. Referred
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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