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RefNoCMB/90/3/227
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date15 January 1852
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Colonel Sabine, R.A., Vice President and Treasureer in the chair; Mr Bell; Captain Smyth RN; Mr Bowman; Mr Brodie; Mr Brooke; Mr Gassiot; Sir John Herschel; Professor Miller; Lieutenant Colonel Portlock; Mr Solly; Mr Spencer; Dr Wallich

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Professor Owen On the Megatherium. Postponed
Sir W Snow Harris On Induced and other Magnetic Forces. Postponed
Mr Joule On an Air Engine. To be printed
Dr Nelson On the reproduction of Ascaris Mystax. Postponed
Colonel Sykes On the Description of the Wet Bulb Thermometer in the Deccan. Withdrawn
Mr O'Brien Researches in Symbolical Physics. Postponed
Mr Newport On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia. Postponed
Mr Savory On the Values of the heart. Postponed
Sir F Pollock A Proof that everey number is composed of four square numbers etc. Referred
Mr Wheatstone On Binocular Vision. To be printed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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