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RefNoCMB/90/3/231
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date29 April 1852
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the Earl of Rosse, President in the chair; Colonel Sabine RA; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Mr Brooke; The Reverend Professor Challis; Dr Clark; Sir Philip Egerton Bart; Mr Gassiot; Sir John Herschel; Professor Miller; Colonel Portlock RE; Mr Solly; Mr Spence;

Read and confirmed minutes of previous meeting

Professor Owen On the Megatherium. Postponed
Sir F Pollock A Proof that everey number is composed of four square numbers etc. Postponed
Mr Gray On the Ductless Gland in the Chick. Postponed
Mr Booth On elliptic Integrals. Postponed
Dr Handfield Jones On the Structure of the Liver. Postponed
Mr Davy On the Ova of the Salmonidae. Postponed
Mr Sharpe On the Cleavage and Foliation of the Rocks of the North of Scotland. To be printed
Reverend B Powell On the Diffraction of Light etc. Not to be printed
Dr William On Blood Proper and Chylo-aqueous fluids in the Invertebrata. Postponed
Dr Faraday Researches in Electricity 29th Series. Postponed
Mr Hennessy Anatomy of the Stem of Victoria Regis. Postponed
Dr Tyndall On Molecular Influences. Postponed
Mr J F Miller Meteorology of the Lake District. Postponed
Lord Brougham Further Experiments on Light. Postponed
Colonel Sabine On the greater Magnetic disturbances. Postponed
Mr Drach Formalization of horary Observations. Postponed
Mr Huxley Maphology of Cephalous Molusca. Postponed
Mr Murray On Tian Beds etc in the North Sea. Postponed
Lieutenant Roberts New Forms of Instruments. Postponed
Mr Cayley Analytical Research etc. Postponed
Mr O'Brie Researches in Symbolical Physics. To be printed as Revised
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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