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RefNoCMB/90/3/5
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date12 June 1828
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Mr Baily; Captain Beaufort; Mr Children; Dr Fitton; Dr Goodenough; Mr Guillenard; Mr Herschel; Captain Kater; Dr Prout; Dr Roget; Captain sabine

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The papers of Sir G Gibbes, Dr Pearson and Dr Traile [?] Postponed

1828
8 May Captain Foster On the changes of Magnetic Intensity in the Dipping and Horizontal Needles at Treurenburgh Bay in Spitzbergen. To be printed
15 May Mr Barlow On the effect of temperature on the refractive index and dispersive Power of Expansible Fluids in a Fluid Lens. . To be printed
22 May Mr Andrew Knight On some circumstances relating to the economy of Bees. To be printed
5 June Mr Christie On the laws of the deviation of Magnetical Needles towards iron. To be printed
5 June The Reverend John Blackburne On a Sounding Board in the Attercliffe Tunnel near the field. To be printed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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