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RefNoCMB/90/3/122
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date9 January 1840
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: John William Lubbock esq. Vice PResident and Treasurer in the chair; Mr BAily; Mr Christie; Dr John Davy; Mr Donkin; Mr Galloway; Dr Roget; Sir John Herschel; Major Sabine

Read and confirmed the minutes of the last meeting

Dr R Lee On the nerves of the Gravid Uterus. Postponed
Mr Maclear Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope in 1838 with Bradley's Zenith Sector, for the verification of the amplitude of the Abbe De Ls Caille's Arc of Meridian. Returned to the Admiralty
Mr Gassiot An account of experiments made with a view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a spark before the circuit of the Voltaic Battery is completed. Postponed
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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