Record

RefNoCMB/90/3/175
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date25 June 1846
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair; Dr Roget; Mr christie; Colonel Sabine; Sir W Burnett; Dr Daubeny; Dean of Ely; Mr Galloway; Mr Grove; Mr Wheatstone

Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting

Dr Lee On the nerves of the Uterus. Archives
Mr Goodsir On supra renal Thymus bodies. Postponed
Mr C H Jones On the functions fo the liver. To be printed
Mr Sibson On the mechanism of respiration. To be printed, subject to the recommendation of the Referee, with respect to Plates
Mr Sibson On the blowhole of the Porpoise. Postponed
Mr Fleming On Motion in the lumbar division of the spine of birds. Archives
Mr Rainey On the anatomy of the vascular fringes in joints. Archives
Mr Johnson Description of a process of extracting palladium from gold. Postponed
Dr Robinson On the peculiarities of fatal digestion. Archives
Captain Williams On a curious phenomena at sea. Archives
Mr Rigg Experiments relative to animal Temperature. Postponed
Mr Ribton On Sir I Newton's method of finding the limits of the roots of equations. Archives [Note added in pencil 'In Mr Christie's hands']
Mr James Smith A suggestion intended to confirm Franklin's theory of Electro Statics. Archives
Mr Brooke Description of a method of registering magnetic variations. Postponed
Mr Bishop On the Physiology of the human voice. Postponed
Mr Graham On the motion of gases. To be printed
Reverend T Savage on the desquammation and change of colour in a Negro [sic]. Archives
Lieutenant Clark Meteorological observations made on board the Pagoda. To be printed
Sir G Haughton On the dynamic value of the degrees of the compass. Archives
Dr Mantell On the fossil remains of Poraminifera in Chalk. To be printed in conformity with resolution of Committee.
Mr Fielding On the hot days of last week. Archives
M Mattucci Electro Physiological researches 4th Mem. To be printed
dr Waller Microscopic Observations of the vesicular vapours of water. Postponed
Mr Hunt On the reltion of magnetic and chemical forces. Postponed
Mr Ronalds Remarks on the extractive material of urine. To be printed
Mr Stevenson On the electric fluid. Not to be printed
Mr Stevenson On Phlogiston. Not to be printed
Colonel Sabine Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism, No. 8. To be printed
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/4/156
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