Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

J. Murray, 1854

OBJECTS and Rules of the Association	xiii

Treasurers Account	xx

Mr AUGUSTUS PETERMANN on the Interior of Australia	xxvi

Report of the Parliamentary Committee	xxxi

Arrangement of the General Meetings	xl

Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors 185253 By the	1

On the Physical Features of the Humber By JAMES OLDHAM Esq	36

Professor T ANDREWS on a Simple Instrument for graduating Glass Tubes	37

METEOROLOGY	26

Mr WILLIAM LAWTON on the Meteorology of Hull	32

Mr W C DOмVILLES Notices of some Living Aquatic Birds at Santry House	37

Rev THOMAS EXLEY on the Cause of the Transmission of Electricity along	38

KUKLAS Description of some new kinds of Galvanic Batteries 44	44

GEOLOGY	50

Mr HENRY DENNY on the Remains of the Hippopotamus found in the Aire	51

Mr H E STRICKLAND on Pseudomorphous Crystals in New Red Sandstone 61	61

On the Rise Progress and Present Position of Steam Navigation	45

Experimental Researches to determine the Strength of Locomotive	53

Provisional Report on the Theory of Determinants By J J SYL	66

90	72

Observations on the Character and Measurements of Degradation	81

Professor RAFNS on Contributions to the Ancient Geography of the Arctic	84

On the Mechanical Properties of Metals as derived from repeated Melt	87

Third Report on the Facts of Earthquake Phænomena Catalogue	117

MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS	1

Rev T RANKIN on the Brigantes the Romans and the Saxons in the Wolds	6

Professor PLÜCKER on Magnetism 7	7

Mr J J WATERSTONS Observations on the Density of Saturated Vapours	11

18	18

66	66

Mr ROBERT WARINGTON on Preserving the Balance between Vegetable	72

Mr TRELAWNY SAUNDERS Inquiry into the Variations of Climate within	91

Mr FRANCIS BENNOCH on some suggestions for an improved system of Cur	97

32	101

Dr HENRY COOPER on the Mortality of Hull in the Autumn of 1849	103

109	109

Col CHESNEY on the Tubular or Double Lifeboat invented by HENRY	113

Mr RICHARD ROBERTS on certain Improvements in the Construction of Steam	121

Rev FRANCIS F STATHAM on the Consumption of Smoke in Furnaces	127

To Reports on the State of Science 133	133

ANDERSON on the Influence of the Invasion of the Danes and Scandi	134

ber 26th 1852	139

Pealkiri	Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Autor	British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher	J. Murray, 1854
Original from	the University of Michigan
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