Report of the Annual Meeting

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Synopsis of Money Grants
lviii
Arrangement of the General Meetings
lxvii
Eleventh Report of the Committee for Exploring Kents Cavern Devon
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Seventh Report of the Committee consisting of Sir W THOMSON F R S
14
Report of a Committee consisting of E C C STANFORD JAMES DEWAR
24
Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Crustacea
41
Second Report of a Committee consisting of Prof A S HERSCHEL B A
54
Preliminary Report of the Committee consisting of Professors Roscoe
62
Report of the Committee consisting of Major WILSON R E and
81
Report of the Rainfall Committee for the year 187475 The Committee
91
Report of the Committee consisting of Dr H E ARMSTRONG and Dr
112
On the Steering of ScrewSteamers By Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS
141
Second Report of the Committee consisting of W CHANDLER ROBERTS
155
Mr CECIL H SP PERCEVAL on a rare Species of Fungus found in Surrey
158
Tides in the River Mersey Halftide Level at Liverpool By JAMES
161
Sixth Report of the Committee consisting of the Rev THOMAS WILT
165
its DrainageArea Tidal Phenomena
175
Report of the Committee consisting of the Rev H F BARNES H
184
Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors during the year 187475
199
Mrs WILLIAM GREY on the Standard of National Education
213
Mr JAMES N SHOOLBRED on Tides in the Irish Sea
250
On the Analytical Forms called Trees with Application to the Theory
257
Report of the Committee consisting of Professor CAYLEY F R S Pro
305
Report of the Committee consisting of W SPOTTISWOODE F R S Pro
337
Third Report of the SubWealden Exploration Committee consisting
346
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
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