'Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.' [‎102] (129/372)

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GENKKAL INDEX.
Meetings— continued.
Beecher regarding the Ross
Testimonial, x. 1; Dr Buist’s
experiments on the aneroid
barometer, 8-5; description
of a newly-contrived atmo-
meter, by C. G. E. Ford,
5-9 ; account of an evaporat
ing dish, 9-12; donations,
letters, 12.
1850, Oct. —Letters, donations, x. 14,
et seq.
1850, Nov. —Remarks on the aneroid
barometer, by Professor Pat
ton, x. 15-19; letters, 19;
donations, 20.
1850, Dec. —Final consideration of re
vised by-laws, x. 21; re
marks on meteorological ob
servations and phenomena,
22 .
1851, Jan. —Remarks on meteorologi
cal observations and instru
ments, x. 23 ; report by a
committee of the Congress
of the United States on the
construction of Maury’s
wind and current charts,
24-26 ; Mr Macfarlane’s
wind and current charts
for Indian Seas, 26 ; letters,
28; donations, 29.
1851, Feb. —Remarks on the Society’s
barometers, x. 29; barome
ter and aneroid comparison,
33 ; letters, donations, 37.
1851, March. —Report of the com
mittee on wind and cur
rent charts, x. 38 ; Mr
Mayes’s papers and instru
ments exhibited, 39; letters,
donations, 40.
1851, April. —Final report of the
committee on the Ross Tes
timonial, x. 41; remarks on
hot springs, by Dr Buist,
43; and on the geology of
Bombay, 45; letters, dona
tions, 49.
1851, May. —Address presented to
the Hon. Mr Willoughby,
president of the Society, on
his retirement, x. 50; his
reply, 52 ; letters, donations,
52; office-bearers, 53; Zan
zibar meteorological obser
vations, 54 ; Mauritius ob
servations, 56, et seq.
Meetings— con tinned.
1851, July. —Letter from Admiral Sir
Francis Beaufort, hydrogra-
pher to the Admiralty, trans
mitting copies of all the
charts that have been pub
lished by the Admiralty for
the use of the navy, x. 66;
letters, donations, 68.
1851, Aug. —Special committees ap
pointed to report on the best
mode of disposing of the va
rious articles forwarded by
Sir Francis Beaufort, x. 69;
report of the committee on
wind and current charts, 69;
letters from Lieut. Maury
on meteorological observa
tions, phenomena, and in
struments, 70 ; letters, 72;
donations, 73.
1851, Sept. —Paper on the Correction
of Barometer for the Pres
sure of Moisture, by Pro
fessor Patton, x. 74; letters,
77; donations, 78.
1851, Oct .—Report of the special
committee on the Ross Tes
timonial, x. 78; set of ab
stracts from all the principal
and trustworthy English ob
servatories, from north lati
tude 30° to south latitude
44°, hitherto published, ar
ranged according to latitude,
79.
1851, Nov. —Account of an instru
ment for determining sub
marine currents, x. 82; let
ters, 83; donations, 84; the
Aden dip observations, 84,
et seq.
1852, Jan. —Letters, donations, x. 91.
1852, Feb. —Dr Buist on the remark
able elevation of the baro
meter all over India at the
end of January and begin
ning of February, x. 92-95;
the great atmospheric tide at
this season, 96 ; Mr Smith’s
paper on the sources of the
Nile, 96; letters, donations,
101 .
1852, March. —Explanation by Pro
fessor Patton of some points
which had been misunder
stood in his paper on the
correction of the barometer