First report of the proceedings, recommendations, and transactions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Date:
1832
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Credit: First report of the proceedings, recommendations, and transactions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE, In giving to the public a Report of the Proceed¬ ings of the British Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Science, it has been considered an important object to add to the account of the past Meeting a distinct view of what is to be expected from the next, and to announce the result of the ap¬ plications which have been made to individuals, re¬ questing them, in the name of the Association, to undertake the reports and researches recommended by its Committees in different branches of science. The success of these applications will appeal: from the following statement, REPORTS. 1. The Rev. George Peacock has undertaken to present to the next Meeting, a Report on the re¬ cent progress of Mathematical Analysis, in reference particularly to the differential and integral cal¬ culus. 2. Professor Airy has undertaken' a Report on the state and progress of Astronomical Science, in reference particularly to Physical Astronomy.