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HARDBOUND, 9x5.5", Index, most are around 3" thick, embossed cover, gold lettering on spine. Some plates and fold-outs. Each book is divided into sections : the basic business of the association, the "Reports on the State of Science," and the "Transactions of the Sections." Each issue has a sizable list of members at the back - I have not included these pages in the page count. All book titles follow this pattern "Report of the Forty-Seventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Plymouth in August, 1877.

The "Reports" make up the bulk of the book and selected reports (2-35p. long) are listed below, primarily paleontology-, hydrology- and geology-related topics. The "Transactions" are short pieces generally half a page to a full page long (rarely, just the title) and I have listed a few of these. Very often a topic will appear in both reports and transactions. Both reports and transactions cover topics in all aspects of what was then current science - I have listed only a few of the individual topics and have usually abbreviated the titles. Much of what is covered in these books concerns ongoing projects, thus the same topic may be present in several books in a row even if I have listed it only for a few. Many of the titles include wording such as "Report of the committee, consisting of Mr. ... ... ..., appointed for the purpose of ... ... ..."

Not listed below : There are large sections on Meteorology (esp. Ben Nevis), tides, and anthropology and ethnology of the population of the British Isles. Also ongoing series on electrical experiments, development of research stations, effects of sun on dyes, measuring solar insolation, ground temperature, science in education and much more. Ships, sailing, navigation and steering. Sewage treatment. Rainfall records. Economic science and statistics.

Condition: Generally good/ very good : clean, bright, tight except as noted below. Some spines have the meeting number crayoned on. Covers have some soil with bumped corners and spine ends. Upper edge of page block darkened, other edges often a bit darkened or with minor soil.. Hinges may be very lightly shaken with cracked paper over the hinge inside. For a few, the page block may have a slight ripple - this is from the original binding, not from any damage. Title page darkened.

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BAAS - 40th - Liverpool, 1870. 500p. (Cover darkened. front hinge shaken) $40

40th reports :
Steam boiler explosions, with a view to their prevention - legislation (1st report).
Explorations of Kent's Cavern, Devonshire (6th report).
Earthquakes in Scotalnd.
Observations of luminous meteors, 1869-70.

40th Transactions :
Newly discovered species of elephant.
Recent visit to the Great tunnel through the Alps.
Matrix of gold in the Scottish gold fields.
Some thermal springs in the fens of Cambridgeshire.
Formation of swallow-holes or pits with vertical sides in Mountain limestone.
Physical geology of the Bone-caves of the Wye.
Physcial geography of Colorado and adjacent regions.
Ruined cities of Central America.

BAAS - 41st - Edinburgh, 1871. 490p. (Cover darkened. Owner's plate on end paper - HA! You should have to pay extra for this one :-) "Sir Andrew Noble of Ardmore and Ardardan, Noble in the Co. of Dumbarton, Knight Com. of the Bath. 1893.) $45

41st Reports :
Explorations of Kent's Cavern, Devonshire (7th report).
Report on observations of luminous meteors, 1870-71.
Observations of lunar objects suspected of change.
British fossil corals (3rd report).
Steam Boiler explosions, with a view to their prevention. (2nd report)
Earthquakes in Scotland.

41st Transactions :
Yorkshire Lias and the distribution of its Ammonites.
Geological notes on the Noursoak peninsula and Disco Island in North Greenland.
Fossiliferous strata at Lochend near Edinburgh.
The Origin of volcanoes.
Discovery of a new and very perfect Archnide from the Ironstone of the Dudley coal-field.
Second German Arctic expedition.
Geography of Moab.
American Arctic expedition.

BAAS - 43rd - Bradford, 1873. 580p. (lower spine end has a nick) $45

43rd Reports :
Observations on the application of machinery to the cutting of coal in Mines.
Erratic blocks in the United Kingdom. (1st report)
Earthquakes in Scotland (4th report).
Explorations of Kent's cavern, Devonshire (9th report).
Flint and chert implements found in Kent's cavern, Torquay, Devonshire.
Method of making gold assays and of stating the results (1st report).
Labyrinthodonts of the coal-measures.
Explorations of the Settle Caves. (1st report)
Observations of luminous meteors, 1872-73.
On the visibility of the dark side of Venus.
Collecting fossils from localities of difficult access in NW Scotland (2nd report).
On the Bradford waterworks.
On a periodicity of cyclones and rainfall in connexion with the Sun spot periodicity.

43rd Transactions :
Additional remains of Pleistocene mammals in Yorkshire.
Evidence of glacial action in tropical India in Palaeozoic times.
Discovery of a species of Starfish in Devonian beds of South Devon.
Rate at which stalagmite is being accumulated i the Ingleborough Cave.
Stump-Cross Caverns at Greenhow near Pately Bridge.
Occurrence of elephant-remains in the basement beds of the Red Crag.
New facts bearing on inquiry concerning forms intermediate between birds and reptiles.
On the true position and physical characters of Mount Sinai.
Recent Arctic explorations.

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BAAS - 46th - Glasgow, 1876. 570p. (spine a bit darkened) $45

46th Reports :
Explorations of Kent's Cavern, Devonshire (12th report).
Earthquakes in Scotland (7th report).
Circulation of Underground waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permian formations of England. (2nd report)
Erratic blocks of England, Wales, and Irelands (4th report)
Explorations of the Settle Caves (Victoria cave) (4th report).
Report on observations of luminous meteors during the year 1875-76.
On cyclone and rainfall periodicities in connexion with the Sun-spot periodicity.

46th Transactions :
The Bagshot peat beds.
Sub-Wealden explorations.
Mountain limestone of the West coast of Sumatra.
The site of the grave of Genghiz Khan.
A journey across Finland from Ellenborg to Archangel via Kemi.
The River Putumayo or Ica, South America.

BAAS - 47th - Plymouth, 1877. 474p. (spine a bit darkened) $45

47th Reports :
Explorations of Kent's cavern, Devonshire (13th report).
Circulation of Underground waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permian formations of England, incl. Report on South Lancashire wells. (3rd report)
Erratic blocks of England, Wales, and Irelands (5th report)
Report on observations of luminous meteors during the year 1876-77.
Explorations of the Settle Caves (Victoria cave) (5th report).

47th Transactions :
Origin and antiquity of the Mounds of Arkansas, USA by J.W. Clarke.
Tin mines in the Parish of Wendron, Cornwall.
Fossil flora of the Arctic regions.
Post-Tertiary fossils procured in the late Arctic expedition, with notes on some of the recent or living Mollusca from same expedition.
On the exploration of some caves in the Limestone hills in Fermanagh.
Palaeontology of Plymouth.
On the supposed True Site of Mount Sinai.
On Bashakard in Western Baluchistan.
On a journey overland to India in 1872 via Meshed, Herat, Kandahar, and the Boulan Pass.
On the ascent of the River Putumayo, South America.

BAAS - 55th - Aberdeen, 1885. 1284p. (edge of page block darkened, one page of contents loose) $45

55th Reports :
Erratic blocks of England, Wales and Irelands (13th report).
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (3rd report).
Earthquake phenomena of Japan (5th report)
Circulation of underground waters in England and Wales (11th report).
Fossil plants of the Tertiary and Secondary beds of the United Kingdom.
Rate of erosion of the sea coasts of England and Wales and influence of artificial shingle or other material.
Reporting on recent Polyzoa.
Exploration of Kilimanjaro and adjoinging mountains of Equatorial Africa.
Migration of birds.
Northwestern Indian tribes of Canada.
List of works on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Palaeontology of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
The Forth Bridge Works by Andrew S. Biggart., including electrical lighting.
The new Tay Viaduct.

55th Transactions :
Report on the Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius.
On some recent earthquakes on the Durham coast and their probable cause.
Notice of an outline geological map of lower Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and Palestine.
List of Works on the geology, mineralogy, and palaeontology of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Volcanoes of Auvergne.
Chasm called the Black Rock of Kiltearn.
Fynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn bone caves, North Wales.
Preliminary note on a new fossil reptile recently discovered at New Spynie, near Elgin.
The Highland controversy in British geology.
The parallel roads of Lochaber.
Notes on Fuller's earth and its applications.
On the waterworks at Goldstone road, Brighton.
Several on India and Himalaya, incl mountaineering.
Antarctic research.
On overland expeditions to the arctic coast of American.

BAAS - 56th - Birmingham, 1886. 912p. (edge of page block darkened) $45

56th Reports :
Caves of North Wales.
Erratic blocks of England, Wales and Ireland (14th report)
Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood.
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (4th report).
Circulation of Underground waters in England and Wales. (12th report).
Fossil plants of the Tertiary and Secondary beds of the United Kingdom (2nd report).
Migration of birds.|
Permanently frozen soil in the polar regions.
Volcanic phenomena of Japan (6th report)
Exploration of the Raygill fissure in Lothersdale, Yorkshire.

56th Transactions :
Discovery of a large fossil tree in the lower coal-measures at Clayton, near Bradford.
Discovery of fossil fish in the New Red Sandstone (Upper Keuper) in Warwickshire.
Range, extent, and fossils of the Phaetic formation in Warwickshire.
On the Rocky mountains, with special reference to that part of the range between the 49th parallel and the headwaters of the Red Deer river.
On the geysers of Rotorua district, North Island of New Zealand.
On Bilobites.
On Manganese mining in Merionethshire.
On a Scrobicularia bed, containing human bones, at Newton Abbot, Devonshire.
The Canadian Pacific Railway.
The Fiji Islands.
On the Afghan frontier.
The Panama canal.

BAAS - 60th - Leeds, 1890. 1007p. (Fair/Poor. Binding is good, but a chunk of cloth is missing over the spine - this doesn't affect any of the spine lettering. Minimal marks on contents pages. $20

60th Reports :
Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of Japan (10th report).
Erratic blocks of England, Wales and Ireland (18th report).
Circulation of underground waters in the Permeable formations of England and Wales. (16th report).
Cretaceous Polyzoa.
Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood.
Manure Gravels of Wexford (4th and final report).
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (8th report).
Nomad tribes of Asia Minor and northern Persia and excavation on sites of ancient occupation.
Northwestern tribes of Dominion of Canada (6th report)

60th Transactions :
Supposed volcanic eruption of Cape Reykjanes, Iceland.
On Lepidophloios and Lepidodendron.
Human footprints in recent volcanic mud in Nicaragua.
Elbolton cave exploration.
Discovery of a Jurassic fish fauna in the Hawkesbury - Wianamatta beds of New South Wales.
Consideration of the subject of the Lands of the globe still available for European Settlement.
On a visit to the Skaptor district of Iceland.

BAAS - 62nd - Edinburgh, 1892. 944p. $35

62nd Reports :
Earthquake and Volcanic phenomena of Japan (12th report).
Erratic blocks of England, Wales, and Irelands (20th report).
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (9th report).
Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and neighbourhood.
Shield tunnelling in loose ground under water pressure, with special reference to the Vyrnwy aqueduct tunnel under the Mersey.
Investigations of the ruins of Mashonaland and the habits and customs of the inhabitants.
North western tribes of Canada (8th report) - much on the Kootenay Indians of British Columbia.

62nd Transactions :
The cause of the Ice Age.
Fullers' earth mining company at Woburn sands.
Widespread radiolarian chert of Arenig age from the southern Uplands of Scotland.
On the alleged proofs of submergence in Scotland during the Glacial epoch.
Fossil arctic plants found near Edinburgh.
On the Physical geology of Arabia Petraea and Palestine.
Report of the committee on Elbolton cave.
On a bone cave in the Cambrian limestone in Assynt, Sutherlandshire.
On some Limerick traps.
First ascent of the Oraefa Jokull, Iceland.
On Meteorological observations in the Atlantic ocean by the Prince of Monaco.
Notes on a portion of the Lakahari.
Zimbabwe ruins in Mashonaland.

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BAAS - 64th - Oxford, 1894. 852p. $35

64th Reports :
Earth Tremors, incl. Horizontal pendulum at Nicolaiew and Bifilar pendulum at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
Investigation of the Cave at Elbolton - remains of Palaeolithic man.
Exploration of the Calf Hole Cave at the Heights, Skyrethorns, near Skipton.
Circulation of Underground water (20th report).
Eurypterid-bearing deposits of the Pentland Hills (2nd report)
Stonesfield slate.
Character of the high-level shell-bearing deposits at Clava, Chapelhall and other localities (Chapelhall section)
Volcanic phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood.
Marine zoology of the Irish sea (2nd report)
Geographical, meteorological and natural hisotry observations in South Georgia or other Antarctic Island.
On the NW tribes of Canada (9th report) - Indian tribes of the lower Fraser River.

64th Transactions :
On certain volcanic subsidences in the North of Iceland.
Some forms of Saurian footprints from the Cheshire Trias.
Elbolton cave, Calf hole cave.
On Prehistoric man in the old alluvium of the Savarmati river in Gujarat, Western India.
A new light on the discovery of America.

BAAS - 65th - Ipswich, 1895. 884p. (one page of contents nearly loose, front hinge shaken) $35

65th Reports :
Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of Japan (14th report) : Incl. Kamakura, Tokio, Yokohama and Kanagawa.
Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of Japan (15th report) : Incl. Catalogue of 8,331 earthquakes in Japan between 1885-1892.
High level flint drift of the Chalk.
Rate of erosion of the sea coasts of England and Wales (4th report)
Circulation of Underground waters (21st report)
Stonesfield slate.(2nd report)
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (12th report)
Erratic blocks of England, Wales and Ireland (22nd report)
Some Suffolk well sections.
On the dip of Underground Palaeozoic rocks at Ware and Cheshunt.
Marine zoology, botany and geology of the Irish sea (3rd report)
Exploration of Southern Arabia.
Ancient kitchen midden at Hastings, and a barrow at the Wildernesse.
On the Northwestern tribes of Canada (10th report) - 5th report on Indians of British Columbia.

65th Transactions :
Recent coast erosion at Southwold and Coverhithe.
Indications of ice-raft action through glacial times.
Restorations of some European dinosaurs, with suggestions as to their place among the Reptilia.
Investigation of the locality where the Cetiosaurus remains in the Oxford museum were found.
Auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand, Transvaal.
Cladondonts of the Upper Devonian of Ohio.
Great Devonian Placoderms of OHio.
A voyage to the Antarctic sea by C.E. Borchgrevink.
Progress of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar expedition by Arthur Montefiore.
Exploration in the Japanese Alps, 1891-94.

BAAS - 66th - Liverpool, 1896. 1054p. (some damage to membership list pages) $35

66th Reports :
Seismological Investigations (1st report) : Incl. Tokio., Perry Tromometer, Milne's pendulums T and U, more.
Erratic blocks of the British Isles (1st report).
Character of the High-level shell-bearing deposits in Kintyre.
Selangor caves.
Relation of Palaeolithic man to the Glacial epoch.
Marine zoology, botany and geology of the Irish seas (4th and final report).
Bird migration in Great Britain and Ireland - observations from 1880-1887.
Northwestern tribes of Canada (11th report) - 6th report on the Indians of British Columbia.
Possible infectivity of the Oyster and upon the Green Disease i oysters - 35p.!

66th Transactions :
On the geology of the Isle of Man.
Some of the footprints from the Trias in the Neighbourhood of Liverpool.
Erosion of the sea coast of Wirral.
On the source of Lava.
Highwood mountains of Montana and magmatic differentiation, a criticism.
Geology of Skomer Island.
Interim report on Singapore caves.
Altels avalanche.
Northern glaciers of the Vatna Jokull, Iceland.
Notes on the less-known interior of Iceland.

BAAS - 67th - Toronto, 1897. 907p. (one page partly loose) $35

67th Reports :
Seismological investigation (2nd report) : Incl. Carisbrooke castle and Shide, Sub-oceanic changes, and more.
Cretaceous fossils in Aberdeenshire and fossils collected at Moreseat.
Singapore caves - interim report.
Fossil phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (13th report)
Irish elk remains.
Erratic blocks of the British Isles (2nd report).
Life conditions of the Oyster : normal and abnormal.
Ethnological survey of Canada (1st report) - Toronto children. French Canadians.

67th Transactions :
Problems in Quebec geology.
On the Asar of Finland.
Champlain submergence and uplift, and their relations to the Great Lakes and Niagara falls.
On the origin of drumlins.
Fish tooth from the Upper Arisaig series of Nova Scotia.
Glaciation of North central Canada.
Glacial geology of western New York.
Kafiristan and the Kafirs.
Sea Temperatures north of Spitsbergen.
Forestry in India.
The coastal plain of Maine.

BAAS - 69th - Dover, 1899. 955p. $40

69th Reports :
Seismological investigations (4th report), Incl. on seismological stations already established.
Life zones in the British Carboniferous rocks, incl. South Pennine district, North Wales district and Isle of Man district.
Erratic blocks of the British Isles.
Caves at Uphill.
Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic rocks (15th report).
Ty Mewydd Caves, Tremeirchion, North Wales.
Canadian Pleistocene flora and fauna.
Drift at Moel Tryfaen.
Zoology and botany of the West India Islands (final report).
Plankton and physical conditions of the English channel during 1899 (first report).
Exploration of Sokotra.
On the erection of Alexander III Bridge in Paris.
Dover Harbour works (with fold-out map).
Ethnological survey of Canada, Incl. Early French settlers. N'tlaka'pamuq of British Columbia.
Anthropology and Natural history of Torres Stratis.

69th Transactions :
Eruption of Vesuvius of 1898.
Geological conditions of a tunnel under the straits of Dover.
On some palaeolithic implements of North Kent.
On polar exploration by means of icebreakers.
On the voyage of the "Southern Cross" from Hobart to Cape Adare.
The problem of Antarctic exploration.

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BAAS - 73rd - Southport, 1903. 911p. $35

73rd Reports :
Seismological Investigations (8th report) : Incl. Origin of large earthquakes recorded since 1899. Registers from Shide, Kew, Bidston and Edinburgh.
Edenvale Caves, County Clare, Ireland.
Life-zones in the British Carboniferous rocks.
Movements of underground waters on NW Yorkshire.
Investigation of the fauna and flora of the Trias of the British Isles.
Erratic blocks of the British Isles (8th report).
Observations on changes in the sea coast of the United Kingdom.
Bird migration in Great Britain and Ireland (6th and final report).
Women's labour (3rd and final report)
Silchester Excavations.

73rd Transactions:
Fossil floras of South Africa.
On some Dinosaurian bones from South Brazil.
On a possible cause of the lethal effects produced b the dust emitted during the recent volcanic eruptions in the West Indies.
On the occurrence of stone implements in the Thames Valley between Reading and Maidenhead.
Henricus Glareanus (16th century Geolographer) and his recently discovered maps.

BAAS - 75th - South Africa, 1905. 658p. $25

75th Reports :
Seismological investigations (10th report) : Incl. Gray-Milne seismograph records for 1886-1901, Origins of large earthquakes in 1904.
Investigations of fauna and flora of the Trais of the British Isles (3rd report).
Lake Village at Glastonbury (7th report).
Report on the Batoka Gorge and adjacent portions of the Zambesi valley.
Report on ruins in Rhodesia.

75th Transactions:
Physical geography of Cape Colony, South Africa.
Many on South Africa.
Indicators of the Ballarat Gold fields.
Geology of Basutoland.
Diamond pipes and fissures of South Africa.
Scottish Antarctic expedition to Diego Alvarex, or Gough Island.

BAAS - 76th - York, 1906. 831p. $25

76th Reports :
Seismological investigations (11th report) : Incl. Origins of large earthquake sin 1905, Antarctic earthquakes, Relation to volcanic eruptions.
Flora and fauna of the Trais of British Isles (4th report) : Footprints, Rhynchosaurus articeps.
Life-zones in the British Carboniferous rocks - interim report.
Anthropometric investigations among the native troops of the Egyptian army.
Age of stone circles - Excavations at Stripple Stones, East Cornwall.
Excavations of Roman sites in Britain : Caerwent, Melandra Castle, Newstead, Silchester.
Archaeological and ethnological researches in Crete : Knossos, Palaikastro.
Lake Village at Glastonbury (8th report)

76th Transactions :
Faults as a predisposing cause of existence of pot-holes on Ingleborough.
Speeton Ammonites.
Diamonds in the Matrix at Oakey Creek, near Inverell, New South Wales.
Faunal sequence in Lower Carboniferous rocks of Westmorland and adjacent areas of West Yorkshire and North Lancashire.
Fossil arthropods of the coal formation.
Tour of SE Persia, with an account of the ancient cities of Narmashir.
Limestone caves of Western Australia.
Percy Sladen Expedition in HMS Sealark - the Chagos archipelago.

 

BAAS - 77th - Leicester, 1907. 764p. $25

77th Reports :
Investigation of the fauna and flora of the Trais of the British Isles (5th report) : Footprints, Labyrinthodon. Bromsgrove, more.
Faunal succession in Carboniferous limestone of SW of England.
Investigation of the Fossiliferous drift deposits at Kirmington, Lincolnshire, and at various localities in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Erratic blocks of the British Isles.
Iron ore supply of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Fossil flora of the Transvaal.
Age of the Stone circles - Fernacre and Stannon stone circles, East cornwall.
Lake Village at Glastonbury (9th report)

77th Transactions :
Investigation of the oscillations of the level of the land in the Mediterranean basin - interim report.
Geology of Charnwood forest, incl. felsitic agglomerate.
Relation of Keuper marls to Pre-Cambrian rocks at Bardon Hill. Distribution of radium i the rocks of the Simplon tunnel.
Trilobite fauna of the Shineton shales.
Catalogue of destructive earthquakes.
Ancient volcanoes of Basutoland.
Recession of Niagara falls.
Kurdish Tribes of Asiatic Turkey.
Newly discovered Cave of Atoyac (Mexico)
Traverse of two unexplored rivers of Labrador by Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, junior.

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