PROCEEDINGS 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



FORTY-FIFTH SESSIOxN. 



4th November, 1846. — The Vice-President in the Chair. 



Messrs. Dawson and Griffin were appointed Auditors for the past year. 



The Treasurer reported that the Committee appointed on the 23d March 

 last, to make arrangements for a public exhibition of models, &c. during 

 the holidays at the new year, was now in active operation. The Vice- 

 President stated, that the President, from domestic causes, was under the 

 necessity of spending the winter on the Continent. 



Mr. Liddell having taken the chair, Mr. Crum read a paper on the 

 Constitution and Properties of Gun Cotton, the recent discovery of Pro- 

 fessor Schonbein, which he showed to be a new and distinct compound of 

 nitric acid and cotton. His observations were illustrated by some beautiful 

 experiments. 



ISth November, 1846. — The Vice-President in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society: — 

 Messrs. John Finlay, Alexander Miller, Francis Liesching, John Carrick, 

 and Hugh Carswell. 



Mr. Griffin presented from the Chemical Society, the 18th and 19th 

 parts of their Proceedings, and from Dr. R. D. Thomson a continuation of 

 the Registrar General's Weekly and Quarterly Reports of Mortality in 

 the Metropolis. 



The Treasurer presented his account for the past year. 



1845. 

 Nov. 18. — To Cash in Bank, at beginning of 



Session, £220 



— Interest on do 6 10 8 



Vol. II.— No. 3, 



226 10 8 



