1 38 Tables of the Fall of Rain. 



16th December, 1846. — The Vice-President in the CJiair. 



The following gentlemen were elected members: — Messrs. Archibald 

 B. Harley, Robert Johnston, Hugh Bartholomew, John Erskine, John 

 M'Haffie, John Houston, J. B. Sebright, and James Clark. 



Mr. Gourlie reported that the arrangements for the Exhibition were 

 making most satisfactory progress. 



Professor Gordon read the first part of a paper describing a series of 

 experiments on the temperature of the earth at different depths and in 

 different soils, and on the connexion between changes of temperature in 

 the atmosphere and the growth of plants, by Messrs. Quetelet, Professor 

 Forbes, Herr Dove, and others. — Vid. 27th January, 1847. 



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SQth December, 1846. — The Vice-President in tlie Chair. 



The following members were elected: — Messrs. Alexander Laing, 

 Robert Laird, W. Brown, William Geddes, J. Young, Charles Robb, 

 James M'Connell. 



Mr. Smith of Deanston gave an oral account of the progress of 

 mechanism in the Cotton manufacture. 



VSth January, 1847. — The Vice-President in the Chair. 



The following members were elected: — Messrs. Thomas Macmicking, 

 James Harvey. 



The following form of application for the admission of members was 

 adopted by the Society: " To the Secretary of the Philosophical Society 

 of Glasgow. Sir, — I beg leave to offer myself as a candidate for admission 

 as a member of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow; and, if elected, I 

 bind myself to obey the laws made, and to be made, by that Society, as 

 long as I continue to be a member. I am, Sir, your most obedient 

 Servant." — then follow name, designation, and address. This form, when 

 signed, to be accompanied with the following recommendation by three 

 members of the Society, "A. B. being desirous of being admitted a 

 member of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, we hereby recommend 

 him as deserving of that honour, and as likely to prove a useful and 

 valuable member." 



The following Tables were communicated by Dr. R. D. Thomson: — 



XXI. — Tables of the Fall of Bain in Glasgow and Neighbourhood. 



The first column is the result of the rain gauge observations of the late 

 Dr. Couper, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, made 



