452 General Monthly Meeting, [Dec. 7, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 7. 



William Pole, Esq. M.A. F.RrS. Treasurer and Vice-President, 

 in the Chair, 



Charles Brooke, Esq. F.R.S. 

 was duly elected a Member of the Royal Instituticn. 



Neil Arnott, M.D. F.R,S. 

 was admitted a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The Secretary reported that the following Arrangements had 

 been made for the Lectures before Easter, 1 858 : — 



Six Lectures on Static Electricity (adapted to a Juvenile 

 Auditory), by Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. &c. Ful- 

 lerian Professor of Chemistry, R.I. 



Twelve Lectures on the Principles op Biology, by Thomas 

 Henry Huxley, Esq. F.R.S. Fullerian Professor of Physiology, R.I. 



Ten Lectures on Heat, considered as a Mode of Motion, 

 by John Tyndall, Esq. F.R.S. Professor of Natural Philosophy, 

 R.L 



Ten Lectures on the Chemistry op the Elements which 

 circulate in Nature, by Charles L. Bloxam, Esq. Professor 

 of Practical Chemistry, King's College, London. 



The following Presents were announced, and the thanks of the 

 Members returned for the same ; — 



From — 

 Hon. East India CoTwpany— Bombay Magnetical and Meteorological Observa- 

 tions for 1854 and 1855. 4to. 

 American Academy of Sctg/ices— Proceedings, Vol. III. Nos. 24-31. Bro. 

 1856. 

 Memoirs, New Series, Vol. VI. Part 1. 4to. 1857. 

 American Philosophical Society — Proceedings, No. 56. 8vo. 1857. 

 Astronomical Society ^ i^oya/—' Monthly Notices, Vol. XVII. No. 9. 8vo. 1857, 

 Athenceum Club — List of Members, &c. 16to. 1857. 

 Bell, Jacob, Esq. il/.i?./.— Pharmaceutical Journal for Nov. 1857. 8to. 

 Boosey, Messrs. (the Publishers)— The Musical World for Nov. 1857. 4to. 

 Boston Society of Natural //tsiory— Proceedings, Vol. V. Nos. 21-26. Vol. 

 IV. Nos. 1-10. 8vo. 1856-7. 



