President. 

 Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., F.S.A., M.R.G.S., M.P.S. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Joseph Dickinson, M.A., M.D., M.R.I.A., F.L.S., F.B.S.E. 



Robert M'An rew, F.L.S. William H. Duncan, M.D. 



Treasurer. 

 Edward Heath. 



Hon. Secretary. 

 David Purdie Thomson, M.D. 



Other Members of the Council. 



THOMAS INMAN, M.D., F.B.S.E. 

 WILLIAM LASSELL, F.R.S., F.R.A.S. 

 JOHN P. GEORGE SMITH. 

 THOMAS SANSOM, A.L.8., F.B.S.E. 

 JAMES A. PICTON, F.S.A. 



WILLIAM IHNE, PH.D. 

 REV. JOHN 8. H0W80N, M.A. 

 JOHN HARTNUP, F.R.A.S. 

 ISAAC BYERLEY, M.R.C.S.E. 



The President briefly explained the Proceedings of the Committee 

 appointed to investigate the Pendulum experiment, ^:^ when 



It was moved by Mr. J. P. G. Smith, and seconded by Joseph 

 Dickenson, M.D. — 



"That the thanks of the Literary and Philosophical Society are 

 eminently due, and be conveyed, to John Thomas Towson, Esq., for 

 the kindness with which he explained the theory of the Azimuthal 

 Motion of the Pendulum, to the persons who visited the Sailors' Home 

 during the performance of the experiment, for which purpose he gave 

 up, gratuitously, a large portion of his valuable time." — Carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by Mr. Heath, seconded by the Rev. H. H. Higgins — 

 "That the thanks of the Society be given to David Purdie 

 Thomson, M.D., for his valuable services as Secretary during the past 

 year, and especially for the able manner in which he has edited the 

 Transactions of the Society for the two last sessions." — Carried unani- 

 mously. 



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