PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



1837—1838. No. 8. 



December 11, 1837. 



Rev. R SADLEIR, D. D., Provost, T. C. D., Vice-Presi- 

 dent, in the Chair. 



The Academy having proceeded to ballot for a President, 

 Sir William Rowan Hamilton was duly elected. 



The Academy having proceeded to ballot for a Member 

 of Council in the Committee of Polite Literature, the Rev. 

 Charles Wm. Wall, D. D. was elected. 



The Very Rev. James Gregory, Dean of Kildare, John 

 Finlay, Esq. Barrister, Samson Carter, Esq., and George 

 Pirn, Esq. were elected Members of the Academy. 



Adjourned to Monday, January 8th, 1838. 



DONATIONS. 



Ricerche sulla Struttura del caule nelle Piante Monoco- 

 tiledoni di Guiseppe Meneghini. Presented by Samuel 

 Litton, M. D., Vice-President. 



Astronomische Nachrichten, herausgegehen von H. C. 

 Schumacher. Vierzehnter Band. From No. 327 to S^Q, 

 Inclusive. Presented by Professor Schumacher. 



On the Elements of the Oi^bit of Halleifs Comet, at its 

 Appearance in the Years 1835 and 1836. By Lieutenant 

 W. S. Stratford, R. N. , (From the Nautical Almanac for 

 1839.) Presented by the Author. 



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