GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, November 7, 1859. 

 ARNOLD ROGERS, Esq., President, in the CiiiHR. 



The following Gentlemen were duly elected Members of the 

 Society : — 



Mr. James Shebwin Sheffield. 



Mr. S. Gill Liverpool. 



Mr. W. R. Ballard London. 



Mr. J. H. M'Quillen Philadelphia (corresponding) . 



Dr. Ballard New York (corresponding). 



Mr. M. Maclean ..^ Dublin (Honorary). 



The following Gentlemen were proposed for the Membership of the 

 Society : — 



Mr. G.Parkinson, M.R.C.S.,Eng. 10, Hereford Street, Park Lane, 



London. 

 Mr. Edwin Lowe, M.R.C.S.,Eng., George Street, Hanover Square, 



London. 



Mr. W. B. Swanson Edinburgh. 



Mr. James Bell 1, Blackfriars Street, Perth . 



Mr. S.A.Rogers Manchester. 



Mr. R. C. Pilling Blackburn, Lancashire. 



Mr. E. A. Sayles Lincoln. 



Mr. J. H. Parkinson, the late President, presented his Portrait to 

 the Society. 



Mr. Henry Rogers exhibited specimens of coloured Vulcanite. 



Mr. Patrick exhibited a machine for Vulcanizing with Dry Heat, 

 and made the following communication : — 



The apparatus which I here produce, is for 

 the purpose of vulcanizing by dry heat, and has 



