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Friday, April 6th. 



Mr. Webster made some observations, in the Lecture-Room, o n. 

 the effect of the Wind in impelling Sails, &c. 



In the Library was a Skeleton of the Ourang Outang of Borneo, 

 presented to the Museum by Major-general Hardwicke; a Pata- 

 gonian Penguin, presented by Mr. Shipley ; the Tooth of a 

 Spermaceti Whale, presented by Mr. Marshall ; and specimens of 

 Paper made from various substances. Books were presented to 

 the Library by Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart., John Ranking, George 

 P. Scroope, and T. Winn, Esquires. 



The Meetings were then adjourned to the 27th April. 



Friday, April 27th, 



In the Theatre some further observations on Egyptian Mummies, 

 and on the Art of Embalming, were addressed to the Members by 

 Dr. Granville. On this occasion, Dr. Granville recapitulated the 

 principal heads of his former discourse ; and added a variety of new 

 and interesting illustrations in proof of the statements contained in 

 his Essay upon the subject, printed in the Philosophical Transac- 

 tions. 



In the Library was a part of the bottom of a ship, consisting. of 

 a piece of four-inch plank pierced through by a sword-fish, the tooth 

 having been broken by the force of the blow, and about 12 inches in 

 length of it remaining in the wood. This specimen was ])resented 

 to. the Museum by Major-general Hardwicke. A poisoned arrow, 

 from the Celebes, such as those which the inhabitants project by 

 blowing them through tubes; and some specimens of the Mantis, 

 being presents to the Museum, were placed upon the table, upon 

 which were also many literary curiosities. 



Friday, May 4th. 



Mr. Faraday gave an account of the chemical action of Chlorine 

 and its compounds, when used as disinfectants. — It was observed 

 that the power possessed by chlorine in its free state, either as gas 

 or in solution, to destroy vegetable colours, putrid effluvia, and 

 infectious vapours had been long known; and the similar powers 

 of some of its compounds recognised : but that fresh and deserved 

 attention had been again excited towards the subject, by the 

 proposal of M. Labarraque to use the compounds of this element 

 with lime and with carbonated soda, in numerous cases of dis- 



