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Article XIII. 



Proceedings of Philosophical Societies, 



METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



On the 15th of October, a Meeting was held at the London 

 Coffee House, Ludgate-hill, to take into consideration the 

 propriety of forming a Meteorological Society. Among the 

 gentlemen present were Drs. T. Forster, Clutterbuck, Shearman, 

 Mr. Luke Howard, &c, : at eight o'clock the Chair was taken 

 by Dr. Birkbeck, when the following Resolutions were agreed 

 to :— 



1. Resolved, That the formation of a Society to promote the 

 advancement of Meteorology, have the cordial approbation of 

 this Meeting. 



2. Resolvedj That a Society be formed to be called " The 

 Meteorological Society of London.*' 



. 3. Resolved, That the business of this Society shall be con- 

 ducted by a President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, 

 and Council ; and that the number of Vice-Presidents and Mem- 

 bers of the Council be determined at a subsequent Meeting. 



4. Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Wilford be requested to 

 officiate as Secretary to this Society {pro tempore), and that he 

 be authorized to send a printed summons to attend the next 

 Meeting to each person who shall become a Subscriber. 



5. Resolved, That an Annual Subscription of Two Guineas be 

 paid in advance by every Member of this Society. 



6. Resolved, That those gentlemen present who are inclined 

 to become Members of this Society, do now send their names to 

 the Secretary to be enrolled. 



7. Resolved, That a Committee of three Members be appointed, 

 in conjunction with the Secretary, to draw up an account of the 

 Society's proceedings this evening. 



8. Resolved, That scientific men throughout the United King- 

 dom are solicited to co-operate with this Society, and to trans- 

 mit communications to it ; and that this Society will always be 

 ready to receive meteorological observations from the cultivators 

 of science throughout the various quarters of the globe. 



9. Resolved, That no other qualification be required to consti- 

 tute eligibility to this Society, than a desire to promote the 

 science of Meteorology. 



10. Resolved, That after the next Meeting the election be by 

 ballot upon the proposition of three, and that a majority of Mem- 

 bers decide. 



11. Resolved, That this Meeting do adjourn to the 1.2th of 

 November uext, to meet at the same place and hour. 



