400 Proceedings of the Society of Arts. 



4. Notice of a Method of determining tlie Velocity of the Wind. By 

 Mr Sang.— -Thanks. 



The following candidates were admitted as Ordinary Mem- 

 bers, viz. :— 



Richard Hunter, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, 1 Doune Terrace ; Mr 

 Walter Nicholl, teacher of Mathematics, 82 South Bridge; Mr William 

 Todd, bookbinder, 1 Forth Street ; Mr J. W. Lyon, Merchant, 85 Great 

 King Street; David Stevenson, Esq., civil engineer, 1 Baxter's Place; Mr 

 Charles Macgibbon, builder, 83 East Claremont Street ; John Clark, Esq., 

 M.D., Dep. Inspector-Gcn. of Hospitals, 24 Heriot Row ; Mr Robert Max* 

 ton, engineer, 4 Albany Street, Leith ; Mr William Lithgow, painter, 60 

 Hanover Street ; William Carmichael, Esq., late assistant-clerk of Session, 

 18 Castle Street ; J. C. R. Duddingston, Esq., 28 St Andrew's Square ; 

 Mr James Cooper, glass-merchant, 18 Picardy Place ; Charles J. Ander- 

 son, Esq., 60 Albany Street. 



Jan. 24. 1838. — Mr Dunn, curator of museum, in the chair. 

 The following communications were laid before the Society : — 



1. Specimens of an Improved Alphabet for the Blind, consisting of the 

 capitals and lowercase combined ; with remarks on the principles which 

 regulate the tangibility of raised characters, as ascertained by experiment 

 and experience; by.Mr James Gall, junior, printer, Edinburgh, M.S.A. — 

 A few experiments were made to shew the extraordinary tangibility of 

 the improved Alphabet, by means of a blind boy who has only been eight 

 months at School.— Thanks. 



2. Brief Remarks on the Progress of the Useful Arts at home and 

 abroad, with some suggestions in reference to the Society of Arts ; by Dr 

 D. B. Reid, F.R.S.E., Vice-President Society of Arts. Illustrative Speci- 

 mens were exhibited. — Thanks, and a committee appointed to take the 

 suggestions into consideration. 



3. Donation — A Letter to the Directors of the Institutions for the Blind 

 in Great Britain and Ireland ; by John Alston, Esq. of Rosemount, trea- 

 surer to the Institution for the Blind at Glasgow — Hon. M.S.A. Dated 

 4th July 1837 ; from the Author.— Thanks. 



4. Donation — The Gospel according to St Mathew, printed in raised 

 letters for the use of the Blind; Printed at the Institution Press, July 

 1838 ; witli a relative letter from John Alston, Esq., and specimen of new 

 type therein referred to. Presented by Mr Alston. — Thanks. 



5. Donations— The First Class-book, printed for the Blind by J. Gall ; 

 published by the Sunday School Union of London. The Gospel accord- 

 ing to St Luke ; printed by J. Gall for the British and Foreign Bible So- 

 ciety. Both of the above are printed in the improved Alphabet for the 

 Blind, and presented by Mr Gall. — Thanks. 



The following candidates were admitted as Ordinary Mem- 

 bers :— - 



