366 Proceedings of Societies. 



Twenty-seven specimens of ophidian reptiles. 



January 4, 1830. — The following communication was read : — 



Observations on the Structure of the Stomach in the Peruvian Lama. 

 By Dr Knox. 



January 18. — Sir George Mackenzie, Bart, read the first part of a 

 paper entitled, An Ehicidation of the Fundamental principles of Phreno- 

 logy. 



February 1.— Colonel Pitman of the Hon. E. I. Company's Service 

 was duly elected an Ordinary Member. 



Sir George S. Mackenzie, Bart, concluded his paper on the Funda- 

 mental Principles of Phrenology ; and the following communications were 

 read :— 



1. Remarks explanatory, and Tabular Results of a Meteorological Jour- 

 nal kept at Carlisle by the late Mr W. Pitt, during twenty-four years. 

 Part I. By Thomas Barnes, M. D. 



2. Chemical examination of Wad. By Dr Edward Turner. See 

 this Number, p. 213. 



February 15. — Dr Knox read a paper entitled. Observations illustrat- 

 ing the Laws which regulate hermaphroditical appearances in the Mam- 

 malia, and the extent to which their presence affects the functions of the 

 more perfect animals. Part I. Observations to determine the male and 

 female and equivocal organs of generation. See this Number, p. 322. 



The Secretary read a letter addressed to the Society by the Chevalier 

 Aldini, in reference to his fire-proof clothing. 



March 1. — The following Gentlemen were elected ordinary Members : 

 J. T. Gibson-Craig, Esq. 

 Archibald Alison, Esq. 

 Dr Knox read the continuation of his paper begun at a former meeting 

 Part II. On the Law of Hermaphrodism, and on the type of the Gene- 

 rative Organs in Animals. 



2. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in 



Scotland. 



The following communications were read : 



November 25, 1. An account of a French Authographic Printing Press, 

 invented by Pierron, Rue St Honore, Paris, was read, and a specimen 

 printed by it exhibited. Communicated by John Robison, Esq., Sec. 

 R.S.E. 



2. Observations on the proper construction of Pendulum Time-keepers, 

 and proposed improvements in the construction of Pendulums, with relative 

 sketch, were read and exhibited. By William Law, Linlithgow. 



3. An account of the cause of Dry Rot in timber, and of a mode of pre- 

 venting it, with specimens illustrative thereof, was read and exhibited. 

 By James Beattie, A. M. Rector of the Grammar School, Moffat. 



December 9. — 1 . An account of the discovery of the Place, Revolutions, 

 and regular Variations of the Principal Powers of Attraction connected 

 with the Farth; and influencing the magnetic needle ; with a lithographic 



