498 General Monthly Meeting. [Feb. 1, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 

 Monday, February 1, 1892. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Leopold Field, Esq. F.C.S. 



James Macdonald Horsburgh, Esq. M.A. 



Sir Philip Magnus, 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations ; — 



Sir Benjamin Baker, £50, 

 L. M. Rate, Esq. £50, 

 J. W. Swan, Esq. £21, 

 Wm. Anderson, Esq. £25, 



for carrying on investigations on Liquid Oxygen. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz : — 



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