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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, April 5, 1886. 



The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. D.C.L. LL.D. President, 



in the Chair. 



John Wolfe Barry, Esq M. Inst. C.E. 



Sir Thomas Brassey, K.C.B. M.P. 



Arthur Carpmael, Esq. 



Ernest Carpmael, Esq. 



Allan Harvey Drnmmond, Esq. 



Edmund Macrory, Esq. 



William Hugh Spottiswoode, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



. Professor Arthur Gamgee, M.D. F.R.S, Fullerian Professor of Physiology, 

 R.I. — Six Lectures ou The Function of Circulation; on Tuesdays, May 4 to 

 June 8. 



Professor Dewar, M.A. F.R.S. M.R.I. Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, 

 R.I. — Three Lectures on The Alkaloids ; on Thursdays, May 6 to 20. 



Professor Alexander Macalister, M.D. M.A. F.R.S. — Three Lectures on 

 Habit as a Factor in Human Morphology ; on TJiursdays, INIay 27 to June 10. 



Professor Ernst Pauer — Three Lectures on How to form a Judgment on 

 Musical Works (with Musical Illustrations) : on Saturdays, May 8 to 22. 



Professor George Gabriel Stokes, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. Pees. R.S.— Three 

 Lectures on Light, with Special Reference to Effects resulting from its 

 Action on various Substances ; on Saturdays, May 29 to June 12. 



The Pkesents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



The Governor-General of JwtZm— Geological Survey of India. Records, Vol. XIX. 

 Part 1. 8vo. 1885. 

 Palseontologia Indica ; Memoirs, Series X. Vol. III. Parts 7 and 8. fol. 1886. 

 The Lords of the Admiralty — Diurnal Change in the Magnitude and Direction of 



the Magnetic Forces in the Horizontal Plane, 1841-76. 4to. 1885. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Beale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta ; Rendiconti. Vol. 11. 



Fasc. 2-6. 8vo. 1886. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Memoirs, Vol. XI. Part 3, Nos. 2, 3. 

 4to. 1885. 

 Proceedings, Vol. XXI. Part 1. 8vo. 1885. 

 American Philosophical Society— Troceedm^B, No. 121. 8vo. 1886. 



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