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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 8, 1899. 



His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, President, in the Chair, 



Alfred Cooper, Esq. F.R.C.S. 

 Alfred William Porter, Esq. B.Sc. 

 S. Stephenson, Esq. 

 Theodore Uzielli, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution* 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Mr. Hugh 

 Dewar for bis donation of £200, to Mr. Thomas H. Sowerby for his 

 donation of £5 5s., and to Mr. John H. Usmar for his donation of 

 £50, to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Research at 

 Low Temperatures. 



The President referred to the death of Mr. Benjamin Vincent, for 

 many years Assistant-Secretary to the Royal Institution, and said 

 that the Managers desired to express the high appreciation in which 

 they held his services to the Institution. 



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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