470 General Monthly Meeting. [Dec. 3, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 3rd, 1900. 



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

 and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



John Aungier, Esq. 

 Kdwyn Barclay, Esq. 

 Rawlinson Tennant. Baylis, Esq. 

 Henry Percy Boulnois, Esq. 

 Mrs. Ernest Hills, 

 Richard Taylor, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Managers reported that at their Meeting held that day they 

 had elected Dr. Allan Macfadyen Fullerian Professor of Physiology 

 for three years (the appointment dating from January 14, 1901). 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



The Meteorological Office — Eeport of the International Meteorological Committee, 



St. Petersburg, 1^99. 8vo. 1900. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Beale, Roma — Classe di Seienze Fisiche, Mutematiohe e 

 Naturali. Atti, Serie Quiuta: Kendiconti. 2° Semestre, Vol. IX. Fasc. 

 8, 9. 8vo. 1900. 

 Classe di Seienze Morali, Vol. IX. Fasc. 5, 6. Svo. 1900. 

 Ames, Profestnr J. S. Hon. Mem. Boy. Inst. — Theory of Physics. By J. S. Ames. 

 Svo. 1899. 

 Elements of Physics. By H. A. Rowland and J. S. Amos. Svo. 1899. 

 A Manual of Experiments in Physics. By J. S. Ames and W. A. Bliss. 1898. 

 Rapport sur l'e'quivaknt mecanique de la chaleur. By J. S. Ames. Svo. 1900. 

 Scientific Memoir Series. Edited by J. S. Ames. Svo. 



1. The Free Expansion of Gases. Edited by J. S. Ames. 189S. 



2. Prismatic and Diffraction Spectra. Edited by J. S. Ames. 1898. 



3. Rontgen Rays. Edited by G. F. Barker. 1899. 



4. The Modern' Theory of Solution. Edited by G. H. Jones. 1899. 



5. The Laws of Gases. Edited by C. Barus. 1899. 



6. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Edited by W. Magie. 1S99. 



7. The Fundamental Laws of Electrolytic Conduction. Edited by H. M. 



Goodwin. 1899. 



8. The Effects of a Magnetic Field on Radiation. Edited by E. P. 



Lewis. 1S99. 



9. The Laws of Gravitation. Edited by A. S. Mackenzie. 1S99. 

 10. The Wave Theory of Light. Edited by H. Crew. 1900. 



11, 12. The Discovery of Induced Electric Currents. Edited by J. S. Ames. 

 2 vols. Svo. 1900. 



