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GENEKAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, November 2, 1896. 



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

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



George Cawston, Esq. 



J. Broiighton Dugdale, Esq. J. P. D.L. 



Henry Harben, Esq. J.P. 



John H. Usmar, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Eoyal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental 

 Research at Low Temperatures : — 



The Proprietors of The Times .. .. £100 



Dr. Ludwig Mond .. .. .. 60 



Professor Dewar .. .. .. 50 



Sir Andrew Noble .. .. .. 100 



The following reply from the Right Hon. Lord Kelvin to the 

 Address from the Members of the Royal Institution on the occasion 

 of the Jubilee of his appointment to the Chair of Natural Philosophy 

 in the University of Glasgow, was read and ordered to be entered on 

 the Minutes. 



" The University, Glasgow. 



" For the Address which I have had the honour to receive from the Eoyal 

 Institution on the occasion of the Jubilee of my Professors liip of Natural Philo- 

 sophy in the University of Glasgow, I desire to express my warmest thanks. 

 I value very highly the great honour which it has conferred on me. The 

 friendly appreciation of ray scientific work contained in the address is most 

 gratifying. I feel deeply touched by the great kindness to myself, and the 

 good wishes for my welfare of which it gives expression. 



KELVIN. 



July 6, 1896." 



The Managers reported that at their Meeting held this day, they 

 litid elected Professor Augustus D. Waller, M.D. F.R.S. Fullerian 

 Professor of Physiology for three years (the appointment dating from 

 January 13, 1897). 



