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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



IMontlay, February 3, 1879. 



George Busk, Esq. F.lv.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Marquis of Blandford, 

 Mrs. L. Lawrence, 

 JosejDh Mellor, Esq. 

 Mrs. Julius von Mumm, 

 Major- General Charles Sawyer, 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The decease of Mrs. Sarah Faraday, widow of the late Professor, 

 on January 6th, 1879, aged 79, was announced. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Dr. C. W. 

 Siemens for his liberal gift and arrangements in respect of the Boiler 

 and the Dynamo-Electric Machine made by Mr. T. A. Edison; to 

 M. Rapieff for his present of Electric Lamps; and to Mr. W. H. 

 Preece for his present of a Phonograph. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were given to Professor 

 Tyndall for his kindness in repeating, on January 20th, his discourse 

 on the Electric Light, given on January 17th, to meet the disappoint- 

 ment experienced by numerous Members and their friends. 



Warren De La Rue, Esq. M.A. D.C.L. F.R.S. was elected 

 Secuetary of the Royal Institution, and William Spottiswoode, 

 Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. Pros. R.S. was elected Manager. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



The India Ofice: Bengal Govtrnment — Report on Public Inbtruction in Bengal 

 for 1877-8. fol. 1878. 

 M. Louis Scliwendler's Precis of Report on Electric Light Experiments fol. 

 1878. 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal — Journal, Vol. XLVII. Part I. Nos. 2, 3; Part II. No. 3. 

 8vo. 1878. 

 Proceedings, 1878, Nos. 7, 8. 8vo. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal — Monthly Notices, Vol. XXXI. Nos, 1, 2. 8vo. 1878, 

 BeUjium: Royal Academy of Scie7ices—'Memohe^, Tomes X. XII.-XLII 4to. 

 1886-78. 

 Memoires Courc.nnes, Tomes XI.-XXXVIII. Tome XXXIX. Partie 1. 



Tomes XL. XLI. 4to. 1837-78. 

 Me'moh-es Couronnes : Collection en 8vo. Tomes I.-XXVIII. 1852-78. 

 Bulletins, Tomes XLI.-XLIV. 8vo. 1876-8. 

 Alnianach, 1877, 1878. 12nio. 



A. Namur: Tables de Logaiithmes a 12 Decimales jusqu'a 434 Milliards, avec 

 Preuves. 8vo. 1877. 



