388 General Monthly Meeting. ' [May 3, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, May 8, 1880. 



Geoege Busk, Esq. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year were 

 announced : — 



Earl Bathurst. 



William Bowman, Esq. F.R.S. 



Thomas Boycott, M.D. E.L.S. 



Joseph Brown, Esq. Q.C. 



George Busk, Esq. E.R.S. Treasurer. 



Warren De La Eue, Esq. M.A. D.C.L. F.E.S. Secretary. 



Colonel James McLeod Innes, E.E. 

 Sydney Ernest Kennedy, Esq. 

 Mrs. Bernarda Lees, 

 Edward Pollock, Esq. 

 Charles Van Eaalte, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



John Tyndall, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 was re-elected Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



The Managers reported that they had re-appointed Professor 

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



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, i?oma— Atti, Serie Terza : Transunti : Tome IV. 



Fasc. 4. 4to. 1879. 

 Agricultural Society, i?o?/aZ— Journal, Second Series, Vol. XV. Part 1. 8vo. 1880. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedinojs, New Series, Vol. VI. 8vo. 



1879. 

 American Instructors of Deaf and Dwnft— Proceedings of Ninth Convention at 



Columbus, Ohio, August, 1878. 8vo. 1879. 

 American Philosophical >Soae<2/— Proceedings, Nos. 103, 104. 8vo. 1879. 

 Antiquaries, Society o/— Proceedings, Second Series, Vol. VIII. No. 2. 8vo. 1880. 

 Asiatic Society of i?ewgrai— Proceedings, 1879, Nos. 5, 6, 10. 8vo. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal— Konihly Notices, Vol. XL. No. 5. 8vo. 1880. 



