12 Proceedings. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 15th, 1892. 



Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors 

 of the books upon the table. 



The President (Dr. Schuster) read a letter from 

 Mr. William Thomson, F.R.S.Ed., accompanying a 

 portrait of the late Joseph Baxendell, F.R.S. — for twenty- 

 five years one of the honorary secretaries of the Society — 

 offered by Mr. Brothers for the sum of twelve guineas, 

 Mr. Thomson proposed to head a subscription list for the 

 purchase of the portrait. 



Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S., presented, on behalf of 

 the Rev. Henry Shaw, of Urmston, a syllabus of lectures 

 on chemistry delivered in Manchester in 1783 by Mr. 

 Thomas Henry, F.R.S., one of the founders and first 

 secretaries of the Society. 



With reference to the memorials of deceased members 

 possessed by the Society, Dr. Bottomley and Mr. FRANCIS 

 Nicholson, F.Z.S., drew attention to the desirableness of 

 increasing the collection of portraits, and it was mentioned 

 that the Manchester Royal Infirmary Board had formerly, 

 and should still have, in its possession portraits of Various 

 early members of the Society, including those of Mr. 

 Charles White, F.R.S. , and Mr. James Massey, the latter 

 by Tate. 



Mr. F. J. Faraday, F.L.S., exhibited a sketch of a row 

 of trees situated in the field path from Slade Lane to 

 Ladybarn Road, Fallowfield, parallel with the new railway 

 line from Levenshulme to Fallowfield, one of which was 

 struck by lightning on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1891. 



