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Ordinary Meeting, November ist, 1892. 



Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.x^.S., 

 President, in the Chair, 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors 

 of the books upon the table. 



Reference was made to the death of Dr. A. W. HoFMAN, 

 F.R.S., &c., &c., who was elected an honorary member of 

 the Society in 1866. 



A conversation on the possible reasons why the tempera- 

 ture of the blood does not rise in hot countries above the 

 normal temperature took place, the subject being introduced 

 by the PRESIDENT. It was admitted that the phenomenon 

 had not yet been adequately explained. 



General Meeting, November 15 th, 1892. 



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

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. G. Groves, Brewer, The Larches, Alderley 

 Edge ; Mr. F. E. Weiss, Professor of Botany, The Owens 

 College, Manchester ; and Mr. W. H. Perkin, Junr., Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., Professor of Organic Chemistry, The Owens College, 

 Manchester, were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



