December i6ih, igo2.] PROCEEDINGS. ix 



Ordinary Meeting, December i6th, 1902. 

 Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.LS., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table, amongst the recent accessions being the 

 (oUomng:—" 3fafic/ies/er A/?/seum. Museum Hatidhooks. Descrip- 

 tive Catalogue of the Etnbryologicai Models^' by the late A. Milnes 

 Marshall, 2nd edition (8vo., London, 1902), presented by the 

 Director ; " Publicatio7is of the Maharaja Takhtasingji Obser- 

 vatory. Vol. I. Report ofi the Total Solar Eclipse of January 

 21-22, i8g8, as observed at Jeur in Western Itidia " (410., 

 Bombay, 1902), presented by the Government of Bombay; 

 " Fauna, Flora and Geology of the Clyde Area," edited by 

 C. F. S. Elliott, M. Laurie and J. B. Murdoch (8vo., Glasgow, 

 1901), presented by Dr. Charles H. Lees; and ''Natural Laiv in 

 Terrestrial Phenomena:' by W. Digby (8vo., London, 1902), 

 presented by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. 



The President announced that the Council had awarded 

 the Wilde Medal for 1903 to Professor F. W. Clarke, of the 

 United States Geological Survey, and a Dalton Medal to Professor 

 Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S. In view of the fact that next year will 

 be the centenary of the discovery of the atomic theory by 

 Dalton, the Council have arranged that the Wilde Lecture for 

 1903 shall be delivered by Professor Clarke, whose writings 

 on the atomic weights are so well known. The presentation of 

 the medals and the delivery of the lecture will probably take 

 place in May, 1903. 



Mr. Frank Southern exhibited two Japanese magic 

 mirrors. These mirrors are of cast metal, circular in shape, 

 slightly convex on the face, and have a design in relief on the 

 back. When a bright light is reflected from the face, the design 

 on the back is reproduced in the reflection. The face is not. 



