PEOCEEDINGS 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



General Meeting, October 2nd, 1883. 



H. E. RoscoE, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., President, in the 



Chair. 



Mr. Frederick James Faraday, of Levenshulrne, was 

 elected an Ordinary Member of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, October 2nd, 1883. 



H. E. RoscoE, Ph.D., LL.D., F.RS., &c.. President, in the 



Chair. 



" On the Change produced in the Motion of an Oscillating 

 Rod by a heavy Ring surrounding it, and attached to it by 

 elastic cords," by James Bottomley, B.A., D.Sc, F.C.S. 



At a meeting of the Physical and Mathematical Section, 

 on January 16th, Dr. Joule brought under the notice of 

 the members a method which he had devised for damping 

 the small oscillations of a telescope, or any other heavy mass 

 which it is desirable to keep as steady as possible. The 

 arrangement consisted of a heavy ring surrounding the 

 vibrating mass, and attached to it by extensible strings. 

 In this paper the author considers the action of one of these 

 Proceedings— Lit. & Phil. Soc— Vol. XXIII.— No. 1— Session 1883-4. 



