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General Meeting, Fel^ruary 24th, 19 14. 



The President, Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. William D Evans, M.A., Richardson Lecturer in 

 Mathematics in The Victoria University of Manchester, of 

 //, Harley Avenue, Victoria Paik, Manchester, was elected an 

 ordinary member cf the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 24th, 1914. 



The President, Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 in the Chair. 



A vote of thanks was accorded the donors of the books upon 

 the table. These included : " Catalogue of the Le?iding Library " 

 (8vo., London, 19 14), presented by the Institution of Electrical 

 Engineers, London ; and "y^ Binary Canon showing residues of 

 Poivers of 2 for Divisors under 1000, and Indices to Residues" 

 by Lt.Col. Allan Cunningham (410., London, 19 10), presented 

 by the Committee of the British Association. 



The President referrtd to the death of Mr. William H. 

 Johnson, B.Sc, on February iQth. Mr. Johnson hud been a 

 member of the Society since 1870, and had served both as a 

 Vice-President (1897-1899) and as a member of the Council. 



Mr. M. CopiSAkow, B.Sc, read a paper entitled "Carbon: 

 its molecular structure and mode of oxidation." 



In discussing the pioblem of the mode of oxidation of 

 carbon from a logical standpoint, the author arrives at con- 

 clusions which were fully corroborated by the most recent 

 experimental evidence. But admitting the foimation of com- 

 plexes, he attempted the elucidation of the structure of a carbon 

 molecule as such. Here, after numerous attempts, he found 

 that there were three distinct possibilities, varying as regards 



