X Proceedings. [November 26th, igoi. 



General Meeting, November 26th, 1901. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Francis V. Darbishire, Assistant Lecturer and 

 Demonstrator in Chemistry at the Owens College; Mr. 

 Reginald C. Chevalier, M.A., Mathematical Master at the 

 Manchester Grammar School ; Mr. William Wilson, M.A., 

 Principal of the Royal Technical Institute, Salford ; Mr. Standen 

 Paine, Chemical Manufacturer, Bowdon ; and Mr. Frederick 

 Jackson, Scientific Apparatus Maker, Manchester, were elected 

 ordinary members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 26th, 1901. 



Charles Bailisy, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



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

 books upon the table. Among the recent donations were the 

 following : — " Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian 

 Collectioti, Utiiversity of Glasgorv" by George Macdonald, Vol. 

 2.) 4to., Glasgow, 1901), presented by the Trustees of the 

 Hunterian Coin Catalogue Fund ; and " Erinnerungen der Robert 

 Wilhelm Bimsen iind seine ivissenschaftlichen Leistimgen^'' by 

 Heinrich Debus (8vo., Cassel, 1901), presented by the author. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer said that, as photographs of the nebula 

 surrounding Nova Persei are now being taken, the necessary 

 elements will soon be available for calculating its parallax, which 

 is equal to the ratio of the radial velocity as measured by the 

 spectroscope, and the same velocity as measured photographi- 



