vi Proceedings. {^November i^th, igos- 



of Baltimore,^'' by J. H. Hollander (8vo., Baltimore, 1899), 

 presented by the Johns Hopkins University ; " Le Opere " 

 di Galileo Galilei, vol. 16 (4to., Firenze, 1905), presented by the 

 Italian Embassy at London ; " Catalogue of Gteek Coins in the 

 Hunterian Collection" vol. 3, by G. Macdonald (4to., Glasgow, 

 1905), presented by the Trustees of the Hunterian Coin Cata- 

 logue Fund ; " Mexico, its Social Evolution,^'' 3 vols. (Fol., 

 Mexico, 1900, 1902), presented by the Minister of Commerce 

 and Industry of the Mexican Government. 



The thanks of the members were also voted to Mr. Alfred 

 Brothers, F.R.A.S., for his presentation to the Society of a portrait 

 of the late Rev. William Gaskell, who was a Vice-President 

 during the years 1869-75 and 1882-83. 



Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S., who was present at 

 the meetings of the British Association in South Africa, 

 exhibited a number of slides, made from photographs taken by 

 him of some of the places of interest he visited, and of the 

 various types of natives. 



Mr. C. L. Barnes, M.A., read some extracts from the 

 Classical writers, which showed in how little esteem seaweed 

 was held by the ancients, it being regarded by them as the 

 most useless of things. He then pointed out, by enumerating 

 some of the uses to which the seaweed is now put, that the 

 moderns had eft'ectually removed this reproach from it. 



Mr. C. H. Burgess, M.Sc, read a paper entitled "Some 

 Convection Effects in a Heated Tube." The author 

 performed the experiment described in his paper. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 28th, 1905. 



The President, Sir William H. Bailey, in the Chair. 



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

 books upon the table. 



