November jSth, Kprr.] PROCEEDINGS. vii 



Mr. C. L. Barnes repeated an experiment described in 

 Nature (igii), vol. 88, p. 42, whereby a blinding flash is pro- 

 duced by adding a drop of water to a mixture of magnesium 

 powder and solid silver nitrate. 



Dr. J. N. Pking read a paper, entitled "The Synthesis 

 of Hydrocarbons and their Stability at high Tempera- 

 tures and Pressures," by himself and Mr. D. M. Fairlie, 

 M.Sc. 



The paper is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 12th, 1911. 



The President, Professor F. E Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S., 

 in the Chair. 



A vote of thanks was given to the donors of the books upon 

 the table. The folhnving were amongst the recent donations to 

 the Society's Library : — " Subject List of Works on Chemistry 

 ...in the Library of the Patent Office,^'' New Series, ZC- — ZQ. 

 (i6mo , London, igi r), presented by the Patent Office, London ; 

 '■ Guide to the Exhibition of Animals, Plants, and Minerals 

 mentioned in the Bible" (8vo., London, 191 1), '''' Guide to 

 Mr. IVorthini^ton Smith's Drawings of Field and Cultivated 

 Mushrooms and Poisonous or Worthless Fungi often mistaken jor 

 Mushrooms''^ (8vo., London, 1910), presented by the Trustees 

 of the British Museum ; " Catalogue of a Collection of Early 

 Printed Books in the Library of the Royal Society,'^ by H. M. 

 Mayhew and R. F. Sharpe (4to., London, 1910), presented by 

 the Royal Society of London ; " The Revolution itt Finland 

 upider Prifice John Obotensky,^^ by V. Vladimirov, translated 

 from the Russian by V. E. Marsden, (8vo., London, 191 1), 

 presented by the Translator ; and " A Biographical Guide to the 

 Gaskell Collection in the Moss Side Libraiy^' by J. A. Green 

 (i2mo., Manchester, 191 1), presented by the Manchester Public 

 Libraries Committee. 



