PEOCEEDINGS, 1884. 



LIST OF OFFICERS AND COUNCIL FOE 1884. 



^rtsiittnt : 



Laughton, J.K., R.N., M.A., r.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., 



President Royal Meteorological Society; Mathematical and Naval Instructor, 



Royal Naval CoUege, Greenwich. 



§kc-|p«sibtnts : 



Armstrong, Dr. Henry E., F.R.S., Sec. C.S. 

 Lambert, Rev. Brooke, M.A., B.C.L., Vicar of Greenwich. 



dtouiuil : 



BuSHE, Colonel C. K., Member Royal Institution,. 



Christie, W. H. M., M.A., r.R.S., V.P.R.A.S., F.R.Met. Soc, 

 Astronomer Royal. 



GOEDECKEK, FrANZ. 



Haddon, a., M. Phys. .S. 



Holmes, T. Vincent, F.G.S., M.A.I. 



Penn, John, M.I.C.E. 



^oiiorarg Crcasurtr : 



Brabrook, E. W., F.S.A., M.A.I., 



Barrister-at-Laiv ; Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies for England. 



^mtoraru Sfti'ttarits : 



Jackson, Henry \yiLLi.AM, M.R.C.S. Eng., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., &c. 

 Saunders, Martin L. 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY lltli. 



A Lecture on "The Great Ice Age in Britain," with Lime- 

 Light Illustrations, was delivered by Henry Walker, Esq., F.G.S. 



When snow falls in mountainous regions, it neither melts nor 

 evaporates to any considerable extent. From constant pressure of 

 the overlying mass the lower portion becomes converted into ice, 



