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nion, that the position in which the veined structure has been de- 

 veloped is conclusive as to its cause, being the forced separation of 

 the central parts of the glacial mass from the lateral portion, which 

 has become checked by the rocky promontory alluded to, in such a 

 way as to assist the motion of the sides of the glacier, in a way 

 which was not the case in 1842. He confirms this view by actual 

 observations of the velocity of different parts of the glacier, which 

 shew that the lateral ice is completely embayed, and must undergo 

 such a wrench from the central part as had been supposed, to which 

 the veined structure is ascribed. 



The following Gentleman was duly elected an Ordinary 

 Fellow : — 



C. P. Smyth, Esq., Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University 

 of Edinburgh. 



The following Donations of Books to the Library were 

 announced : 



The Electrical Magazine, conducted by Mr Charles V. Walker, for 

 April, July, and October 1846. — Bi/ the Editor. 



Annuaii'e de TObservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, par le Directeur 

 A. Quetelet, pour I'Annee 1846. 



Lettres au Due Regnant de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha, sur la Theo- 

 rie des Probabilites, appliquee aux Sciences Morales et Poli- 

 tiques, par A. Quetelet. — By the Author. 



Annuaire de TAcademie Royale des Sciences des Lettres et des 

 Beaux Arts de Belgique pour 1846. 



Bulletins de I'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belle Lettres de 

 Bruxelles. Tome XII. P'^^ 2. — By the Academy. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society. Nos. 62, 63, 64, and 65. 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the 

 year 1846. Parts 1, 2, 3. — By the Royal Society. 



The Thirteenth Annual Report of the Royal Polyteclinic Society. — 

 By the Society. 



Structure and Classification of Zoophytes. By James D. Dana, 

 A.M. — By the Author. 



Nachrichten von der Georg-Augusts Universitats und der Konigl. 

 Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen. Von Juli bis 

 December 1845. — By the Royal Society of Sciences of Got- 

 tingen. 



