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stituting the quantity, as their rapidity constitutes the inten- 
sity, of the electrical current. 
Dr. Aquilla Smith exhibited to the Academy, an ancient 
Trish bell, of a square form, found near Fintona in the county 
of Tyrone. 
Ir was RESOLVED, (on the recommendation of Council,) 
“‘ that any Member of the Academy, who proposes the name 
ofa candidate, shall give, én writing, the grounds on which he 
recommends such candidate for admission; and that such 
statement shall be read by the President from the chair pre- 
: vious to the ballot.” 
r Ir WAS RESOLVED, (on the recommendation of Council,) 
that the following shall, in future, be the mode of balloting 
in the election of Members :— 
** Members balloting are to mark with an asterisk the 
| name of the candidate or candidates whom they desire to 
admit ; to draw a line through the name of the candidate or 
candidates whom they wish to reject ; and to leave the name 
unmarked when they do not vote at all.” 
DONATIONS. 
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances del’ Academie 
_ des Sciences. Par MM.les Secretaires Perpetuels. No. I. 
Premier Semestre, 1839. Presented by the Academy. 
An original Portrait of General Vallancey, by Chinnery. 
_ Presented by George Smith, Esq. 
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