1786. 



Jan. »3. 



General Meet- 

 ing. 



4 HISTORr of the SOCIETi: 



A GENERAL Meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 eki^ion of Members. [See Voh I. Appendix to the Hiflory of 

 the Society.] 



Feb. 7. 



Dr Home on 

 Amaurulis. 



Dr Smill*s de- 

 olunttra:ioi)S at' 

 Dr Ste -mart's 

 theorems. 



Phjf. Cl. Dr Francis Home read a paper on Jmaiirofis. 



The Reverend Dr Small read the Heads of a paper con- 

 taining Demon flrations of twenty-eight of the Theorems pu- 

 bliflied in 1746, by the late Reverend Dr Matthew Stewart, 

 Profeflbr of Mathematics in the Univerfity of Edinburgh. The 

 Demonftrations are printed in this volume. [No. XII. Pbyf. CL] 



Feb. 23. 

 Prof. Young on 

 the Greek mid- 

 dle Toicc. 



Lit Cl. Mr Dalzel, one of the Secretaries, read part of 

 an Effay on the Middle Voice of the Greek Verb, written by 

 Profeffor John Young, of the Univerfity of Glafgow. On 

 account of fome additions intended to be made by the Author, 

 the publication of this EfTay is poftponed to afubfequent volume 

 of the Tranfacflions. 



March 6. 

 Mr Robifjn on 

 the Ceorgium 

 Sidus. 



Pbyf. Cl. Mr Profeffor Robison read a paper on the Orbit 

 and Motion of the new Planet, the Georgium Sidus ; which is 

 printed in the firft volume of the Tranfadlions of this Society. 

 [Vol. I. No. XI. Phyf. Cl.'] 



Marcb 10. 

 Dr Macfarlan 



on the Itnd- 



Prof. Young on 

 the Greek mid- 

 dle voice. 



Lit. CL The Reverend Dr Macfarlan read a Diflertation 

 refpec^ing an equal Affeffment of the Land-tax. 



Mr Dalzel read a continuation of Mr Profeffor Young's 

 Effay on the Middle Voice of the Greek Verb. [See fupra, 

 Feb. 20.] 



April 3. 

 Mr Playfair'j 

 ■life of Dr Mat- 

 thew Stewart. 



Phyf. Cl. The Reverend Mr Profeffor Playfair read an 

 Account of the Life and Writings of the late Reverend Dr Mat- 

 thew Stewart, Profeflbr of Mathematics in the Univerfity 



of 



