HI s TO Rr of the socizrr. 



17 



than a fog-bank, of which the appearances are famiUar to ma- 

 riners. 



1786. 



Lit. CI. Mr John Robison, General Secretary, read part of 

 a DifTertation by the Reverend Mr Walter Young, Minifter 

 of Erfkine, on Mufic and Poetry. The DifTertation is printed 

 in this volume. [No. III. Lit. Cl.'\ 



Phyf. CI. The Secretary read an Account by Dr Charles 

 HuTTON of Woolwich, of fome Experiments made by him to 

 determine the Refiftance of the Air to Bodies moved through 

 it. This Account is publiihed in this volume. [No. VI. 

 Phyf. C/.] 



Dec. I8. 

 Mr Young on 

 mufic and poe- 

 try- 



1787. 



Jan I. . 



Dr Ch. Hiitton 

 onthereiirtance 

 of the air. 



Lit. CI. Mr Robison read a continuation of the Reverend 

 Mr Young's Differtation on Mufic and Poetry, printed in this 

 volume. [No. III. Lit. CI.} 



Jan. I J. 

 Mr Young on 

 mufic and poe- 

 try. 



A GENERAL Meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 eledlion of Members. [See Lift in the Appendix to Vol. I. 

 Part I.] 



Jan. 12, 



General Meet- 

 ing. 



Dr Walker exhibited to the Meeting feveral fpecimens of 

 natural productions and artificial rarities which had been pre- 

 fented to the Society in the courfe of the I aft year. Thefe were 

 ordered to be repofited in a proper place of the Milfaeum of the 

 Univerfity, and a lift was dired^ed to be made out, and printed 

 in the Appendix to the hiftorical part of this volume. [Sec 

 Appendix.] 



At the fame Meeting, the Secretary prefented to the Society 

 the following works : Traite Ajialytique des Mouvemens apparens 

 des Corps Celefies, par M. DiONis de Sejour ; and EJJhi fur la 

 Fluide Ele£irique, par feu M. le Comte de-Treflan^ the former 



Vol. II. (C) fent 



Donations to 

 the Society. 



Donations i(i 

 the Society. 



