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Art. XIV. Proceedings of the Royal Society , 



The following papers have been read at the table of the 

 Royal Society since our la&t Report: — 



January 9, 1823. 

 Corrections applied to the great meridional arc, extending- from 

 latitude 8° 9' 38^9" N,, to 18° 3! 23.64" N., to reduce it to the Par- 

 liamentary standard, by Lieutenant-Colonel William Lambton. 



At this meeting John Henry Vivian, Esq. was elected into 

 the Society. 



January 16. 



Some practical observations on the concentration arid corrnnunieation 

 of magnetism, by Mr. J. H. Abraham. 



January 23. 

 Observations (Ml magnetism, by John Macdonald, A.M., F.R.S. 



There was no meeting of the Society on Thursday, the 30th 

 of January, it being the anniversary of the martyrdom of 

 Charles I. 



February 6. 



Letter from Major-General Sir Tliomas Brisbane, addressed to the 

 President, enclosing a paper by Mr. Charles Rumker, on the summer 

 solstice of IS22, observed at Paramatta. 



Letter from Mr. Whidbey to John Barroir, Esq., accompanied witli 



drawings of tlie caverns found in tlie limestone qtiarries of Orestoa ; 



also a description of the fossil bones found therein, by Mr. William 



Clift. 



February 13. 



A letter from Dr. Young to the President, announcing the re-dis- 

 covery of Professor Encke's triennial comet, by Mr, Charles Rumker, 

 the 2id of June last, at Paramatta. 



At this meeting John Baron, M.D. of Gloucester, was elected 



into the Society. 



February 20. 



Experiments for ascertaining the velocity of sound, made at Madras, 

 by John Goldingham, Esq. 



Captain John Franklin, of the Royal Navy, was elected into 

 the Society at this meeting. 



