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(8.) On Mr Johnston's mode of Lighting Shop Windows. Dr Fyfe, 

 Convener. (630.) 



(9.) On Messrs Bryden's Self-acting Water-Closet, with Bali-Cocks 

 Mr Crawfurd, Convener. (646.) 



(10.) On Messrs Brj'den's Bank-Safe Lock. Mr Crawfurd, Con- 

 vener. (647.) 



8. The following Committees were requested to report on or before 1st 

 August next. Their reports to be sent to Prize Committee, viz. — 



(1.) On Mr St Clair's method of augmenting the Tone of the Violin. 



Sir J. G. Dalyell, Knt. Convener. (588.) 

 (2.) On Mr Scott Russell's Parallel Motion for the Steam Engine. 



Mr Slight, Convener. (626.) 

 (3.) On Mr Rose's Method of Feeding Steam Boilers. Mr W. . 



Steele, Convener. (575.) 

 (4.) On Mr Rose's Improved Ditto. Mr W. Steele, Convener. (670.) 

 (6.) On Mr Whitelaw's Method of Feeding Boilers. Mr W. Steele 



Convener. (576.) 



9. The following Reports to be lodged next session, after proper expe- 

 riments, shall have been made, viz., 



(1.) On Mr Kirkwood's Stove. Mr Ponton, Convener. (623.) 

 (2.) Mr Brown's Paper on the Constitution of Steel. Experimen- 

 tal Committee, Mr Ponton, Secretary. (628.) 



1. The following Candidate was admitted as an Ordinary Member, 

 viz. : — Alexander Boyd, W. S., 28 St Andrew Square. 



2. M. Daguerrc (of Paris) officier de la Legion d'Honneur, the inge- 

 nious inventor of a peculiar method of producing accurate Photogenic 

 Pictures, was proposed by the Council for election as an Honorary Mem- 

 ber, and was admitted unaniraousl}'. 



3. Copies of the List of Prizes adopted by the Society, for Communica- 

 tions to be read during the Session 1839-40, were distributed and order- 

 ed to be advertised as usual. 



4. The Society elected the following Committee of twelve Ordinary 

 Members to award the Prizes for the current Session 1838-39, viz. — Sir 

 John Graham Dalyell, kt.. President ; Lieut.-Col. Blanshard, R. E., Dr 

 JMaelagan, Professor Forbes, Mr Slight, Mr Maxton, Mr Whytock, Mr 

 Wighton, Mr C. H. Wilson, Mr Macglbbon, Mr AVrlght, Mr Brown. 

 The Secretary, ex qff.cio, Convener. 



6. The Society appointed a Committee to purge the List of Member 

 in Arrear. 



After an appropriate address by the President, in which he took notice 

 of the flourishing condition of the Society, both as regards the excellence 

 of the communications, and the increasing number of its members, the 

 Society adjourned till next Session. 



