14'0 Boijal Academy of Sciences of Paris. 



Pearson, LL.D. YJK.^.— Secretaries : Olinthus G. Gregory, 

 LL.D. Prof. Math. Roy. Mil. Acad. Wooliaich; John Milling- 

 ton, Esq. F.L.S. Prof. Mech. Phil. Roy. Inst. — Foreign Se- 

 cretary: J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. L. & E.— 

 Cou7icil: Captain F. Beaufort, R.N. F.R.S. ; Major T. Colby, 

 Roy. Eng. LL.D. F.R.S. L. & E. ; Henry T. Colebrooke, Esq. 

 F.R.S. L. & E. & L.S. ; Bryan Donkin, Esq. ; Rev. William 

 Dealtry, B.D. F.R.S.; Benjamin Gompertz, Esq. F.R.S.; 

 Stephen Groombridge, Esq. F.R.S.; Edward Riddle, Esq.; 

 Richard Sheepslianks, Esq. M.A. ; Edward Troughton, Esq. 

 F.R.S. L. & E. — The Society afterwards dined together at 

 the Freemasons Tavern, to celebrate their fifth anniversary. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS. 



Dec. 6. — The Minister of the Interior solicited the Academy 

 to nominate a candidate for the Professorship of the cultiva- 

 tion and naturalization of exotic plants, at the Jardin dii Roi, 

 vacant by the death of M. Thouin. — M. Loiseleur de Long- 

 champs communicated a supplement to his memoir on the 

 means of obtaining several crops of silk in the year. — Dr. Yil- 

 lermet continued the reading of his memoir on the compara- 

 tive mortality of the middle and poor classes of people. — 

 M. Jomard communicated an extract from a letter dated Sep- 

 tember 27, 1824, relating to M. de Beaufort's expedition into 

 the interior of Africa. — M. le Baron Cagniard de la Tour 

 read a memoir, entitled Reflections on vibrating cords ; ex- 

 periments in support of those reflections. — M. de Ferussac 

 read a notice on the animal of the genus Ar^onauta. 



XXIV. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



THE BRITISH MUSEUM — MR. GOOOWYN's MANUSCRIPTS. 



nPHOSE who are interested in mathematical computations, 

 -*- and the tabulation of their results for practical purposes, 

 will learn with pleasui'e that the curious and extensive Tables 

 of the late Henry Goodwyn, Esq. of Blackheath, have, by the 

 advice of Dr. Gregory, Professor of Mathematics in the Royal 

 Military Academy, been deposited by Mr. Goodwyn's family 

 in the library of the British Museum. — The following copy of 

 Dr.]Gregoi"y's account of the general nature of the manuscripts 

 will serve to convey the requisite information to our readers. 



" The late Henry Goodwyn, Esq. of Blackheath, being for 

 several years kept by ill health from the more active pur- 

 suits of life, devoted a great portion of his time to the most 

 laborious computations, many of them relating to topics and 

 leading to results that are exceedingly curious and interesting. 

 Some of these he applied to practical inquiries relative to in- 

 terest 



