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Article XII. 



. Proceedings of Philosophical Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



April 8 (addendum) — Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart, was ad- 

 mitted a Fellow of the Society. 



April 29. — E. H. Lushington, Esq. and the Rev. Dr. E. 

 Maltby, were admitted Fellows of the Society ; and the name 

 of Woodbine Parish, Esq. ordered to be inserted in its printed 

 lists, he being unable to attend for admission. Among the 

 presents received was a portrait of Mr. Smeaton, the celebrated 

 Engineer, bequeathed to the Society by his daughter, Mrs. 

 Dixon. 



A Letter from Dr. Tiarks to Dr. T. L. Young, For. Sec. RS., as 

 Secretary of the Board of Longitude, was read : it related chiefly 

 to observations made on the longitude of various places in En- 

 gland in 1822 and 1823. 



May 6. — Lieut. Henry Forster, RN. was elected into the 

 Society, and being on the eve of departure in the new expedi- 

 tion under Capt. Parry, was immediately admitted a Fellow. 



The reading was commenced of a paper " On Univalves ; by 

 Charles Collier, Esq. Staff Surgeon:" communicated by Sir 

 James Mac Gregor, Bart. FRS. 



May 13 — The Earl of Orford, the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, 

 Philip Barker Webb, Esq. and John Gage, Esq. were respect- 

 ively admitted Fellows of the Society. 



The reading of Mr. Collier's paper was concluded : and a 

 paper was read, " On the Variation of the Rates of Chrono- 

 meters with the Density of the Atmosphere ; by George Har- 

 vey, Esq. FRSE : " communicated by Davies Gilbert, Esq. 

 VPRS* 



May 20. — The Rev. Baden Powell was admitted a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



A Letter from Professor Berzelius to the President was read, 

 in which he describes the results of various chemical researches 

 in which he has recently been engaged ; and several memoirs 

 on which accompanied the letter. The first memoir relates to 

 the analysis of the Carlsbad waters ; which we have already 

 noticed in the Annals, N. S. vol. v. p. 396. The next contains 

 researches on the combinations of acetic acid with oxide of 

 copper : in this, Prof. Berzelius says, he has pointed out the 

 errors in the analyses of these salts into which Mr. Phillips and 

 other chemists have fallen. The fourth memoir relates to 

 experiments on the compounds of oxide of uranium, in which 



* See our last number, p. 392. 



