122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 



Held on the 17th of January, 1906, at 20 Hanover Square, W.- 

 Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of the 20th of December, 1905, were 

 read and confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



Pursuant to notice given at the preceding Meeting, Dr. Hebb moved 

 the suspension of By-Law No. 36, for the purpose of enabling the 

 Fellows to elect Dr. Scott as President of the Society for a third year. 



Mr. J. J. Vezey having seconded the motion, it was put to the 

 Meeting, and carried unanimously. 



The President having appointed Mr. J. T. Pigg and Mr. Gardiner 

 as Scrutineers, the ballot for Officers and Council was proceeded with. 



The List of Donations, exclusive of exchanges and reprints, wa* 

 read, and the thanks of the Society were voted to the donors. 



From 

 Frame containing Six Micro-Daguerreotypes taken with the\ , T . Jf , w ■ , . 



Electric Light by Leon Foucault in 1844 ]**. Aijrea jsoatet. 



Fifteen Slides of Oribatidse Mr. N. D. F. Pearce. 



The President regarded the donation from M. Nachet as exceedingly 

 interesting. Personally, he was greatly surprised to hear that the 

 electric light had been used in photomicrography so far back as 1844. 

 M. Nachet had been a Fellow of the Society for over a quarter of a 

 century, and he thought their special thanks were due to him for sending 

 them this valuable present. 



The following letter from M. Nachet accompanied the donation : — 



17 Rue St. Severin, Paris. 

 14 Janvier, 1906. 



Monsieur le President, 



J'ai le plaisir de pouvoir offrir a la R.M.S. quelques photographies 

 microscopiques qui sont probablement des plus anciennes que Ton puisse 

 trouver. 



Ces photographies sont executees sur plaques d'argent d'apres la 

 methode publiee par Daguerre en 1839. 



Moins de trois ans apres, notre grand physicien, Leon Foucault, 

 alors jeune etudiant en medecine, imagina avec son maitre, le Dr. 

 Donne de la Faculte de Paris, d'appliquer la photographie microscopique 

 a la reproduction des preparations anatomiques et des elements des 

 liquide8 sanguine et autres. 



