126 Proceedings and List of Papers read. 



November 24, 1898. 

 Dr. W. J. RUSSELL, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks- 

 ordered for them. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting was given from the Chair, and the list of Officers and Council 

 nominated for election was read as follows : 



President. Lord Lister, F.R.C.S., D.C.L. 

 Treasurer. Alfred Bray Kempe, M.A. 



Secretaries / Professor Michael Foster, M.A., M.D., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 1 Professor Arthur William Riicker, M.A., D.Sc. 



Foreign Secretary. Sir Edward Frankland, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. Professor Thomas George Bonney, 

 D.Sc. ; Captain Ettrick William Creak, R.N. ; Professor Daniel John 

 Cunningham, M.D. ; Professor James Dewar, M.A. ; Professor William 

 Dobinson Halliburton, M.D. ; Professor William Abbott Herdman, 

 D.Sc.; Victor A. H. Horsley, F.R.C.S. ; Joseph Larmor, D.Sc.; Pro- 

 fessor Nevil Story Maskelyne, M.A. ; Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B. ; Pro- 

 fessor Edward Bagnall Poulton, M.A. ; William James Russell, Ph.D. ; 

 Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D. ; Dukinfield Henry Scott, M.A. ; 

 George Johnstone Stoney, D.Sc. ; Professor Joseph John Thomson, 

 M.A. 



The following Papers were read : 



I. " Preliminary Note on the Spectrum of the Corona." By Sir J. 



NORMAN LOCKYER, K.C.B., F.R.S. 



II. " On the Condensation Nuclei produced in Gases by the Action of 

 Rontgen Rays, Uranium Rays, Ultra-violet Light,- and other 

 Agents." By C. T. R. WILSON. Communicated by Professor 

 J. J. THOMSON, F.R.S. 



III. " The Origin of the Gases evolved on Heating Mineral Substances, 



Meteorites, &c." By Dr. M. W. TRAVERS. Communicated 

 by Professor RAMSAY, F.R.S. 



IV. " Memoir on the Theory of the Partitions of Numbers. Part II." 



By Major MACMAHON, F.R.S. 



