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EEPOKT — 1879. 



£ S. d. 



Record of the Progress of 



Geology 100 



Fermanagh Caves Exploration 5 



Electrolysis of Metallic Solu- 

 tions and Solutions of 

 Compound Salts 25 



Anthropometric Committee... 50 



Natural History of Socotra .. . 100 



Calculation of Factor Tables 



for 5th and 6th Millions ... 150 



Circulation of Underground 



Waters 10 



Steering of Screw Steamers... 10 



Improvements in Astrono- 

 mical Clocks 30 



Marine Zoology of South 



Devon 20 



Determination of Mechanical 

 Equivalent of Heat 12 15 6 



£ s. d. 



Specific Inductive Capacity 



of Sprengel Vacuum 40 



Tables of Sun-heat Co- 

 efficients 30 



Datum Level of the Ordnance 



Survey 10 



Tables of Fundamental In- 

 variants of Algebraic Forms 36 14 9 



Atmospheric Electricity Ob- 

 servations in Madeira 15 



Instrument for Detecting- 

 Fire-damp in Mines 22 



Instruments for Measuring 



the Speed of Ships 17 1 8 



Tidal Observations in the. 



English Channel 10 



£1080 11 11 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday, August 20, at 8 p.m., in the Albert Hall, William 

 Spottiswoode, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S., President, resigned 

 the office of President to Professor G. J. Allman, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 

 L. & E., who took the Chair, and delivered an Address, for which see 

 page 1. 



On Thursday, August 21, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place at the Cutlers' 

 Hall. 



On Friday, August 22, at 8.30 p.m., in the Albert Hall, W. Crookes, 

 Esq., F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on ' Radiant Matter.' 



On Monday, August 25, at 8.30 p.m., in the Albert Hall, Professor 

 E. Ray Lankester, E.R.S., delivered a Discourse on ' Degeneration.' 



On Tuesday, August 26, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place at the Cutlers' 

 Hall. 



On Wednesday, August 27, at 2.30 P.M., the concluding General Meet- 

 ing took place in the Albert Hall, when the Proceedings of the General 

 Committee, and the Grants of Money for Scientific purposes, were ex- 

 plained to the Members. 



The Meeting was then adjourned to Swansea. 1 



The Meeting is appointed to commence on Wednesday, August 25, 1880. 



