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found perfectly complete and successful; and he called the at- 

 tention of the members to the fact, that they could be erected 

 at a much less expense than that of the High School, which 

 cost about ^7000, while these had not cost more than gSOO or 

 5^600 a piece. The wall was carried up until near the top 

 (from 35 to 40 feet), and then curved inwards about 18 inches; 

 and on it were then laid the timbers upon which the equatorial 

 was supported. It was then carried up some 18 inches higher, 

 and the observatory floor laid upon the same wall. The dome 

 had been made to traverse with great facility by a very simple 

 contrivance. Plates of boiler iron were made of a circular 

 form, one of which was attached to the lower edge of the 

 dome, the other laid down upon the floor. The dome tra- 

 verses upon balls of iron, about seven inches in diameter. 



The Committee appointed on the 5th January, 1844, to re- 

 vise the By-laws and Regulations of the Society, reported a 

 series of resolutions. 



The list of Committees on business was called over. 



Stated Meeting, November 21. 



Present, twenty-five members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read: — 



From the Royal Society of Sciences of Upsal, dated Upsal, 

 1st June, 1844, announcing the transmission of the 12th Vol. 

 of their Transactions. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. Second Series. 



Vol. II. Part VI. with Title and Index to complete the Volume. 



Vol. III. Parts I. and II. 4to. — From the Society, 

 Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London. Nos. IX. to 



XXI. inclusive. January 21, 1840, to December 5, 1843. 8vo. 



From the same. 



