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Mr. J. Hiscox, Dr. T. P. Lucas, M.R.C.S., and Mr. G. W. Selby 

 were elected as associates. 



Mr. Pirani read a paper ona" Modification of Mance's Method 

 of Measuring the Internal Resistance of a Battery," and also 

 " Notes on a Form of Tangent Galvanometer suitable for Measur- 

 ing Powerful Currents." 



Mr. J. Cosmo Newbery read a paper prepared by Mr. A. W. 

 Howitt, F.G.S., " Notes on the Diabase Rocks of the Buchan 

 District." 



(Signed) E. J. White. 



9th June, 1881. 



E. J. White, Esq., F.R.A.S., Senior Yice-President, in the 



Chair — Present, 21 members and associates. 



Mr. G. S. Manns, of Leneva, near Wodonga, and Mr. G. R. B. 

 Steane, of Sandhurst, were elected as country members. 



Mr. J. R. Y. Goldstein read a paper on " Some new Species of 

 Bryozoa from the Marion Islands, with Notes on Bicellaria 

 Grandis." 



Mr. A. M. Henderson read a paper on a u New Scale for the 

 use of Engineers and Architects," and exhibited the instrument. 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



Uth July, 1881. 



R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 22 members and associates. 



Mr. J. S. Gotch was elected a member of the Society, and Mr. 

 F. A. Kernot was elected as an associate. 



Mr. R,. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., read a paper on " Some Trials with 

 Hagemann's Vacuum Anemometer." 



Mr. W. C. Kernot, M.A., read some notes on the "Storage of 

 Electricity," and " Faure's Form of PJante's Secondary Battery." 



Mr. Ellery exhibited a planisphere of the southern sky. Some 

 lamp shades, invented by Emil Hallgren, of Stockholm, were 

 exhibited, representing the northern and austral hemispheres. 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



11th August, 1881. 



R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 47 members and associates. 



Mr. W. W. Culcheth, M.I.C.E., was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. J. Stirling was elected a country member. 



