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Stated Meeting, November 20. 

 Present, thirty-three members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal So- 

 ciety. 8vo. London, 1839. — From the Society. 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the 

 Year 1840. — Part I. 4to. London, 1840 — -From the same. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society. Nos. 42, 43, and 44. Feb. 27 

 to June 18, 1840. — From the same. 



List of Councils, Fellows, &c, of the Royal Society, Nov. 30, 1839. 

 4to. — From the same. 



Report of the Committee of Physics, including Meteorology, on the 

 Objects of Scientific Inquiry in those Sciences, &c. &c. 8vo. 

 London, 1840. — From the same. 



Report of the Seventh Meeting of the British Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science; held at Liverpool in September, 1837. 

 Vol. VI. 8vo. London, 1838. — From the Association. 



Report of the Ninth Meeting, &c. &c, held at Birmingham, August, 

 1839. 8vo. London, 1840. — From the same. 



Constitution and By-Laws of the National Institution for the Promo- 

 tion of Science, established at Washington, May, 1840. 8vo. 

 pp. 14. Washington, 1840. — From the National Institution. 



On the Diminution of Temperature with Height in the Atmosphere, 

 at different Seasons of the Year. By James D. Forbes, Esq., 

 F.R.SS. L. and E., F.G.S. &c. &c. (From the Transactions of 

 the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. XIV. Read April 1, 

 1839.) 4to. Edinburgh, 1840.— -From the Author. 



Account of some additional Experiments in Terrestrial Magnetism, 

 made in different parts of Europe in 1837. By James D. Forbes, 

 &c. &c. — From the same. 



The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 

 from their Commencement in 1665, to the Year 1800: abridged, 

 with Notes and Illustrations. By Charles Hutton, LL.D., F.R.S. ; 

 George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S. , F.L.S. ; and Richard Pearson, 



