62 Royal L-i'sI/ Academy. 



It Tvas moYcd "by Dr. Frazer, ancT_ seconded by J. H. Lloyd, and 

 resolved imanimoiisly : — 



" To direct the attention of the Council to the recent destruction 

 hy fire of a large library ; and to request that some further steps may 

 be taken to protect the manuscripts in the collection of the Academy." 



lEoXDAT EyEISXS'G, pEBErAEY 10, 1879. 



SiE EoBEEi Kax'e, LL.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



James G. Beauey, H.D., and Austin ]\Ieldon, lE.D., were elected 

 ]y!embers of the Academy. 



The Librarian read the following Eesolution from the Council 

 relating to a motion passed at the last meeting of the Academy: — 



" That the Academy be informed, in reference to the above 

 Eesolution, that the Council has the Cjuestion under their considera- 

 tion, and that steps had abeady been taken to request the Board of 

 "Works to furnish a suitable Safe, in which to deposit the most valu- 

 able IISS. of the Academy, now in the Library." 



C. E. C. Tichborne, read a Paper " On the Dii'eet Evidence of the 

 Dissociation of Salts when in Solution." 



The Secretary, for the Eev. James Pearson, read a Paper "On 

 the Computation of Occultations and Eclipses." [Tide Proceedings, 

 vol. iii., ser. ii., Science, part 3.] 



Professor Hennessy read a Paper " On the Numerical Value of the 

 Precession of the Equinoxes." 



Donations to the Library were presented, and thanks voted to the 

 do7Jors. 



MOXDAT EVEXIXG, EEBErAKT 24, 1879. 



See Eobeet Kaxe, LL.D., E.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Eobert S. Ball, LL.D., F.E.S., read " ]N"otes on the Application of" 

 Lagrange's Equation of Motion to certain Problems in the Theory of 

 Eotation." 



Donations to the Library were presented, and thanks returned to- 

 the donors. 



