Minutes of Proceedings. 75 



Monday Evenin-g, Apeii 14, 1879. 

 Sir Robert Kane, F.E,.S., &c., President, in the Chair. 



Thomas Dunbar Ingram, LL.B., was elected a Member. 



Eev. Samuel Haughton, M.D., &c., read a Paper " On an Easy 

 Method of obtaining the complete Differential Equations of Motion of 

 an Ocean surrounding a Solid Nucleus, and subject to any Disturbing 

 Porces (the Nucleus itself revolving on a Eixed Axis), without calcu- 

 lation or transformation of Co-ordinates, from simple Geometrical 

 and Mechanical Principles." [Vide Proceedings, Yol. iii., New 

 Series, Science, Part 3.] 



The Secretary of the Council having brought down the several 

 Reports of Council intended for the consideration of the Academy, and 

 of which copies had been previously forwarded to the Members — 



It was Resolved : — 



"That for the accommodation of President Sullivan, Ph.D., the 

 Report * On the State of the Publication of the Tain B6 CuaiLuge' be 

 taken first." 



On the State oe the Ptjbhcation of the Tatn Bo Cuailnge. 



This Report was read as follows by the Secretary of the Council, 

 who moved its adoption : — 



On 25th October, 1873, the following Minute is recorded in the 

 Minute-book of the Committee : — 



" Dr. Sullivan reported that he was prepared to proceed with the 

 publication of the Tain B6 Cuailnge, text and translation, as a com- 

 mencement of the series of Irish Historic Tales." 



Upon this the Committee passed a Resolution requesting Dr. Sul- 

 livan — 



" To proceed with the work, and, as soon as possible, to submit to 

 the Committee a specimen of the style in which he would propose to 

 have the printing executed, it being understood that the size shall be 

 uniform with that of the Irish Manuscript series." 



There is no Minute o the books of the Committee purporting that 

 Dr. Sullivan ever compL d with the above Resolution, by submitting 

 to the Committee a specimen of the style in which he would have the 

 printing executed, nor has any part whatever of the work ever been 

 seen by the Committee. 



B. I. a. minutes, session 1878-9. fSl 



