6 Proceedings. 



But I feel that it may not be out of place here for me to 

 mention a few of the bare facts, showing his connection 

 with the Society : — A pupil of Dalton's, in these rooms, 

 from 1833, he was elected a member in 1842; he con- 

 tributed his first paper to this Society's Memoirs in 1843. 

 He was elected on the Council in 1846 ; became Secretary 

 in the same year, and filled that office until 1850. He was 

 our President in 1860-62, 1866-69, 1 ^7 2 ~73) an d in 1878-79. 

 He was a member of the Society for forty-seven years, and 

 was for forty-three years on the Council, being Secretary five 

 years, President for ten years, and Vice-President for 28 

 years. I have not yet had time to take out the number of 

 papers he presented to the Society, or to look over the 

 attendance book ; but his attendance was most regular> 

 and the interest he took in everything concerning the well- 

 being of the Society was most keen, and for an unusually 

 long series of years he took a very important part in con- 

 ducting the business of the Society." 



The President then stated that a resolution expressing 

 sympathy with the members of Dr. Joule's family had been 

 adopted by the Council, and it was 



Moved by Mr. H. H. Howorth, M.P., seconded by 

 Mr. Alderman W. H. BAILEY, and resolved: "That the 

 members generally be associated with the Council in this 

 expression of condolence." 



It was further announced that the Council had entrusted 

 the preparation of a Memoir of Dr. Joule's life and work to 

 the President, Professor Osborne Reynolds. 



Mr. W. THOMSON, F.C.S., called attention to a remark- 

 able pattern of asbestos cloth which had been produced on 

 irface of an iron tube exposed to a bright red heat for 

 hours. The iron was first covered with china clay, 

 ..ien wrapped with asbestos cloth to prevent it from 

 oxidation and burning away. It did not entirely protect it, 

 because a scale of oxide of iron about one-sixteenth of an 



