xxviii Proceedings. [Aj>n/ 25th, i8gg. 



Bowman, seconded by Mr. G. H. Broadbent, and resolved : — 

 " That the Annual Report, together with the statement of 

 accounts, be adopted, and be printed in the Society's Proceedings^^ 



It was moved by Mr. John Boyd, seconded by Mr. C. L. 

 Barnes, and resolved : — '• That the system of electing Associates 

 of the Sections be continued during the ensuing session." 



The following members were elected officers of the Society 

 and members of the Council for the ensuing year : — 



President : Horace Lamb, M.A., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents : Osborne Reynolds, M.A., LL D., F.R.S.; 

 Charles Bailey, F.L.S.; J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S.; 

 W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S. 



Secretaries : R. F. Gwyther, M.A.; Francis Jones, 

 F.R.S.E., F.C.S. 



Treasurer : J. J, Ashworth. 



Librarian: W. E. Hoyle, M.A., M.Sc. 



Other Members of the Council: Harold B. Dixon, M.A,, 

 F.R.S.; Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S.; J. E. King, M.A.; R. L. 

 Taylor, F.C.S.; F. J. Faraday, F.L.S.; W. H. Johnson, B.Sc. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 25th, 1899. 

 James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



Professor Dixon described an apparatus for bringing 

 together nitrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in order to determine 

 whether any combination occurs between the gases. 



