MEMOIRS AND PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND 

 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Ordinary Meeting, October 2nd, 1894. 

 HENRY Wilde, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



Reference was made to the loss by death, since the last 

 meeting, of four honorary members of the Society — 

 Professors Helmholtz,Marignac,Kundt, andRosCHER. 



There was a brief discussion on the alleged discovery 

 by Lord Rayleigh and Professor Ramsay of a hitherto 

 unknown gas in the atmosphere ; and on the experiments 

 of M. Maxim with his flying machine. 



Mr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S., read a paper on " A Mag- 

 netometer for showing the influence of temperature on the 

 magnetization of iron and other magnetic substances," 

 which was illustrated by successful experiments. 



