iv Proceedings. [Sept.8th-ioth,igi^. 



The Meeting-room is on the left, and contains some valuable 

 furniture of Sheraton design. On the walls are portraits in oils 

 of Newton, Davy, Ualton, Joule, Eaton Hodgkinson, Edward 

 Holme, Thomas Henry, Edward W. Binney, Joseph Baxendell, 

 Thomas Percival, and Peter Clare. There are also busts of 

 Eaton Hodgkinson and William Henry. Over the President's 

 chair is a marble tablet erected to the memory of Thomas 

 Percival (joint president 1 782-1786, president 1 789-1804). The 

 clock — an excellent time-keeper — was made by Peter Clare, and 

 has the peculiar property of striking once only every twelve 

 hours. In the early days the Society was supposed to close its 

 meetings at 9 p.m., whatever subject might be under discussion, 

 and a single stroke from the clock warned them of the hour of 

 departure. The time of striking can be altered at will. 



A conjectural portrait of Newton investigating the solar 

 spectrum is seen at the foot of a short flight of stairs leading to 

 the Natural History room, so called because it was once occu- 

 pied by a section, now defunct, whose microscopes and slides 

 were handed over to the Society in 1902, and are on view. This 

 room contains German and Austro-Hungarian publications. 



On the second floor are publications from Canada, the 

 U.S.A., Central and South America, Africa, Australasia, India, 

 the Dutch East Indies, China and Japan. 



Other exhibits are arranged as follows : — 



A. Library. 



Two Cabinets containing apparatus used by Dalton in his 

 original investigations on the Atomic Theory, Vapour- 

 Tensions, Radiant Pleat, Meteorology, etc. (For Descrip- 

 tion see Memoir by Mr. Francis Jones.) 



B. Council Room. 



1. A Selection of early Works from the Society's Library. 



2. Joule's Chronometer. 



3. Portraits (See list in room). 



