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principle on which it was constructed, and the mode in which various 

 arithmetical operations were effected by it. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Major Thuillier and to 

 Major Douglas. 



The Officiating Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 



Library. 



List of accessions to the Library since the meeting in January last. 

 Presentations. 



Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, New Series, 

 vol. IV. Part 1. — By the Academy. 



List of Fellows of the Royal Society for 1858.— By the Royal 

 Society. 



Address of the President delivered at the Anniversary Meeting, 30th 

 November, 1858.— Ditto. 



Zwei Vedische Texte iiber Oraena und Portenta. Von. A. Weber, Berlin, 

 1859.— By the Author. 



1. Jahrbuch der Kaiser-Koniglichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt vols. 

 VII. VIII. and IX. Vienna. — By the Society. 



List of members of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1858. 



Report of the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the British 

 Association for procuring a continuance of the Magnetic aud Meteorological 

 Observatories. 



2. Uebersicht der resultate Mineralogischer Forschungen from 1844 to 

 1852, 3 vols. Von. Dr. Gustav. Adolph. Kenngott. 



3. Katalog der Bibliothek des K. K. Hof— Mineralien — Cabinets in 

 Wien. 



4. Abhandlungen der Mathemat, Physikalischen Classe der Koeniglieh 

 Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vols. 30, 31, Munchen. 



5. Ditto Historischen Classe, vol. 32. 



6. Ditto Philosoph Philologischen Classe, vol. 3rd Parts 1, 2 and 3. 



7. Naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Von Wilhelm Haidinger, Bauds 

 1, 2 3 and 4. 



Auszug aus dem Monatsbericht der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissens- 

 chaften Zu Berlin for January and February 1859, 2 pamphlets. 



8. Gelehrte Anzeigen heransgegeben Von Mitgliedern der K. Bayer. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften Parts 42 and 47. 



9. Berichte iiber die mittheilungen von Freunden der naturwissen- 

 schaften in Wieu, Von Wilhelm Haidinger, Parts 1 and "• — Wien. 



An unpointed Phonetic Alphabet based upon Lepsius' Standard Alphabet 

 by J. G. Thompson, M. C. S. Mangalore 1859.— By the Author. 



