9o Proceedings. 



General Meeting, January 9th, 1894. 



Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr.J.H. Beckett, of Miles Platting, and Mr.MARSHALL 

 Stevens, of Urmston, were elected ordinary members. 



Ordinary Meeting, January 9th, 1894. 



Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.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 death of Professor Hertz, of 

 Bonn, at the age of 37. He was elected an honorary 

 member of the Society in 1889, and attained distinction by 

 his experimental verifications of Clerk Maxwell's theory 

 that electrical oscillations are propagated through space 

 with the velocity of light. 



A discussion ensued on the recent variations of tempera- 

 ture, in which Dr. SCHUSTER, Dr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RUPERT 

 Swindells, and others took part. 



Reference was made to the recent kitchen boiler 

 explosions, and Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS remarked 

 that any corporation or local board which allows a plumber 



