HISTORT of the SOCIETT. 17 



than a fog-bank, of which the appearances are familiar to ma- 



nners. 



1786. 



Dec. 18. 



Lit. CL Mr John Ro bison, General Secretary, read part of 

 a DifTertation by the Reverend Mr Walter Young, Minifter iJ^dV" 

 of Erfkine, on Mufic and Poetry. The DifTertation is printed 

 in this volume. [No. III. Lit. CL~\ 



Phyf. CL The Secretary read an Account by Dr Charles 

 Hutton of Woolwich, of fome Experiments made by him to 

 determine the Refiftance of the Air to Bodies moved through 

 it. This Account is publifhed in this volume. [No. VI. 

 Phyf. CI.-] 



Lit. CL Mr Robison read a continuation of the Reverend 

 Mr Young's DifTertation on Mufic and Poetry, printed in this 

 volume. [No. III. Lit. CL] 



1787. 



Jan 1. . 

 Dr Ch. Hutton 

 on the refinance 

 of the air. 



Jan. 1 J. 

 Mr Young on 

 mufic and poe- 

 try. 



A general Meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 election of Members. [See Lift in the Appendix to Vol. I. 

 Part I.] 



Jan. a*. 



General Meet- 

 ing. 



Dr Walker exhibited to the Meeting feveral fpecimens of 

 natural productions and artificial rarities which had been pre- 

 fented to the Society in the courfe of the lafl year. Thefe were 

 ordered to be repofited in a proper place of the Mufaeum of the 

 Univerfity, and a lift was directed to be made out, and printed 

 in the Appendix to the hiitorical part of this volume. [See 

 Appendix.] 



At the fame Meeting, the Secretary prefented to the Society 

 the following works : Traite Analytique des Mouveme?is apparens 

 des Corps Celejies, par M. Dion is de Sejour ; and EJfai fur la 

 Fluide Ele£irique y par feu M. le Comte de-Treffan; the former 



Vol. II. (C) fent 



Donations to 

 the Society. 



Donation? t'j 

 the Society. 



