1786. 



Jan. 23. 



General Meet- 

 ing. 



4 



HISTORT of the SOCIETl 



A general Meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 election of Members. [See Vol. I. Appendix to the Hiftory of 

 the Society.] 



Feb. 1. 



Dr Home on 

 Amaurolis. 



Dr Small's de- 

 monftraiions of 

 Dr Stev art's 

 theorems. 



Phyf. CI. Dr Francis Home read a paper on Jinaurofis. 



The Reverend Dr Small read the Heads of a paper con- 

 taining Demonftrations of twenty-eight of the Theorems pu- 

 blifhed in 1746, by the late Reverend Dr Matthew Stewart, 

 ProfefTor of Mathematics in the Univerfity of Edinburgh. The 

 Demonftrations are printed in this volume. [No. XII. Phyf. 67.] 



Feb. 20. 

 Prof. Young on 

 the Greek mid- 

 dle voice. 



Lit: CI. Mr Dalzel, one of the Secretaries, read part of 

 an EfTay on the Middle Voice of the Greek Verb, written by 

 ProfefTor John Young, of the Univerfity of Glafgow. On 

 account of fome additions intended to be made by the Author, 

 the publication of this EfTay is poftponed to a fubfequent volume 

 of the Tranfaclions. 



March 6. 

 Mr Robifon on 

 the Georgium 



Sklus. 



Phyf CI. Mr ProfefTor Rob is on read a paper on the Orbit 

 and Motion of the new Planet, the Georgium Sidus ', which is 

 printed in the firfl volume of the Tranfactions of this Society. 

 [Vol. I. No. XI. Phyf. 67.] 



March 20. 

 Dr Macfarlan 

 on the land- 

 t.ix. 



Lit. CI. The Reverend Dr Macfarlan read a DifTertation 

 refpecling an equal AfTefTment of the Land-tax. 



Mr Dalzel read a continuation of Mr ProfefTor Young's 



Prof. Young on 



die voice. EfTay on the Middle Voice of the Greek Verb. [See fupra, 



Feb. 20.] 



April 3. 

 Mr Playfair's 

 •life of Dr Mat- 

 thew Stewart. 



Phyf. CI. The Reverend Mr ProfefTor Playfair read an 

 Account of the Life and Writings of the late Reverend Dr Mat- 

 thew Stewart, ProfefTor of Mathematics in the Univerfity 



of 



