134 PROCEEDINGS. 
WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST, 1884. 
H. C. Russext, B.A., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
the Societ 
Barry, The Most Rev. Dr., D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Bishop 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of 
jaye 
of Sydney. 
Chesterman, Alfred H., St. Peter’s. 
Jones, L. C. Russell, Sydney. 
Sunderland, Rev. J. P., Sydney. 
certificates of nine new ee were read for the second 
time, oe of five for the first t: 
The fo ohetg donations were laid upon the table :—327 vols. 
and pamphlets, seven charts, forty-six photographs (anthropolo- 
gical), and a collection of fossils. 
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Conversazione would be held 
on the second Wednesday in October (Oct. 8),in the Great Hall of 
the University. 
ENCE HarGrave read a paper, “ Notes on the 
Trochoided 1 Plane,” and exhibited various models to illustrate the 
same. 
The paper was explanatory of some models of animal progression 
exhibited before the Society (at a recent reception by the Council), 
and gave in detail the opinions and deductions he had formed from 
his observations of ea se motions of animals. The author 
was of opinion that ther vidence to show that Nature almost 
universally used the trochoided plane for the Piarapennt of force, 
and that its use by man opened up a wide fiel 
Hargrave requested the Society to give its ade pe eri or not 
there were grounds for believing that the trochoided plane was a 
nee shay power, and if not, under what head did the 
embers clas: 
Some remarks were made by the Hon. Professor Smith and 
Mr. H. C. Russell. 
‘The CuarrMan read a telegram which had been received by Mr. 
Ellery, from Kiel, respecting the position of Barnard’s comet on 
the 1st August. 
Some remarks were made by Mr. G. D. Hirst. 
About thirty-five members were present. 
