THE COUNCIL 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, 



NOVEMBER 1887. 



PRESIDENT. 



Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, LL.D., D.C.L., F.P.S., Foreign Associate of the 

 Institute of France, Regius Professor of Natural Philosophy in the 

 University of Glasgow. 



HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS, HAVING FILLED THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. 



His Grace the DUKE op ARGYLL, K.G., K.T., D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 The Eight Hon. Lord MONCREIFF, LL.D., Lord Justice-Clerk. 



VICE-P RESIDENTS. 



JOHN MURRAY, Ph.D., Director of the Challenger Expedition Commission. 



D. MILNE HOME of Milne-Graden, LL.D. 



Sir DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians, 



Edin., F.R.C.S.E., and Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of 



Edinburgh. 

 The Hon. Lord MACLAREN, LL.D. Edin. and Glas., F.R.A.S., one of the Senators of 



the College of Justice. 

 The Rev. Professor FLINT, D.D., Corresponding Member of the Institute of France. 

 GEORGE CHRYSTAL, MA., LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of 



Edinburgh. 



GENERAL SECRETARY. 



P. GUTHRIE TAIT, M.A, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. 



SECRETARIES TO ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



Sir WILLIAM TURNER, M.B., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S., Professor of Anatomy in the 



University of Edinburgh. 

 ALEXANDER CRUM BROWN, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S., Professor of 



Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. 



TREASURER. 



ADAM GILLIES SMITH, Esq., C.A. 



CURATOR OF LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



ALEXANDER BUCHAN, Esq., M.A., LL.D., Secretary to the Scottish Meteorological Society. 



8. H. BUTCHER, M.A., LL.D., Professor of 



Greek in the University of Edinburgh. 

 JOHN G. M'KENDRICK, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., 



F.R.S., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine 



in the University of Glasgow. 

 THOMAS MUIR, M.A., LL.D., Mathematical 



Master in the High School of Glasgow. 

 WILLIAM CARMICHAEL M'INTOSH, M.D., 



LL.D., F.RS., F.L.S., Professor of Natural 



History in the University of St Andrews. 

 .Sir ARTHUR MITCHELL, K.C.B., M.A, M.D., 



LL.D., Commissioner in Lunacy. 



COUNCILLORS. 



STAIR A. AGNEW, Esq., C.B., M.A, Advocate, 

 Registrar-General. 

 FORBES IRVINE, Esq. of Drum, LL.D. 



ROBERT M. FERGUSON, Esq., Ph.D. 

 J. BATTY TUKE, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 

 FREDERICK 0. BOWER, M.A, F.L.S., Regius 



Professor of Botany in the University of 



Glasgow. 

 GERMAN SIMS WOODHEAD, M.D., 



F.R.C.P.E. 

 ROBERT COX, Esq. of Gorgie, M.A. 





