THE COUNCIL 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, 



NOVEMBER 1889. 



PRESIDENT. 



Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, LL.D., D.C.L., Grand Officer of the Legion of 

 Honour of France, Member of the Prussian Order Pour le Merite, F R.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 of ARGYLL, K.G., K.T., D.C.L. Oxon., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 The Right Hon. Lord MONCREIFF, of Tullibole, LL.D. 



VICE-P RESIDENTS. 



Sir DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., 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, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of 



Edinburgh. 

 THOMAS MUIR, M.A., LL.D., Mathematical Master in the High School of Glasgow. 

 Sir ARTHUR MITCHELL, K.C.B., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.E., LL.D., Commissioner in 



Lunacy. 



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., LL.D., 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. 



COUNCILLORS. 



J. BATTY TUKE, M.D., F.RC.P.E. | JAMES GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Pro- 



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

 Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Glasgow. 



GKRMAN SIMS WOODHEAD, M.D., 

 F.R.C.P.E. 



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



ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, D.Sc, M.D., 

 CM., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Edinburgh. 



. I AMES ALFRED EWING, B.Sc, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Engineering and Drawing in Uni- 

 versity College, Dundee. 



WILLIAM JACK, M.A., LL.D., Professor of 

 Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. 



fessor of Geology in the University of 



Edinburgh. 

 W. H. PERKIN, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry 



in the Heriot-Watt College. 

 A. BEATSON BELL, Chairman of the Prison 



Commission, Scotland. 

 The Right Hon. Lord KINGSBURGH, C.B., 



LL.D., F.R.S., M.S.T.E. and E., Lord 



Justice-Clerk, and Lord President of the 



Second Division of the Court of Session. 

 JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph.D., Director of 



the Challenger Expedition Commission. 



