THE COUNCIL 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



NOVEMBER 1899. 



PRESIDENT. 



The Eight Hon. Lord KELVIN, G.C.V., LL.D., D.C.L., F.K.S., Grand Officer 

 of the Legion of Honour of France, Member of the Prussian Order Pour le 

 Merite, Foreign Associate of the Institute of France, Emeritus 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. 

 Sir DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., F.E.C.P.E., LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Medical 

 Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



JOHN G. M'KENDRICK, M.D., F.E.C.P.E., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology 

 in the University of Glasgow. 



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

 Edinburgh. 



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



Sir WILLIAM TURNER, M.B., F.R.C.S.E., LL.D., D.C.L., D.Sc. Dub., F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. 



RALPH COPELAND, Ph.D., Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, and Professor of Practical 

 Astronomy in the University of Edinburgh. 



The Rev. JOHN DUNS, D.D., Professor of Natural Science in the New College, 

 Edinburgh. 



GENERAL SECRETARY. 



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

 Edinburgh. 



SECRETARIES TO ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



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



Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. 

 Sir JOHN MURRAY, K.C.B., D.Sc, LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the Challenger 



Expedition Publications. 



TREASURER. 



PHILIP R. D. MACLAGAN, F.F.A. 



CURATOR OF LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



ALEXANDER BUCHAN, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Scottish Meteorological 

 Society. 



COUNCILLORS. 



Sir JOHN BATTY TUKE, M.D., D.Sc, 

 F.R.C.P.E. 



A. BEATSON BELL, Advocate. 



A. SHIELD NICHOLSON, M.A., D.Sc, Pro- 

 fessor of Political Economy in the Univer- 

 sity of Edinburgh. 



JOHN GIBSON, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry 

 in the Heriot-Watt College. 



The Hon. Lord M'LAREN, LL.D. Edin. and 

 Glas., F.R.A.S., one of the Senators of the 

 College of Justice. 



C. G. KNOTT, D.Sc, Lecturer on Applied 

 Mathematics in the University of Edin- 

 burgh. 



ALEXANDER BRUCE, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 



JAMES A. WENLEY. 



The Rev. Professor FLINT, D.D., Cor- 

 responding Member of the Institute of 

 France. 



JAMES BURGESS, CLE., LL.D., M.R.A.S. 



ROBERT M. FERGUSON, Ph.D., LL.D. 



ROBERT IRVINE, F.C.S. 



