

THE COUNCIL 



OF 



THE EOYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUKGH. 



OCTOBEK 1907. 



p.'r e s i, d e'n't. 



The Right Hon. Lord KELVIN, G.C.V.O., P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.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. 



R.I. A. 



of Natural Philosophy 



the 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



ROBERT MTJNRO, M.A., M.D., LL.D., Hon. Memb. 

 ANDREW GRAY, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor 



University of Glasgow. 

 RAMSAY H. TRAQUAIR, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., late Keeper of the Natural 



History Collections in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 

 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. 

 JAMES COSSAR EWART, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S., F.L.S., Regius Professor of Natural 



History in the University of Edinburgh. 

 JOHN HORNE, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Scotland. 



GENERAL SECRETARY. 



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

 Edinburgh. 



SECRETARIES TO ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



DANIEL JOHN CUNNINGHAM, M.D., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Professor of 



Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. 

 CARGILL G. KNOTT, D.Sc, Lecturer on Applied Mathematics in the University of 



Edinburgh. 



TREASURER. 



JAMES CURRIE, M.A. 



CURATOR OF LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



JOHN SUTHERLAND BLACK, M.A., LL.D. 



C O U N C I 



BENJAMIN NEEVE PEACH, LL.D., F.R.S., 

 F.G.S., late District Superintendent and 

 Acting Palaeontologist of the Geological 

 Survey of Scotland. 



JAMES JOHNSTON DOBBIE, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., Director of the Royal Scottish 

 Museum, Edinburgh. 



GEORGE A. GIBSON, M.A., LL.D., Professor 

 of Mathematics in the Glasgow and West of 

 Scotland Technical College, Glasgow. 



JOHN ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., Regius 

 Professor of Natural History in the Uni- 

 versity of Aberdeen. 



EDWARD ALBERT SCHAFER, M.R.C.S., 

 LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in 

 the University of Edinburgh. 



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

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

 College of Justice. 



L LO R S. 



FREDERICK 0. BOWER, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., Regius Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Glasgow. 



THOMAS HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, Memb. 

 Inst. C.E., Professor of Engineering in the 

 University of Edinburgh. 



FRANK WATSON DYSON, MA, F.R.S., 

 Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and Pro- 

 fessor of Astronomy in the University of 

 Edinburgh. 



D'ARCY W. THOMPSON, C.B., B.A., F.L.S., 

 Professor of Natural History in University 

 College, Dundee. 



0. CHARNOCK BRADLEY, M.D., D.Sc. 



CHARLES TWEEDIE, M.A., B.Sc, Lecturer 

 on Mathematics in the University of 

 Edinburgh. 



