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when a brilliant flash of lightning seems to break up into short 

 pieces as if they were links in a chain of light, hanging for a 

 moment in the sky ; the cause of this is supposed to be that 

 parts are more brilliant than others from being seen end on as 

 above, and therefore make a more lasting impression on the retina, 

 and seem to remain suspended as fragments of the departed flash. 



Although the change of pressure in this storm had little effect 

 upon the wind, it produced a remarkable effect upon the ocean as 

 shewn by the tide guages at Sydney and Newcastle ; as the great 

 changes in the barometer began so the ocean felt the influence, 

 rising as the barometer fell, and falling as the barometer rose. 

 Changes in level in some cases amounted to six inches, and the 

 ocean waves having been thus started continued for some hours 

 after the storm was over. 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1888. 



Mr. H. C. Russell, B.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-three members were present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The certificates of three candidates were read for the third time, 

 of five for the second time, and of two for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Adair, John Frederick, M.A., Camb., Sydney. 



Bedford, Alfred Perceval, Sydney. 



Fieldstad, Axel Hieronyunis, Sydney. 



Garrett, William Fry, Sydney. 



Megginson, A. M., M.A., M.B., CM. Edin., Sydney. 



Reading, Richard Fairfax, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond., 



L.D.S., Eng., Sydney. 

 West, William Augustus, L.K.Q.C.P., Irel, L.R.C.P., Irel, 



Glebe. 



In the absence of the authors, Mr. F. B. Kyngdon read the 

 following papers :— 



1. "Results of Observations of Comets I. and II., 1888, at 

 Windsor, N.S.W.," by John Tebbutt, F.R.A.S. 



2. "Desert Sandstone," by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, 

 F.G.S., F.L.S, 



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