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The expenses of this research were partly defrayed by a grant from the 

 Grants Committee of the Eoyal Society, to whom we desire to express our 

 indebtedness. 



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Address of the President , Lord Rayleigh, O.M., D.C.L., at the 

 Anniversary Meeting on November 30, 1906. 



Since the last Anniversary the Society has sustained the loss of twelve 

 Fellows and two Foreign Members. 

 The deceased Fellows are : — 



Professor Lionel Smith Beale, died March 28, 1906. 



Sir Walter Lawry Buller, K.C.M.G, died July 19, 1906. 



Charles Baron Clarke, died August 25, 1906. 



Eight Hon. Sir M. E. Grant Duff, G.C.S.I, died January 11, 1906. 



Professor Charles Jasper Joly, died January 4, 1906. 



Colonel Sir Alexander Moncrieff, K.C.B., died August 3, 1906. 



George James Snelus, died June 18, 1906. 



Professor Hermann Johann Philipp Sprengel, died January 14, 1906. 



General Sir Henry E. L. Thuillier, C.S.I. 



Eev. Canon H. B. Tristram, died March 8, 1906. 



Professor Harry Marshall Ward, died August 26, 1906. 



Professor Walter Frank Eaphael Weldon, died April 13, 1906. 



The Foreign Members are : — 



Professor Ludwig Boltzmann. 

 Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley. 



On this list are to be found the names of veterans distinguished in many 

 branches of science and in public affairs. One name is a household word in 



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