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portional to the resistances opposed to its passage, whatever may be 

 the length, thickness, shape, or kind of metal which closes the cir- 

 cuit : and also that, cceteris paribus, these effects are in the duplicate 

 ratio of the quantities of transmitted electricity ; and consequently 

 also in the duplicate ratio of the velocity of transmission. He also 

 infers from his researches that the heat produced by the combustion 

 of zinc in oxygen is likewise the consequence of resistance to electric 

 conduction. 



The President informed the Meeting that the Council had voted 

 the following Address to Her Majesty, the Queen : — 



" To the Queens Most Excellent Majesty. 



" The Humble Address of the President, Council, and Fellows 

 of the Royal Society of London for improving Natural 

 Knowledge. 



" Most Gracious Sovereign, 



" We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Presi- 

 dent, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for im- 

 proving Natural Knowledge, approach Your Majesty with the most 

 heartfelt satisfaction at the birth of the Princess Royal. We feel 

 the deepest gratitude to the Almighty Disposer of events for His 

 gracious protection vouchsafed to Your Majesty in your late con- 

 finement, and we ardently pray that the same protection may continue 

 to be long afforded to a life so precious to all the inhabitants of 

 these realms. 



" It is also our most ardent hope that Your Majesty's daughter may 

 grow up to be a pattern of every virtue that can adorn and dignify 

 her high station, and that Your Majesty may continue to be blest 

 with every happiness, both public and private." 



The President also stated to the Meeting, that the Council had 

 adopted the following Address to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 

 of Saxe Coburg and Gotha : — 



" To His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 

 K.G., F.R.S. 



" The humble Address of the President, Council, and Fellows 

 of the Royal Society of London for improving Natural 

 Knowledge. 



" May it please Your Royal Highness, 



*• We, the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of 

 London for improving Natural Knowledge, beg leave to tender to 

 Your Royal Highness our warmest congratulations on the safety and 

 recovery of Your Royal Highness's Consort, our beloved Sovereign, 

 and on the birth of Your Royal Highness's daughter. That she 



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