PROCEEDINGS 



or 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



1841. No. 50. 



November 18, 1841. 

 Lieutenant-Colonel EDWARD SABINE, R.A., V.P., in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were, by ballot, elected Auditors of the 

 Treasurer's Accounts, on the part of the Society, viz. Neil Arnott, 

 M.D., Francis Baily, Esq., William Hasledine Pepys, Esq., George 

 Rennie, Esq., and Charles Wheatstone, Esq. 



Captain William Allen, R.N., and Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. M. 

 Frederic Smith, R.E., were balloted for, and duly elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Variations de la declinaison et intensite magnetique horizon- 

 tale observees a Milan le 28 et 29 Mai, le 23 et 24 Juin, le 21 et 

 22 Juillet, le 27 et 28 Aout, et le 22 et 23 Septembre 1841." Par 

 Sig^ Carlini, For. Memb. R.S. 



2. " Variations de la declinaison magnetique et de I'intensite mag- 

 netique horizontale observees a Bruxelles le 23 et 24 Juin, et le 21 

 et 22 Juillet 1841." Par M. A. Quetelet, For. Memb. R.S. 



3. " Meteorological Register kept on board the Earl of Hardwicke, 

 during a voyage from London to Calcutta and back to London, 

 by Captain Alexander Henning." Communicated by Sir John F. 

 W. Herschel, Bart., F.R.S., &c. 



4. " Meteorological Register kept at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's 

 Land, by Deputy-Assistant-Commissionary-General Lempriere, from 

 Feb. 1, 1840, to Feb. 1, 1841." Communicated by Captain Beau- 

 fort, R.N., F.R.S., Hydrographer to the Admiralty. 



5. " Term Observations of the Variation, Magnetic Declination, 

 Horizontal Intensity, and Inclination at Prague, for June, July, 

 August and September 1841." By Professor Kreil. Communicated 

 by S. Hunter Christie, Esq., Sec. R.S. 



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