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ments which are found upon examination tobealmost mathematically 

 exact. It is by such tests, and many others reproducible, that the 

 truth of the theory, which was established and developed by the ge- 

 nius of Young and of Fresnel, becomes established upon evidence 

 scarcely inferior to that of universal gravitation. 



The Society next proceeded to the Election of the Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year, when the following was declared to 

 be the list : — 



President. 



His Royal Highness the Duke' of Sussex, K.G. 



Treasurer. 

 John William Lubbock, Esq. M.A. 



Secretaries. 



Peter Mark Roget, M.D. John George Children, Esq. 



Foreign Secretary. 

 Charles Konig, Esq. 



Other Members of the Council. 



Peter Barlow, Esq. William George Maton, M.D. 



John Bostock, M.D. Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. 



Rev. William Buckland, D.D. Rev. George Peacock, M.A. 



Samuel Hunter Christie, Esq. M.A. George Rennie, Esq. 



Rev. Henry Coddington, M.A. Captain William Henry Smyth, 

 Charles Daubeny, M.D. R.N. 



George Dollond, Esq. Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Esq. 



Davies Gilbert, Esq. M.A. M.A. 



Joseph Henry Green, Esq. Rev. William Whewell, M.A. 



