1871.] On the Numerical Values of Logarithms, tyc. 27 



November 23, 1871. 



General Sir EDWARD SABINE, K.C.B., President, followed by 

 Mr. FRANCIS GALTON, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice was given from the Chair of the 

 ensuing Anniversary Meeting, and the list of Officers and Council proposed 

 for election was read as follows : — - 



President.— George Biddell Airy, C.B., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. (Astro- 

 nomer Royal). 



Treasurer. — William Spottiswoode, M.A. 



f William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. 

 Secretaries.— j p rof , Qeorge Gabriel StokeSj MAj d. C .L., LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof. William Hallowes Miller, M.A., LL.D. 

 Other Members of the Council. — George James Allman, M.D. ; John 

 Ball, M.A. ; George Burrows, M.D. ; Mr. George Busk, P.R.C.S. ; Prof. 

 Robert Bellamy Clifton, M.A. ; Heinrich Debus, Ph.D. ; Prof. Peter 

 Martin Duncan, M.B. ; Prof. George Carey Foster, B.A.; Mr. Francis 

 Galton ; Thomas Archer Hirst, Ph.D. ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart. ; Sir 

 James Paget, Bart., D.C.L. ; The Earl of Rosse, D.C.L. ; General Sir 

 E. Sabine, R.A., K.C.B. ; Isaac Todhunter, M.A. ; Sir Charles Wheat- 

 stone, D.C.L. 



Mr. C. F. Varley was admitted into the Society. 



A letter from Earl Stanhope, addressed to the Secretary, to be laid 

 before the Council, was read, offering for their acceptance, on behalf of the 

 Society, plaster busts of Martin Folkes (formerly P.R.S.) and Dr. Franklin, 

 which have long been in the possession of his Lordship's family. 



Pursuant to notice given at the last Meeting, the President proposed, 

 and the Astronomer Royal seconded, the Emperor of Brazil for election and 

 immediate ballot. 



The ballot having been taken, His Majesty Pedro II., Emperor of 

 Brazil, was declared duly elected. 



The following communications were read : — 



I. Second Paper " On the Numerical Values of s, log e 2, log e 3, 

 log e 5, and log e 10 ; also on the Numerical Value of M, the 

 Modulus of the Common System of Logarithms, all to 205 

 decimals." By William Shanks, Houghton-le-Spring, Dur- 

 ham. Communicated by Prof. G. G. Stokes, Sec. R.S. Re- 

 ceived August 30, 1871. 



In the author's former paper, inserted in vol. vi. p. 397 of the 'Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society,' the values of e, and of the above mentioned logs, also 



