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  Election 
  of 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  [June 
  3, 
  

  

  II. 
  Soft-Iron 
  Wires. 
  

  

  Wires 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  gauge 
  as 
  the 
  steel 
  were 
  used, 
  but, 
  except 
  one 
  

   of 
  them, 
  bore 
  only 
  about 
  28 
  lbs. 
  instead 
  of 
  230. 
  All 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   kinds 
  tried 
  agreed 
  with 
  the 
  steel 
  in 
  (1). 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  tried 
  behaved 
  (except 
  a 
  seemiug 
  anomaly, 
  hitherto 
  unex- 
  

   plained) 
  in 
  the 
  i-everse 
  manner 
  to 
  steel 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  (2), 
  (4), 
  (5), 
  and 
  (6) 
  ; 
  

   it 
  agreed 
  with 
  the 
  steel 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  (7). 
  Another 
  iron 
  wire*, 
  which, 
  

   though 
  called 
  " 
  soft," 
  was 
  much 
  less 
  soft 
  than 
  the 
  first, 
  agreed 
  with 
  steel 
  

   in 
  respect 
  to 
  (1) 
  and 
  (2), 
  but 
  [differing 
  from 
  steel 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  (3)] 
  

   showed 
  greater 
  effects 
  of 
  weights 
  on 
  and 
  off 
  when 
  the 
  magnetizing 
  current 
  

   was 
  flowing 
  than 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  stopped. 
  

  

  Other 
  soft-iron 
  wires 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  soft, 
  softer 
  even 
  than 
  the 
  first, 
  

   agreed 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  steel 
  and 
  iron 
  wires 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  (1), 
  but 
  gave 
  

   results 
  when 
  tested 
  for 
  (2) 
  which 
  proved 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  transient 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  residual 
  magnetism, 
  and 
  were 
  otherwise 
  seemingly 
  ano- 
  

   malous. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  is 
  being 
  continued 
  with 
  special 
  arrangements 
  to 
  find 
  

   the 
  explanation 
  of 
  these 
  apparent 
  anomalies, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  further 
  object 
  

   of 
  ascertainiug 
  in 
  absolute 
  measure 
  the 
  amounts 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  proved 
  effects 
  

   at 
  different 
  temperatures 
  up 
  to 
  100° 
  Cent. 
  

  

  The 
  Society 
  then 
  adjourned 
  over 
  the 
  Election-day, 
  to 
  Thursday, 
  

   June 
  10. 
  

  

  June 
  3, 
  1875. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Fellows 
  was 
  held 
  this 
  day. 
  

  

  JOSEPH 
  DALTON 
  HOOKER, 
  C.B., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  Statutes 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Eellows 
  having 
  been 
  read, 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Ellis 
  and 
  Admiral 
  Ommanney 
  were, 
  with 
  the 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society, 
  nominated 
  Scrutators 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  Secretaries 
  in 
  examining 
  the 
  

   lists. 
  

  

  The 
  votes 
  of 
  the 
  Eellows 
  present 
  having 
  been 
  collected, 
  the 
  following 
  

   candidates 
  were 
  declared 
  duly 
  elected 
  into 
  the 
  Society 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  was 
  tested 
  magnetically 
  with 
  weights 
  up 
  to 
  56 
  lbs., 
  and 
  broke, 
  unfairly 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  when 
  63 
  lbs. 
  were 
  hung 
  on. 
  

  

  