PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



November 21, 1895. 



Sir JOHN EVANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Vice-President and 

 Treasurer, in the Chair. 



Mr. F. M'Clean was admitted into the Society. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting was given from the Chair. 



Mr. Blanford, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. Symons were by ballot 

 elected Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts on the part of the. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " On the Gases obtained from the Mineral Eliasite." By 

 J. Norman Lockyer, C.B., F.R.S. Received August 6, 

 1895. 



Observations have been made of the gases obtained from the 

 mineral eliasite heated in vacuo, in the manner which I have 

 described in a former paper,* and, in addition to lines of known 

 gases, others have been noted, for which no origins can be traced, at 

 the following wave-lengths : — 



Society. 



Rowland. 

 6122-4 

 60657 

 5991-2 



5875-9 (D 3 ) 



5846-7 

 5429-8 

 5404-1 



* ' Roy. Soc. Proc.,' vol. 58, p. 63. 



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