January 22, J903. 



Sir WILLIAM HUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M., President, in the Chair. 



The Eight Hon. Horace Plunkett, a Member of His Majesty's Most 

 Honourable Privy Council, was admitted into the Society. 



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

 them. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " Preliminary Note on the Relationships between Sun-spots and 

 Terrestrial Magnetism.'' By C. Chree, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. 



II. " Characteristics of Electric Earth-current Disturbances, and their 

 Origin." By J. E. Taylor. Communicated by Sir Oliver 

 Lodge, F.R.S. 



III. " Solar Eclipse of 1900, May 28th. — General Discussion of Spectro- 



scopic Results." By J. Evershed, F.R.A.S. Communicated 

 by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee. 



IV. " Some Dielectric Properties of Solid Glycerine." By Professor 



Ernest Wilson. Communicated by Sir William Preece, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S. 



V. "On the Electrodynamic and Thermal Relations of Energy of 

 Magnetisation." By Dr. J. Larmor, Sec. R.S. 



January 29, 1903. 



Sir WILLIAM HUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M., President, in the Chair. 



The Right Hon. Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice, was admitted 

 into the Society. 



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

 them. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " The Relation between Solar Prominences and Terrestrial Mag- 

 netism." By Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., and 

 Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer. 



