PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 



EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION, 1859-60. 



Wednesday, November 23, 1859. — Andrew Murray, Esq., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Ramsay H. Traquair, Esq., 30 Clarence Street, was elected a member 

 of the Society. 



The following donations to the Library were laid on the table, and 

 thanks voted to the donors : — 



Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, 

 for Session 1858-59, No. 13. — From the Society. Canadian Journal, 

 Toronto, Nos. 20, 22, and 23, for 1859.— From the Canadian 

 Institute, Toronto. Journal of the American Geographical and Statistical 

 Society, Nos. 1, 2, 3, January to March 1859. New York. — From the 

 Society. Conservatory Journal (Newspaper), No. 7 ; Boston, U.S.A. — 

 From the Editor. Recberches Experimentales sur les Effects du Courant 

 Electrique, applique au Nerf Grand Sympathique. Par M. Phillippe 

 Comte Linati, et par M. Prime Caggiati, M.D. Parme, 1859. — From 

 the Authors. 



Andrew Murray, Esq., President, then delivered the Opening Ad- 

 dress, as follows : — 



Gentlemen, — It is the custom of this, as of most other 

 Societies, to open the business of the session with an address 

 from one of their Presidents ; and our rule is that this duty 

 shall be performed by the senior President on the occasion of 

 his retiring from office, it so happening that the terminal 

 period of that office coincides with the commencement of our 

 session. The term for which I was elected President now 

 draws to a close ; I am about to lay down the honour with 

 which you invested me ; and the duty of addressing you on 



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