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Proceedings. [October 6th, 1896. 



Ordinary Meeting, October 6th, 1896. 



Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors 

 of the books upon the table. 



The announcement was made that, during the recess, 

 the Society had lost by death four ordinary members : Mr. 

 William Brockbank, F.G.S., F.L.S., Mr. Samuel Cottam, 

 F.R.A,S., Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., B.Sc, A.L.S., and Mr. 

 James Parlane ; and one honorary member : Sir Joseph 

 Prestwich, F.R.S,, F.G.S. 



And that, after consideration of the replies of the mem- 

 bers to the circular issued in June for the purpose of 

 learning the wishes of members as to the hours of meeting, 

 the Council had decided that the meetings should be held 

 alternately, at five o'clock in the afternoon and at half-past 

 six in the evening. 



Also, that the Council had acted with Councils of other 

 learned Bodies in sending a representative with an Address 

 to the Celebration of the Jubilee of Lord Kelvin's appoint- 

 ment to fill the Professorship of Natural Philosophy in the 

 University of Glasgow, and that Professor Schuster, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., had kindly been present on that occasion as their 

 representative. The Address and the reply from Lord 

 Kelvin were read, and it was moved by Professor F. E. 

 Weiss, seconded by Dr. C. H. Lees, and resolved unani- 

 mously, that the Address sent to Lord Kelvin on the cele- 

 bration of his Jubilee, and his reply to it, be entered among 

 the proceedings of the Society. 



