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liow methods of absolute measurement could be extended into the 
region of electricity. 
He died on the 23rd of June last. 
I stated in my last address to the Society that I ventured to 
express my regret that we had so few literary papers presented to 
us. Only one followed upon this, and of that I have expressed my 
recognition. May I throw out a hint that in the city of David 
Hume, Dugald Stewart, Brown and Hamilton, it might not be 
unreasonable that we should look for papers on subjects connected 
with philosophy in some of its various departments % I feel con- 
fident that such communications would be welcomed by the Eoyal 
Society ; but whether they come or not, I express the confident 
hope that the Session now opening may be as prosperous as those 
that have preceded it. 
