Meetings of the Society. 
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2. On the Equilibrium and Pressure of Arches, with a Practical 
Method of Ascertaining their true shape. Illustrated by examples. 
By R. Brodie, Esq. 
3. Note on the Isothermals of Mixtures of Gases. By Professor 
Tait. 
4. By permission of tlie Society, Dr Buchan communicated to the 
Meeting Observations of Temperature and Pressure in Edinburgh and 
Ben Nevis on the morning of February 1st, 1892, showing a sudden 
rise of Pressure and fall of Temperature. 
The following Candidates for E'eHowships were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
Thomas Heath, B.A., Assistant Astronomer, Royal 
Observatory, Edinburgh. 
J. H. Meining Beck, M.D. 
H. J. Gifford. 
Thomas Parker, Memb. Inst. C.E. 
W. J. Brock, M.B., D.Sc. 
Monday^ \bth February 1892. 
Sir William Turner, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of Thomas Miller, LL.D. By Dr J. S. 
Mackay. P. xix. p. i. 
2. On the New Star in the Constellation Auriga. By The 
Astronomer-Royal for Scotland. T. xxxvii. 51. 
3. The lesser Rorqual {Balxnoptera rostrata) in the Scottish Seas, 
with Observations on its Stomach. By Sir William Turner, F.R.S. 
P. xix. 36. 
4. On the Relation between Kinetic Energy and Temperature in 
Liquids. By Professor Tait. P. xix. 32. 
Monday, 29th February 1892. 
Sir 'William Turner, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communication was read : — 
The Cranial Nerves of Man and Selachians. By Professor Ewart, 
M.D. 
