PROCEEDINGS 
THE LITERACY AND PHILOSOPHICAL 
SOCIETY. 
Ordinary Meeting, October 4th, 1864. 
Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c., Vice-President, in 
the Chair. 
Amongst the donations announced was a bust of Dr. 
Dalton, presented by Mrs. Samuel Fletcher. 
On the motion of Dr. Roscoe, seconded by Dr. Joule, 
the best thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to 
Mrs. Fletcher, for her very valuable present. 
The Chairman, in announcing the severe loss which the 
Society had sustained by the death of their late lamented 
Honorary Librarian, adverted to the very important services 
he had rendered. By Mr. Ekman’s able management and 
indefatigable industry the library had become one of the most 
valuable in the country. 
Thomas Windsor, Esq., M.R.C.S., was unanimously 
elected Honorary Librarian of the Society. 
Several members stated their experience of the earthquake 
which occurred on the £6th ult. Mr. Baxendell described a 
remarkable derangement of the sidereal clock belonging to 
the corporation, which he had mounted at his house, which 
has suggested a new method of registering the occurrence of 
earthquake shocks. 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phil. Society— Yol. IY — No. 1— Session, 1864-5. 
