Meetings of the Royal Society — Session 1897-98. 
Monday , 22 nd November 1897. 
General Statutory Meeting. Election of Office-Bearers, p. 1. 
FIRST ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 6£7i December 1897. 
The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, G.C.V.O., President, in the Chair. 
Dr J. 0. Affleck and Mr James Robert Erskine-Murray 
were admitted Fellows of the Society. 
The President read a short Communication on events interesting 
to the Society during the last Session, and laid on the table short 
obituary notices of Ordinary and Honorary Fellows who had died 
since the opening of Session 1896-97. See pp. 2-10. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Food, Fuel, and Air of the World. By the Chairman. 
2. Chapters on the Mineralogy of Scotland. Chapter viii., Silicates. 
By the late Professor Heddle. Trans., xxxix. pp. 341-358. 
3. Note on the Disturbance of the Magnetic and Meteorological Instru- 
ments at the Colaba Observatory during the Earthquake of 12th June 
1897. By N. A. Moos, Director of the Observatory, pp. 11-21. 
4. On a Problem of Sylvester’s in Elimination. By Professor E. J. 
Nanson. Communicated by Professor Chrystal. pp. 150-157. 
5. On the Velocity of Graded Actions. By Professor Walker, Ph.D., 
D.Sc., University College, Dundee, pp. 22-32. 
6. Preliminary Note on a Characteristic of certain Chemical Reactions. 
By Professor J. Gibson, Ph.D. pp. 33-37. 
7. On the Directions which are most altered by a Homogeneous Strain. 
By Professor Tait. pp. 162-164. 
Mr James Currie, jun., Mr John Archibald Purves, and Mr 
Charles Tweedie were balloted for, and declared duly elected 
Fellows of the Society. 
