PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, 
vol. ix. 1877-78. No. 100. 
Ninety-Fifth Session. 
Monday, 2 Qth November 1877. 
Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, President, in the Chair. 
The following Council were elected 
President. 
Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, Knt., LL.D. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, having passed the Chair. 
His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL. 
Sir ROBERT CHRISTISON, Bart., M.D. 
Vice-Presidents. 
Rev.W. Lindsay Alexander, D.D. 
David Stevenson, Memb. In. C.E. 
The Right Rev. Bishop Cottkrill. 
Principal Sir Alex. Grant, Bart. 
David Milne Home, LL.D. 
Sir C. Wyville Thomson, LL.D. 
General Secretary— Dr John Hutton Balfour. 
Secretaries to Ordinary Meetings. 
Professor Tait. 
Professor Turner. 
Treasurer— J ) avib Smith, W.S. 
Curator of Library and Museum — Dr Maclaoan. 
Councillors. 
Dr Ramsay H. Traquair. 
Thomas Harvey, LL.D. 
Professor John G. M‘Kendrick. 
Professor Crum Brown. 
Professor Kelland. 
Professor Fleeming Jenkin. 
Rev. R. Boog Watson. 
Dr Hugh Cleghorn. 
Professor T. R. Fraser. 
Professor Rutherford. 
Dr R. M. Ferguson. 
Sheriff Hallard. 
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