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Ordinary Meeting, October 19th, 1880. 
E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following communication from Dr. R. Angus Smith, 
F.R.S., was read : — 
In relation to my paper on the word Chemia, Mr. Wm. 
Simpson informs me that Dr. Muir, in “ Sanscrit Texts,” 
vol. 5, p. 402, refers to the Rig Veda, where Kam is repre- 
sented as Eros. Dr. Muir also says that Kama is distinctly 
identified with Agni, the Sanscrit for fire. This gives the 
word a firmer basis in the East than I found for it. He 
also adds that Wilford, in “ Asiatic Researches,” identifies 
Csema or Kama of India with the Chemia or Chemi of 
Egypt. I shall add this to my paper, which is being 
printed in full. It is one of the proofs of early connection 
of Aryan and Semitic people both in language and thought ; 
but this is a subject that belongs to others to speak of. I 
hear of other connections with the far East in the word 
Chemia, but having begun to argue this view of the case, 
others may advance it. When I say begun, I merely sought 
to connect old links of thought, and other old links may be 
found lying about in many places. 
“ Additional Note on a Theory of Mixed Opaque Colours,” 
by James Bottomley, D.Sc. 
At the last meeting of the Society I read a paper on a 
theory of mixed opaque colours. One of the problems con- 
sidered was the mixture of black with white. The prob- 
lem seemed to me to have some analogy with sprinkling 
small black spots on a white surface so as to yield a grey 
tint. I obtained a formula Wn=WoR 7i , W n denoting the 
residual whiteness after n repetitions of* the operation. 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phil. Soc. — Vol. XX. — No. 2 . — Session 1880-1. 
