PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
LITEEAEY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
General Meeting, October 1st, 1878. 
J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.B.S., &c., President, in the 
Chair. 
Mr. James Ballantyne Hannay, F.RS.E., Assistant Lec- 
turer on Chemistry in the Owens College; and Mr. John 
Priestley, Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Physio- 
logy and Histology in the Owens College, were elected 
Ordinary Members of the Society. 
Ordinary Meeting, October 1st, 1878. 
J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.RS., &c., President, in the 
Chair. 
Among the Donations announced was a portrait of Dr. 
Percival, presented by Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., Hono- 
rary Librarian of the Society. 
On the motion of Mr. C. Bailey, seconded by the Kev. 
Wm. Gas kell, it was resolved That the cordial thanks of 
the Society be given to Mr. Nicholson for his valuable 
donation of a portrait of Dr. Percival, the first President of 
the Society. 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phid. Soo.— Vol. XVIII.— No. 1 .— Session 1878-79. 
