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ORDINARY MEETING, March 5, 1883. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing elections were announced : — 
Member: — T. Morris, Esq., Warrington. 
Associates : — The Right Rev. E. Harold Browne, D.D., Lord Bishop of 
Winchester, Winchester ; Captain E. K. Calver, R.N., F.R.S., Cannes ; 
J. Hague, Esq., Canada ; H. C. Lawrence, Esq., London ; Rev. J. L. 
Uhl, India; Rev. J. H. Usill, Eastbourne. 
Hon. Correspondent Member : — Rev. G. R. Badenoch, LL.D., London. 
Also lately, the presentation of the following Works for the Library : 
“ Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society.” From the same. 
“ Transactions of the American Geographical Society.” „ 
“ Transactions of the American Numismatic and Antiquarian Society.” 
“ Transactions of the American Institute of Christian Philosophy.” „ 
“Transactions of the Society Biblical Archaeology.” „ 
“ Australian Stalk-eyed Crustacea, Sydney Museum.’* „ 
“ On the Modification of Clouds,” by L. Howard, F.R.S. J. E. Howard , F.B.S. 
“ Positivism,” by Rev. G. Blencowe. From the same. 
The following Paper was then read by the Author : — 
ON CERTAIN DEFINITIONS OF MATTER. By John 
Eliot Howard, F.R.S., &c. 
a\Xa ttuvtcl perpo) teal apidpu) Kai araQpw CieTa^aqA 
1. OIR FRANCIS BACON, in his Novum Organum , 
dwells upon the “ idols-f and false notions/'’ which 
occupy the human mind, and inhere so strongly therein that 
they make the access of truth difficult. 
2. Whilst dwelling upon the special illusions which beset 
* “Thou [Wisdom] didst dispose all things by number, and weight, and 
measure.”— -Wisdom of Solomon xi. 20. 
+ Lib. i., xxxviii., “ Sunt quidem idola profundissime mentis humance 
fallacice .” — See Appendix, 
