COUNCIL FOR 1842 . 
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ment of its Curator, who, with the permission cf the Council, has 
continued his Lectures therein to the York School of Medicine, He 
has likewise delivered a series of highly interesting Lectures on 
Chemistry, in the Theatre of the Museum, to which the Members of 
the Society were almost gratuitously admitted;* and the Council 
feel assured that had they been able to give sufficient publicity to this 
fact, previous to the commencement of the course, the interesting 
nature of the subject, and Mr. Barker’s well known talents as a 
lecturer, would have ensured a more numerous audience. Mr. Addams 
w^as likewise engag-ed bv the Council, and delivered three most 
interesting lectures on the Electric Telegraph of Professor Wheat¬ 
stone and on the Solidification of Carbonic-Acid Gas. 
The Observatory has undergone several repairs during the past 
year ; the usual Observations have been persevered in with diligence, 
and several interesting phenomena noted. A new Barometer and 
Thermometer have been placed therein by the liberality of the 
Curator, who Contemplates the delivery of a few Lectures in the 
course of the present year, the proceeds to be applied in improving 
the instrumental power of the Observatory. 
Following out the suggestions of the Council, as contained in the 
last Report, the Curator of Meteorological Instruments has made 
thirty-six Horary Observations, during the Vernal and Autumnal 
Equinoxes, and the Summer and Winter Solstices ; andM. Quetelet, 
of Brussels, has confessed the importance of them, in a letter ad¬ 
dressed to the Council, in acknowledgement of the receipt of those 
for the Vernal Equinox. From these observations the following 
results have been deduced, viz. : 
Vernal Equinox, Mean of 24 Obs, 36.‘^79 occurring bet. 8 and 9 a.m. and 7 & 8 p.m. 
Summer Solstice.24 .... 6I.®87 .7 and 8 a.m. and 6 and 7 p.m. 
Autumnal Equinox .... 24 .... 48.®00 .at 10 a.m. and at 7 p.m. 
Winter Solstice. 24 .... 49.®33 between 10 and 11 a.m. and not again. 
The Curator has likewise continued his register of the Meteorological 
Phenomena at York, of which the subjoined Table gives the annual 
results :— 
* 2s. only being charged by the Council for a ticket of admission to the 
twelve lectures, to defray the cost of lighting, attendance, &c. 
