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MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS OF 
The Committee are glad to be able to publish with this Beport, Lieut.- 
Colonel Miller's excellent Lecture on the Bohemian Campaign, the manu¬ 
script of which he has been good enough to place at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
J. H. Pepper, Esq., E.C.S. 
Charles Salaman, Esq. 
The Bev. J. Bellew 
On the Phenomena of Polarized Light. 
( Musical Lecture on Beethoven and his Com* 
\ positions. 
r The following Headings:—Horatius, Horatio 
J Sparkins, Clarence’s Dream, Cox’s Diary, 
j The Charge of the Light Brigade at 
C. Balaclava. 
C The Philosophy and Phenomena of Sound, in 
The Bev. C. B. Power, M.A., E.C.S. \ relation to the Physics of Music and Musical 
C. Instruments. 
Lieut.-Colonel E. Miller, W., B. A. ... { of 1866 in Bohemia and along 
William Stokes, Esq ... Memory, and its Cultivation. 
Colonel E. Eardley-Wilmot, B.A., E.B.S. The Mariner’s Compass. 
Sidney Ovven, Esq, . The British Conquest of the Carnatic. 
War^Departmenf ^' ^ fhe| Recently proposed Substitutes for Gunpowder. 
14. Model Room .—Specimens of all projectiles adopted into the 
Service during the past year have been kindly presented by the Secretary of 
State for War. 
List of Service Projectiles , fyc., presented to the Institution , by 
IL M. Government . 
Parachute light balls, 10", 8", and 5£", 7 a 
and section of 10" with fuze.j 
Wood time fuzes for do do . 3 
Bifle musket, Enfield pattern 1853, con- 
verted on Snider plan to breech-loader, > 1 
with ramrod and bayonet. j 
Specimens of iron cast in chill. 2 
Electric tubes. 2 
Pettman’s general service percussion 
fuze ... 
Beeves’ case shot for 9", 7", and 12 or 
9-pr. guns. 
In compliance with Buie V. the following Officers retire from the 
Committee, and are not eligible for re-election;— 
Colonel W. Gardner, Capt. Bruce, Capt. Molony, Major Hickes. 
The following Members have also left the Garrison, and the vacancies thus 
occasioned have been filled up by the Committee, subject to the approval of 
tjie General Meeting:— 
Captain Anley, by Captain E. Whinyatesi 
H Sandham, » „ Noble. 
Lieut. J. M. Murray » Lieut. Marshall. 
Surgeon-Major Combe, M.D; has been elected vice Surgeon-Major Litle* 
AiBi deceased. 
