ROYAL SOCIETY.
19th January 1332. Dr. BOSTOCK, V.P. in the Chair. The following papers were read; viz.-Experimental Researches in Voltaic Electricity; by the Rev. W. Ritchie, M. F.R.S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of London. and in the Royal Institution. On the Perturbations of the Planets ; by James Ivory, M.A. FRS.
Charles Boileau Elliot, Esq. of Queen's College, Cambridge, and of Portland Place, was proposed as Candidate for Election.
The following presents were announced-A set of Birman Weights, brought from Rangoon by Lieutenant M. C. Friend. The Anti-Slavery Reporter, Vol. V. No. 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society from 2241 November to 13th December 1831. Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Vol. H. The Edin- burgh Journal of Science, No. X. Theoretical Chart of the General Succession and Disposition of the Strata and Rocks composing the Surface of the Globe.
26th January, 1839. S. W, LIMIMGR, Esq. V.P. and Treasurer in the Chair. The second part of Mr. Ritchie's paper on Electical Agency was retuL The following presents were announced-On the computation of the part of the co- efficients of the great inequality of Jupiter and Saturn, which depends on the square of the disturbing force. By Professor Plana. Five impressions of at copper plate exhibit • ing a new style of engraving, presented by W. Pole, Esq.-On the peculiar advantages of the Arabic Notation, by W. Frond, Esq.
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