Accademia dei Georgifili di Firenze-Rendiconti della Adunanze. Triennio V. Anno 1. Dispense 1-6. 8vo. 1863. 1863. 1863. Actuaries, Institute of-Assurance Magazine, No. 52. 8vo. Proceedings. Vol. V. Nos. 49-58. Vol. VI. Nos. 1-10. 8vo. 1862. Annalen der kön. Sternwarte bei München. Band XI. 8vo. 1862. Bombay Geographical Society-Transactions. Vol. XVI. 8vo. 1863. Boston Society of Natural History, U.S.-Journal. Vol. VII. Nos. 2, 3. 8vo. Briscoe, John Ivatt, Esq. M.P. M.R.I.-W. A. Broomfield: Flora Vectensis [of the Isle of Wight]. With Map. Ed. Sir W. J. Hooker and T. B. Salter. 8vo. 1856. British Association for the Advancement of Science-Report of the Thirty-second British Meteorological Society-Proceedings, Vol. I. No. 8. 8vo. 1863. Brown, Robert, Esq. (the Author)-Elements of Musical Science. 4to. 1860. Burdett-Coutts, Miss, M.R.I.-The Lignite Formation of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire. By W. Pengelly and O. Heer. (Phil. Trans. Vol. II. 1862.) 4to. 1863. Chemical Society-Journal, Nos. 8, 9, 10. 8vo. 1863. Colburn, Zerah, Esq. (the Author)-Steam-Boiler Explosions. (K 90) 8vo. 1860. Athenæum for July to October, 1863. 4to. Chemical News for July to October, 1863. 4to. 8vo. 1863. 4to. Journal of Gas-Lighting for July to October, 1863. 1863. 4to. 8vo. 1863. Nos. 3, 4, 5. 8vo. 1863. Geological Institute, Vienna-Jahrbuch, 1863. No. 3. 8vo. Gulliver, G. Esq. (the Author)—Hunterian Oration, 1863. (K 90) 8vo. Hawkins, James, Esq. (the Author)-The Physical, Moral, and Intellectual Constitution of the Deaf and Dumb. 12mo. 1863. Horticultural Society, Royal-Proceedings, 1863. No. 7. 8vo. James, Sir Henry, C.E. Director of the Ordnance Survey-Extension of the Triangulation of the Ordnance Survey into France and Belgium. 4to. 1863. London, Corporation of―Third Supplement to Library Catalogue. 8vo. 1863. Lubbock, John, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I. (the Author)—A Visit to the Ancient Shell Mounds of Scotland. (From Nat. Hist. Rev. 1863.) On the Development of Chloëon (Ephemera) Dimidiatum. Part 1. (From Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. XXIV.) 4to. 1863. Mechanical Engineers' Institution, Birmingham — Proceedings, November, 1862; January, 1863. 8vo. Medical and Chirurgical Society, Royal-Proceedings, Vol. IV. No. 4. 8vo. 1863. Additions to Library. No. 6. 8vo. 1863. Neale, E. Vansittart, Esq. M.R.I. (the Author)—Analogy of Thought and Nature investigated. 16to. 1863. Newton, Messrs.-London Journal (New Series) for July to October, 1863. 8vo. Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science-Transactions. Vol. I. Part 1. 1863. 8vo. Petermann, A. Esq. (the Editor)-Mittheilungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9. 4to. 1863. 1863. Photographic Society-Journal, Nos. 135-138. 8vo. Royal Society of London-Proceedings, Nos. 56, 57. 8vo. 1863. Philosophical Transactions, 1862: Vol. CLII. Part 2. 1863 Vol. CLIII. Part 1. 4to. Silliman, Professors (the Editors) - American Journal of Science, Nos. 106, 107. 8vo. 1863. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.—Annual Report for 1861. 8vo. 1862. 1863. Noel, Edward, Esq.-A Piece of Magnesium Ore, a very pure arbonate, from the island of Eubœa. GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. Monday, December 7, 1863. WILLIAM POLE, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. John Frederick Bateman, Esq. F.R.S. John Berners, Esq. John Charles Bucknill, M.D. F.R.C.P. Lady Everest. J. Warrington Haward, Esq. M.R.C.S. Robert James Lee, Esq. B.A. Cantab. Lieut.-Col. Archibald Park. William Stones, Esq. were elected Members of the Royal Institution. Ernest Hart, Esq. T. Harrington Tuke, Esq. were admitted Members of the Royal Institution. The Secretary announced the following additions to "the Donation Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Researches" (see page 151). H.R.H. The Count of Paris. £50 Miss Harriet Moore Miss Julia Moore . William Pole, Esq. Treas. R.I. T. Harrington Tuke, Esq. 50 (The same promised for next year.) 5 20 100 20 10 10s. The following Resolution was passed unanimously : "RESOLVED, That considering the relation of science to mankind, and the progress of research and discovery in the Royal Institution during a long series of years, it is in the opinion of this Meeting a fit, important, and highly worthy object of the Members of the body to appropriate Funds for the development of Original Research in their Laboratories under their present Professors." Read the following Proposed Alterations, or Suspensions, of the Bye-Laws, to be considered at the General Monthly Meeting, February 1, 1864 : "We, the Undersigned, propose that the following Alterations, or Suspensions, be made in the Bye-Laws of the Royal Institution:: "1. That the Bye-Law, Chap. XI. Art. 2, be suspended for the years 1864, 1865, and 1866. "2. That the Bye-Law, Chap. XXI. Art. 4, be suspended for the years 1864, 1865, and 1866. "3. That so much of the Bye-Law, Chap. XXI. Art. 6, as provides that the Expenses of the Laboratory be not permitted to exceed the sum of 4007. per annum, be suspended for the years 1864, 1865, and 1866. 4. "That the Bye-Law, Chap. XXI. Art. 7, be suspended for the years 1864, 1865, and 1866. WILLIAM POLE. JOHN C. BURGOYNE. The Managers reported the engagement of Mr. William Fletcher Barrett and Mr. John Broughton, as skilled Assistants in the Laboratories of the Royal Institution. LECTURE ARRANGEMENTS for the ensuing Season :— Christmas Lectures, 1863. (Adapted to a Juvenile Auditory.) Prof. TYNDALL, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, 'On Electricity at Rest and Electricity in Motion.' Before Easter, 1864. Prof. TYNDALL, F.R.S.-Twelve Lectures, 'On Experimental Optics.' JOHN LUBBOCK, Esq. F.R.S.-Three Lectures, 'On the Antiquity of Man.' Prof. FRANKLAND, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, 'On the Metallic Elements.' Prof. MARSHALL, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, On the Chemical Phenomena of Animal Life.' After Easter. Prof. HELMHOLTZ, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, On the Natural Law of Conservation of Energy.' Prof. J. BLACKIE-Two Lectures on Homer. Prof. FRANKLAND, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, 'On the Metallic Elements.' Prof. MARSHALL, F.R.S.-Six Lectures, 'On the Morphological Phenomena of Animal Life.' JOHN HULLAH, Esq.-Six Lectures, 'On the Third Period of Musical History: from cir. 1600 to cir. 1750.' ALEXANDER HErschel, Esq.-Four Lectures, 'On Falling Stars and Meteorolites.' The PRESENTS received since the last Meeting were laid on the table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same: viz. FROM Lords of the Admiralty, through J. R. Hinde, Esq.-The Nautical Almanac for 1865, 1866, 1867. 8vo 1862-3. Actuaries, Institute of-Assurance Magazine, No. 53. 8vo. 1863. British Architects, Institute of-Sessional Papers. Part I. Nos. 1, 2. 4to. 1863. College of Surgeons of England, Royal-Catalogue of the Pathological Specimens in their Museum. Supplement I. 4to. 1863. Cole, Henry, C.B., Secretary of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education-Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Medieval and Renaissance and more Recent Periods, on Loan at the South Kensington Museum in 1862. 8vo. 1863. Editors-Artizan for November, 1863. 4to. Athenæum for November, 1863. 4to. Chemical News for November, 1863. Engineer for November, 1863. fol. Horological Journal, Nos. 63, 64. 8vo. 1863. Journal of Gas-Lighting for November, 1863. 4to. 8vo. Practical Mechanics' Journal for November, 1863. 4to. Technologist for November, 1863. 8vo. Electrician for November, 1863. 4to. Faraday, Professor, D.C.L., F.R.S. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien :Math. Nat. Classe: Denkschriften. Band XXI. 4to. 1863. Sitzungsberichte: I Abth. Band XLV. 3, 4, 5. Band XLVI. Band XLVII. 1, 2, 3. 8vo. 1862-3. II. Abth. Band XLVI. XLVII. 8vo. 1862-3. J. R. Lorenz-Physikalische Verhältnisse und Vertheilung der Organismen im Quarnerischen Golfe. 8vo. 1863. Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania-Journal, No. 454. 8vo. 1862. Geographical Society, Royal-Proceedings, Vol. VII. Nos. 3, 4, 5. 8vo. 1863. Geological Society -Quarterly Journal, No. 76. 8vo. 1863. Hekekyan Bey, C.E. (the Author)—Treatise on the Chronology of Siriadic Monuments. 8vo. 1863. Herschel, Sir John F. Bart. F.R.S. (the Author)-An Essay, entitled The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre, considered in reference to the Choice of a Standard of Length. (K 90) 8vo. 1863. Horticultural Society, Royal-Proceedings, 1863. No. 8. 8vo. Linnean Society-Proceedings, No. 27. 8vo. 1863. Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, Royal-Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. Vol. XLVI. 8vo. 1863. Newton, Messrs.-Loudon Journal (New Series) for November, 1863. 8vo. Petermann, A. Esq. (the Editor)—Mittheilungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie. No. 10. 4to. 1863. Photographic Society.-Journal, No. 139. 8vo. 1863. Reddie, James, Esq. (the Author)—Victoria Toto Calo; or, Modern Astronomy recast. (K 90) 8vo. 1863. Royal Society of London - Proceedings, No. 58. 8vo. 1863. Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Kön.-Abhandlungen. Vol. IX. No. 4. Vol. X. No. 4. 8vo. 1863. Berichte. 1863. 8vo. Savory Wm. S., Esq. F.R.S. (the Author)-On Life and Death: Four Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 16to. 1863. United Service Institution, Royal-Journal, No 27. 8vo. 1863. Vereins zur Beförderung des Gewerbfleisses in Pressen — Verhandlungen, Juli und Aug. 1863. 4to. Tyndall, Professor, F.R.S.-Four Specimens of Rock Salt. 1864. WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, Friday, January 22, 1864. SIR HENRY HOLLAND, Bart. M.D. D.C.L. F.R.S. Vice-President, in the Chair. W. R. GROVE, Esq. Q.C. F.R.S. M.R.I. On Boiling Water. A PAPER by M. Donny (Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Bruxelles,' 1843) makes known the fact hat in proportion as water is deprived of air, the character of its ebullition changes, becoming |