Year-book of the Royal Society of London, Issue 8

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Page 53 - Statis" tical Society for improving Statistical " Knowledge, and the ends for which " the same has been founded; that we " will be present at the Meetings of the " Society as often as conveniently we
Page 92 - Committee is supported by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Naval Architects, the Iron and Steel Institute, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers...
Page 51 - Society for election persons who, in their opinion, either have rendered conspicuous service to the cause of science or are such that their election would be of signal benefit to the Society...
Page 152 - Physiological Researches respecting the influence of the Brain on the action of the Heart and on the generation of animal heat; Phil.
Page 159 - The Bakerian Lecture ; an Account of some new analytical researches on the nature of certain Bodies, particularly the Alkalies, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Carbonaceous Matter, and the Acids hitherto undecompounded ; with some general Observations on Chemical Theory.
Page 55 - ... the Secretaries, or to the Treasurer, and shall have paid all such sums of money as may be due from him to the Society. 10. If any Fellow of the Society shall, contemptuously or contumeliously, disobey the Laws, Bye Laws or other regulations of the Society; or shall by speaking, writing or printing, publicly defame the Society ; or advisedly, maliciously...
Page 52 - London for the improving of natural knowledge, present you with this •small but faithful token of their regard and esteem. I do, in their name, congratulate you upon the successes you have already had, and I most sincerely wish that...
Page 53 - We who have hereunto subscribed, do hereby promise each for himself, that we will endeavour to promote the good of the Royal Society...
Page 62 - OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS. 1. THE Council may at any time call a Special General Meeting of the Society. 2. At least three days...
Page 58 - Treasurers, or some person appointed by them, shall receive, for the use of the Society, all sums of money due or payable to the Society ; and...

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