H. C. Bond, Bromley; G. Chandra Basu, Agricultural College, Cirencester; J. Brock, Widnes; A. M. Chance, Edgbaston; J. T. Donald, Montreal; H. C. Foote, Cleveland, Ohio; W. Fox, Trinity Square, E.C.; W. R. Flett, London International College, Spring Grove; J. A. M. Fallow, South Hampstead; E. C. Gill, Staines; F. Gothard, Burton-on-Trent; J. Hunter, Edinburgh; H. Jones, Penrith; R. B. Lee, Harwood Road, S.W.; A. H. Jackson, Manchester; Joowan Singhi, Bombay; T. Jenner, Brixton Road; J. E. Johnson, Stratford, E.; W. W. J. Nicol, Birmingham; F. W. Richardson, Bradford; Joowan Singhi, Bombay; E. S. Spencer, West Square, S.E.; C. A. Serre, Manor Road, N.; J. E. Tuit, Westminster; T. Turner, Birmingham. The following were also elected as Honorary Foreign members:— F. Beilstein, P. T. Cleve, H. Debray, E. Erlenmeyer, R. Fittig, H. Helmholtz, D. Mendelieff, V. Meyer, L. Meyer. The following papers were read :— "On some Derivatives of Fluorine:" by W. R. E. Hodgkinson and F. E. Mathews. "On the Action of Chlorine on certain Metals:" by R. Cowper. "Some Notes on Hydrated Ferric Oxide and its Behaviour with Sulphuretted Hydrogen: " By L. S. Wright. "On Alpha-cyanonapthalenesulphonic Acid:" by W. R. Ditt. February 15th, 1883. Dr. Gilbert, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following papers were read :— "On some Derivatives of Diphenylene Ketone Oxide: Perkin. by A. G. "On a-Ethylvalerolactone, a-Ethyl ẞ-Methylvalerolactone, and on a remarkable Decomposition of B-Ethyl-aceto-succinic Ether: " by S. Young. March 1st, 1883. Dr. Gilbert, President, in the Chair. The following Gentlemen were elected Fellows : A. C. Abraham, Liverpool; G. Board, Colorado; C. N. Betts, Victoria Park; E. Bevan, Talgarth Road, W.; F. J. Cox, Warwick Road, W.; A. Collenette, Guernsey; S. Dyson, Middlesborough; W. T. Elliott, New York; H. B. Fulton, Mercia, Spain; C. G. Gren fell, Maidenhead; F. Halford, Cleveland Gardens, W.; W. D. Hogg, Paris; D. Hooper, Birmingham; J. J. Knight, Baltimore, U.S. ; H. F. Lowe, Oxford; T. H. Leeming, Plaistow; J. E. Marsh, Rainshill, Lancashire; W. Newton, Old Kent Road, S.E.; C. Rumble, Battersea; F. Scudder, Manchester; J. O'Sullivan, Burton-on-Trent ; S. A. Vasey, Leyton, Essex; T. D. Watson, Cross Street, E.C.; R. M. Walmsley, Sydenham; C. S. S. Webster, Bristol; F. Watts, Montserrat, West Indies. "On some Derivatives of the Isomeric C1HO Phenols: " H. E. Armstrong and E. H. Rennie. by "Chemico-microscopical Researches on the Cell-contents of Certain Plants:" by A. B. Griffiths. "On the Phenates of Amido-bases: " by R. S. Dale and C. Schorlemmer. March 15th, 1883. Dr. Gilbert, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following papers were read : : "On some Condensation-products of Aldehydes with Aceto-acetic Ether, and with Substituted Aceto-acetic Ethers:" by F. Matthews. "Contributions to the Chemistry of Fairy Rings:" by Sir J. B. Lawes, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, and R. Warington. "On Lines of no Chemical Change:" by E. J. Mills and W. M. D. Mackey. "On Homologous Spectra:" by W. N. Hartley. March 30th, 1883. (Annual General Meeting.) See page 224. April 5th, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following papers were read :— "On the Estimation of Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbonic Anhydride in Coal-gas:" by L. T. Wright. "Contributions to the Chemistry of the Cerite Metals: Brauner. by B. "Some Compounds of Antimony and Bismuth containing Two Halogens:" by R. W. Atkinson. April 19th, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, President, in the Chair. The following Gentlemen were elected Fellows: T. L. Briggs, Star Chemical Works, Fulham; J. A. Basker, Bridgewater; J. B. Coleman, Nottingham; W. H. Cannon, Cullum Street, E.C.; E. C. Conrad, Well Street, E.; C. Gillet, The Brewery, Marylebone Road; E. C. Henning, Oldbury; N. K. Humphreys, Westbury, Wilts; L. Levy, Leicester. "On the Gases evolved during the Conversion of Grass into Hay:" by P. F. Frankland and F. Jordan. "Note on an Apparatus for Fractional Distillation under Reduced Pressure:" by L. T. Thorne. 66 On the Condition in which Carbon exists in Steel; F. Abel and W. H. Deering. "On the Spectrum of Beryllium, with Observations Relative to the Position of that Metal among the Elements:" by W. N. Hartley. May 3rd, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following papers were read :— "On a New Oxide of Tellurium, on Tellurium Sulphoxide, and on a New Reaction of Tellurium Compounds: ' by E. Divers and M. Shimosé. "A Simple Modification of the Ordinary Method for effecting the Combustion of Volatile Liquids in Glaser's Furnace with an Open Tube:" by Watson Smith. On the Production of Ammonia from the Nitrogen of Minerals: " by G. Beilby. "On the Specific Gravity of Paraffin Wax, Solid, Liquid, and in Solution:" by G. Beilby. May 17th, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. Captain W. de W. Abney, F.R.S., delivered a Lecture on Photographic Action studied Spectroscopically." June 7th, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, President, in the Chair. The following papers were read : Laboratory Notes: (1.) "On the Action of Heat and Light on Cane and Invert Sugar." (2.) "On Hydroxylamine." (3.) "On the Recovery of Iodine from Organic Iodine-residues." (4.) "A Residual Phenomenon of the Electrolysis of Oil of Vitriol." (5.) “On an Alleged Test for Alcohol." (6.) "The Reaction of the CopperZinc Couple on Nitric Oxide." (7.) "On the Reducing Action of Spongy Lead:" by Dr. J. H. Gladstone and A. Tribe. "Notes on Pickering. Basic Ammonio-copper Sulphate:" by S. U. "Notes on Loew and Bokorny's Researches on the Probable Aldehydic Nature of Albumin:" by A. B. Griffiths. "Note on the Action of Sulphuric Acid (sp. gr. 1-84) upon Potassium Iodide: " by Herbert Jackson. "Action of Nitrous Anhydride on Glycerol:" by O. Masson. June 21st, 1883. Dr. W. H. Perkin, President, in the Chair. The following Gentlemen were elected Fellows : : G. S. Bowles, Kensington; C. Beringer, Garton; T. H. Coleman, Wrexham; A. Esilman, Manchester; H. E. Harrison, Great Ormond Street; C. Hulke, Deal; H. Heap, Hereford; B. Hobbs, Maidenhead; C. T. Heycock, Cambridge; W. J. Livingstone, Stepney; B. P. Lascelles, Oxford; H. R. Mill, Edinburgh; M. T. Purcell, Dublin; J. E. Richardson, Carthagena; F. G. Roberts, Upper Clapton ; W. R. Reffell, Peckham; A. Smith, Verulam Club; E. H. B. Stephenson, Clapham; A. W. Toward, Fleet Street; A. H. Samuel, Liverpool; D. Wilson, Glasgow; R. Williams, Manchester. The following papers were read :— "On Evaporation in Vacuo:" by Prof. H. McLeod. "Note on Hydrocarbons from Camphor: " by Dr. H. E. Armstrong. 66 On the Rate of Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate: Veley. "On a New Gas-burner for Heating Gas-tubes : Ramsay. by H. "Note on the Action of Allylic Iodide upon Phenol in Presence of Zinc or Aluminium-foil: by P. F. Frankland and T. Turner. "On a Bye-product of the Manufacture of Aurin:" by A. Claparède and Watson Smith. Donations to the Library, 1882-83 : "A Treatise on the Distillation of Coal-tar and Ammoniacal Liquor:" by G. Lunge: from the Publisher. "The Wave-lengths of the Principal Frauenhofer Lines of the Solar Spectrum :" by Dr. T. C. Mendenhall: from the Author. "The Minerals of New South Wales:" by A. Liversidge: from the Author. "Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales:" by A. Liversidge: from the Author. "New South Wales in 1881:" compiled and edited by Thomas Richards from the Royal Society of New South Wales. : "Reports on Gunpowders:" by F. W. Toms: from the Author. "The Comparative Effects of Two Metameric Bodies on the Growth of Nicotiana longiflora:" by J. Emerson Reynolds: from the Author. "Madeira Spectroscopic," being a Revision of 21 places in the Red Half of the Visible Solar Spectrum with a Rutherford Diffraction Grating by C. Piazzi Smyth: from the Author. "Metals: their Properties and Treatment:" by C. L. Bloxam and A. K. V. Huntington: from the Authors. "The Organic Constituents of Plants and Vegetable Substances, and their Chemical Analysis:" by C. G. Wittstein; translated, with additions, by F. Baron von Müller: from the Translator. "The Conservation of Solar Energy: a Collection of Papers and Discussions:" by C. W. Siemens: from the Author. "Inorganic Chemistry:" by H. Watts: from the Publishers. "Ueber Condensationen einiger Aldehyde mit Acetessigäther und substituirten Acetessigäthern : von. F. E. Matthews: from the Author. "Ueber einige Homologe des Resorcins:" von E. Knecht : from the Author. "Die Atomgewichte der Elemente:" von Lothar Meyer and K. Seubert from the Authors. : Researches on the Complex Inorganic Acids:" by Wolcott Gibbs : from the Author. |