Record

RefNoCMP/1/123
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date30 November 1839
DescriptionPrinted minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.

Commencing with a list of Council members present: Francis Baily; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederick Daniell; Thomas Galloway; John William Lubbock; George Rennie; Peter Mark Roget; John Forbes Royle; Captain William Henry Smyth; Robert Bently Todd; Charles Wheatstone; Reverend William Whewell; the President, Spencer Joshua Alwyn Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Report of the auditors on the Treasurer's accounts, a balance of £1,808 9s. 7d. Statement by the Treasurer on the Society's financial accounts, listing expenses as ordinary and extraordinary, including the cost of printing Philosophical Transactions 1835-1839: noting legal expenses, including defending the suit on Mablethorpe tithes, and sources of income. Dr. Roget reported on behalf of the committee on unappropriated Copley Medals, finding that 62 awards had been made in 70 years to 1800 and an additional 38 medals to 1839, therefore only one medal remained unappropriated. Letter from Charles Turnor, offering a copy of Euclid printed in 1482, accepted with thanks.
Extent3p.; pp.250-252
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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