| Description | Printed 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; Sir John Barrow; Thomas Bell; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederick Daniell; Thomas Graham; Sir John William Lubbock; Peter Mark Roget; Major Edward Sabine; Robert Bently Todd; 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. Letter from M. Dumas in thanks for his election as a Foreign Member. Letter from William Wyon stating that he had received instructions from Sir Henry Wheatley to strike two Royal Medals for each of the years 1838-1840. Letter from William Shuckard, 18 November 1840, to John William Lubbock, text of an extract entered into the minutes: the Catalogue of Letters is complete, with a short preface; all presents of books received since his appointment have been kept and can be entered into the Library Catalogue, possibly by the Anniversary Meeting. Letter from Messrs. Few and Company, Covent Garden, 11 November 1840, to R. E. Vanheythusen, full text entered into the minutes: on dividends payable to the Foundling Hospital and the costs of litigation. Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, 12 November 1840, to Sir John William Lubbock, full text entered into the minutes: on Sir Clifton Wintringham's will, enclosing the letter to the Foundling Hospital's solicitor; and enclosing a letter on the Mablethorpe tithes. Letter from Few and Company, Covent Garden, 7 November 1840, to Messrs Scott and Bennett, with a reply, full text of both letters entered into the minutes: the Royal Society's offer of 4s. per acre per annum on the Mablethorpe tithes has been accepted by Scott and Bennett's client. Application from Woronzow Greig for a copy of his grandfather's paper on lamp black and linseed oil, granted. Request from Colonel Everest that his catalogue of stars be observed at the Royal Observatory, communicated to the Astronomer Royal. Award of Royal Society medals: Jean Baptiste Biot (Rumford Medal), Sir John Herschel (Royal Medal), Charles Wheatstone (Royal Medal), Justus von Liebig (Copley Medal), Jacques Charles Francois Sturm (Copley Medal). List of bills to be paid, for printing, medals and various other expenses. Letter from Ernest Knorr, London, 17 November 1840, to JohnWilliam Lubbock [?], full text [in French] entered into the minutes: wth a resolution that Knorr's request for the invariable pendulum be acceeded to, the instrument sent to Troughton and Simms to be placed at his disposal, and another made at the expense of the University of Kasan. |