| 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: William Henry Brande; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederic Daniell; Bryan Donkin; Sir John William Lubbock; Richard Phillips; Peter Mark Roget; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine; Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sykes; Reverend Robert Willis; 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 John Frederick Goddard, 20 London Street, Fitzroy Square, 4 March 1841, to President and Council of the Royal Society, full text entered into the mnutes: on his discoveries in the daguerreotype and a packet to be sealed and deposited in the Society's archives. Letter from John Frederick Herschel, Collingwood, 23 February 1841, to Peter Mark Roget, full text entered into the minutes: Monsieur Melloni has been nominated by the King of the Two Sicilies to its central board of meteorological observations and Herschel requests that copies of the Royal Society's publications on the subject be sent to Melloni; he annexes a paper by Luke Howard and some meteorological observations from Mauritius, noting that the mass of such observations would quickly become unmanageable. Letter from Mr. Ryland relating to a petition from the Birmingham Philosophical Society on tax exemptions. Letter from Mr. Few, Covent Garden, 13 February 1841, to Sir John Wlliam Lubbock, full text entered into the minutes: requesting a cheque for £82 10s., the rate for the Society's acreage; an appeal has been lodged and the Society is indemnified by Mr. Sibthorp; with the appeal pending the amount should be impounded until matters are decided, the Chief Baron has a strong opinion. Resolved that 1,000 copies of the catalogue of non-scientific books be printed. List of bills to be paid. Dr. Jorg, residing in Havana, has ordered magnetic and meteorological instruments recommended by the Royal Society and requests to be placed on the list of observatories adopting the British system, granted. Resolved to refer to the Committee of Physics, including Meteorology, the best method of applying observations being accumulated by the Society. Mr. Christie reported no progress with the Society of Antiquaries on gas lighting and heating. Letter from Thomas Glanville Taylor, 17 Melbury Terrace, Dorset Square, 9 March 1841, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, full text entered into the minutes: requesting access to meteorological registers and asking to borrow volumes of Philosophical Transactions, granted. William Hutton requested an extension to the time for admission to the Fellowship, granted. Copies of Philosophcal Transactions to be granted to the Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Milan. |