Record

RefNoCMP/1/214
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date30 November 1846
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: Sir William Burnett; Samuel Hunter Christie; Thomas Galloway; William Robert Grove; Leonard Horner; Peter Mark Roget; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine; Dr. William Sharpey; Captain William Henry Smyth; Charles Wheatstone; 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 of the Treasurer's accounts, noting a balance of £1,885 13s. 2d.
Extent1p.; p.542
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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