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RefNoCMP/1/22
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date6 March 1834
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; Peter Barlow; William Thomas Brande; Benjamin Collins Brodie; Marc Isambard Brunel; John George Children; Michael Faraday; Davies Gilbert; George Bellas Greenough; Reverend Dr. Philip Jennings; William Hasledine Pepys; Peter Mark Roget; Captain William Henry Smyth; the Treasurer, John William Lubbock, in the chair, succeeded by the President, His Royal Highness [Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex] in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Davies Gilbert was sworn in as a member of Council. Michael Faraday presented a report on the weights of the pieces of platinum and palladium left to the Society by William Hyde Wollaston. Copies of Philosophical Transactions to be given to the Geological Society of France. Letter from Mr. J. F. Palmer requesting permission to take extracts from Mr. Hunter's correspondence and lectures, granted. Letter from Messrs. Karslake and Crealock asking for the Society's consent in routing the London and Windsor Railway through land at Acton: with a letter from the Society's solicitor, Mr. Few, noting the former application from the Great Western Railway Board and recommending further inquiries, adopted. Application from Mr. Reeves, now in Chiina, for an extension of time for admisison to the Fellowship, granted. The word 'ten' replaced by 'five' in Section III Chapter I of the Statutes.
Extent2p.; pp.39-40
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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