RefNoCMP/2/112
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date18 May 1854
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: Thomas Bell; Reverend James Booth; Samuel Hunter Christie; Warren De La Rue; William Robert Grove; Thomas Henry Huxley; Henry Bence Jones; Sir Frederick Pollock; the Reverend Baden Powell; William Sharpey; Admiral William Henry Smyth; William Tite; Charles Wheatstone; the President, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Resolved that at the time of nomination, Lord Wrottesley would be recommended to the Royal Society as President. Resolved, on the motion of Colonel Sabine, seconded by Mr. Bence Jones, that it would be recommended to the Parliamentary Committee to promote the application made to Government to house the scientific societies of the metropolis in a central and convenient locality. Thomas Graham was appointed as the Bakerian Lecturer for the present session. Resolved that the practice of the Society accepting sealed packets on deposit should be discontinued. The application by Warren De La Rue and Henry Bence Jones that members of the Chemical Society should be supplied with Proceedings for the sum of £20 was referred to the Officers to report on.
Extent1p; p.284
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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