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TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date24 March 1870
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: Frederick Currey; Warren de La Rue; Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton; John Gwyn Jeffreys; John Marshall; Augustus Matthiessen; William Allen Miller; William Hallowes Miller; Captain George Henry Richards; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury; William Sharpey; Charles William Siemens; Archibald Smith; Henry John Stephen Smith; George Gabriel Stokes; John Tyndall; Alexander William Williamson; the President, General Sir Edward Sabine, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Report of the Committee appointed to examine the proposal of Mr. Lockyer of an appropriation from the Government Grant for a large telescope to research into the Sun, full text entered into the minutes: the committee did not recommend a large appropriation, but having examined the new spectroscope under construction for Lockyer, considered that a smaller sum for the modification of the instrument might enable Lockyer to continue his researches; approved and the report to be communicated to the Government Grant Committee. The Secretary tabled a collection of twenty-four autograph letters by Voltaire, Buffon, Fontenelle and others, addressed to James Jurin, presented by Charles William Knyvett through whom the portrait of Dr. Jurin had been donated: thanks returned for the collection. Letter from George Verdon, Agent General for Victoria, on the subject of the Melbourne Telescope, with enclosures, to be handed to the Melbourne Telescope Committee, in order to be printed if the committee sees fit. Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Strange desiring a reconsideration of his proposal on barometrical and thermometrical standards: Council does not depart from its previous decision, but recognises the importance of Colonel's Strange's objective. Letter from Dr. Carpenter suggesting an exploration of the deep sea should be extended to regions of the south of Europe and the Mediterranean: a committee to be formed to consider the proposal, with a plan for carrying it out and what instruments and appliances might be required: this to report to Council, but with power to communicate with the Admiralty. List of bills for payment, for chromolithography, printing and estate expenses.
Extent3p; pp.6-8
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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