| 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: Andrew Ainslie Common; William Crookes; Francis Darwin; Andrew Russell Forsyth; Michael Foster; Sir Douglas Galton; Alexander Henry Green; Horace Lamb; Edwin Ray Lankester; Sir Joseph Lister; Alexander Macalister; John Henry Poynting; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Arthur William Rucker; Osbert Salvin; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; Thomas Edward Thorpe; the Treasurer, Sir John Evans; Sir William Henry White; the President, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Death of James Dwight Dana. Letter from the Home Office requesting scientists to investigate a gas cylinder explosion, the Secretary to suggest forming a small committee to assist. Candidates for Fellowship considered and adjourned. Leave granted to Rev. W. R. Westropp Roberts to borrow his manuscript for transcription. Leave granted for various electrotypes. Bills for paper and other expenses. |