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: Thomas Bell; Reverend James Booth; Benjamin Collins Brodie; Charles Brooke; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Peter Gassiot; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Henry Bence Jones; George Newport; William Sharpey; Admiral William Henry Smyth; William Spence; Nathaniel Wallich; the Vice-President and Treasurer, Edward Sabine, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. List of salaries for Officers and staff of the Royal Society. List of bills for payment, for printig, engraving and for other services. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals: the Copley Medal awarded to Heinrich Wilhelm Dove; a Royal Medal in the Natural History Sciences awarded to Charles Darwin for his work on geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands and on South America, and for his work on fossil Cirrhipeda; and a Royal Medal in the Physical Sciences awarded to John Tyndall for his work on diamagnetism. List of President, Officers and Members of Council to serve in the ensuing year. |