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RefNoCMP/3/133
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date15 April 1869
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 Augustus Abel; William Benjamin Carpenter; Jacob Lockhart Clarke; Frederick Currey; Warren De La Rue; William Henry Flower; Captain Douglas Galton; John Peter Gassiot; John Marshall; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; Joseph Prestwich; Captain George Henry Richards; William Sharpey; Archibald Smith; George Gabriel Stokes; Colonel Alexander Strange; the President, Lieutenant-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. The President stated that upon the application of Sir Francis Grant, he had given permission for the Royal Academy to have works of art intended for exhibition brought in by the front door of Burlington House, for that year only. Letter from the Faculty of Medicine in Prague, presenting a medal in honour of Professor J.E. Purkinje, Foreign Member, received with thanks. Letter from W.G. Romaine, Admiralty, 19 March 1869, to the President of the Royal Society, full text entered into the minutes: Dr Carpenter and his assistants would be entertained aboard HMS Porcupine during the deep sea dredging expedition, at the Government's expense. The Meteorological Office of the Board of Trade to be placed on the free distribution list for the Catalogue of Scientific Papers. The selection of candidates for Fellowship of the Royal Society was considered, discussed, and adjourned to the next meeting. List of bills for payment, for printing and lithography.
Extent2p; pp.466-467
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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