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RefNoCMP/3/46
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date10 April 1862
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: Sir William George Armstrong; Benjamin Guy Babington; Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie; George Bowdler Buckton; William Benjamin Carpenter; Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton; William Fairbairn; Captain Douglas Galton; William Robert Grove; John Lubbock; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; James Paget; Joseph Prestwich; William Sharpey; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; John Tyndall; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Sir William Armstrong and Mr. Grove made and subscribed to the declaration in lieu of the oath. The library of Stonyhurst College placed on the list of institutions to receive the Proceedings, in exchange for the College's annual meteorological reports. List of candidates selected to be recommended to the Fellowship for election to the Society. Bill for payment, for binding.
Extent2p; pp.121-122
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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