PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
December 9, 1841.
SIR JOHN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., V.P. and Treas., in the Chair.
The reading of minutes of the Anniversary Meeting occupied the whole of this Meeting.
December 16, 1841.
LIEUT.-COLONEL WM. HENRY SYKES, V.P., in the Chair.
John Joseph Bennett, Esq., was balloted for, and duly elected a Fellow of the Society.
Samuel Elliott Hoskins, M.D., was also balloted for, but was not elected a Fellow of the Society.
The following papers were read, viz. : —
- ' Papers from the several Magnetic Observatories established in
India, addressed to the Secretary of the Royal Society, by direction of the Honourable East India Company.** Communicated by P. M. Roget, M.D., Sec. R.S.
1. The Magnetic Observatory at Singapore.
Twenty- seven anemometer curves. Eight magnetic observations for February 1841. Anemometer curves for March, April and May 1841. Magnetic observations made on the term-days in November and December 1840, and January 1841, with an abstract of the magnetic and meteorological instruments, from the commencement of December 1840 to the end of January 1841.
Daily curves of certain magnetic instruments during the months of December 1840 and January 1841. Monthly curves for December 1840 and January 1841.
2. The Magnetic Observatory at Madras.
Term-day curves for the months of January, February, March, April, May and June 1841.
