Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ... and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for improving Natural Knowledge. "May it please Your Royal Highness, "We, the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for improving Natural Knowledge, approach your Royal Highness with the expression of our heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty Disposer of Events for the protection of Her Majesty and Your Royal Highness from the traitorous attack of an assassin, and to offer ourincere congratulations for the safety of a life so important to the welfare of this great empire, as well as to the happiness of our beloved Sovereign. "In offering these our sentiments, we cannot forget that Your Royal Highness, by becoming one of our members, has proclaimed to the world Your Royal Highness'a attachment to those sciences for the advancement of which our Society was established, and which. tend at the same time to the glory of the nation that protects them, and to the happiness of the whole civilized world." These Addresses were unanimously adopted by the Society. The following letter was read from G. G. Anson, Esq., addressed to the President, enclosing a specimen of a deposit with which nine acres of land near Exeter, belonging to Lord Radnor, had been covered after the subsidence of a flood, and which was sent by H.R.H. Prince Albert, F.R.S.: --"Buckingham Palace, June 8, 1840. "My Dear Lord, "His Royal Highness Prince Albert has commanded me to forward to you the enclosed specimen, which has been sent up to His Royal Highness from Lord Radnor's place near Exeter, where nine acres of land were covered with this curious substance after a flood had subsided. His Royal Highness thinks it very probable that the subject may already have been brought before the Royal Socie...