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LIVERPOOL. Astronomical Society, October 10.—Mr. W. F. Denning, of Bristol, President, in the chair.—This was the first meeting of the seventh session, and sixty-one candidates were proposed as members.—In his opening address the President referred to the last volume of their Journal as exhibiting the varied and attractive character of the work in which the members had been engaged. The angular measurements of fifty binary stars had been completed, and a valuable series of illustrated articles on lunar objects had been published. The remarkable dark patches in the “crape” ring of Saturn were observed and described by members at Bedford, and Louvain in Belgium. There had been a wide-felt regret that the objects of the Society's Eclipse Expedition of August 19 had been defeated by cloudy weather. Observations of “Jupiter had been reported, and the increase in the rotation-period of his red spot fully verified. The meteoric section had made considerable progress. To the several members who had so practically aided the Society in its efforts to promote a knowledge of astronomy their warmest thanks were due. The ensuing session gave promise of increased activity, particularly in the stellar, planetary, and meteoric sections. The action of the American members in having so disinterestedly set aside national prejudices to enter into a bond of fellowship with English observers, had afforded great satisfaction, and must lead to a considerable extension in the Society's connexions and sphere of usefulness. The Society owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. W. H. Davies, F.R.A.S., the Hon. Secretary, for the untiring zeal which he had displayed in a very laborious office during several years. Undoubtedly a great future lay before the Liverpool Astronomical Society if its members continued their hitherto united policy. Individual interests and ambitions must be made subordinate to greater aims.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 36, 623–624 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036623b0
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