Excerpt from Transactions of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society, 1910, Vol. 4: Including Resume of the Work of the Society From 1900 to 1910 The present Aberdeen Philosophical Society, which was formally constituted at the beginning of 1840, has now completed its seventy-first session. Its membership originally consisted largelv of the University professors and lecturers, but, while the University connection has always been and still is a close one, the Society now numbers within its ranks members of all pro fessions and classes, and, latterly, of both sexes. Four Volumes of Transactions have now been issued. Vols. I. And II. Contain as an introduction a paper by Mr. A. D. Milne (formerly Secretary of the Society) on The History and Public Work of the Society, and Vol. III. A paper entitled A Society of Aber deen Philosophers one hundred years ago, written for Macmillan's Magazine in 1863, which describes the forma tion of the first Aberdeen Philosophical Society in 1758, and the business transacted at its meetings during its life of fifteen years. They include the Transactions of the Society from 1840 to 1900. A few copies of Volumes II. And III. Still remain, and may be had by members on application to the Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.