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Date and Place

Presidents

1883. Southport R. H. Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S.

1884. Montreal... Sir Richard Temple, Bart., G.C.S.I., C.I.E., F.R.G.S. 1885. Aberdeen... Prof. H. Sidgwick, LL.D., Litt.D.

1886. Birmingham J. B. Martin, M.A., F.S.S.

Secretaries

Rev. W. Cunningham, Prof. H. S.
Foxwell, J. N. Keynes, C. Molloy.
Prof. H. S. Foxwell, J. S. McLennan,
Prof. J. Watson.

Rev. W. Cunningham, Prof. H. S.
Foxwell, C. McCombie, J. F. Moss.
F. F. Barham, Rev. W. Cunningham,
Prof. H. S. Foxwell, J. F. Moss.

1887. Manchester Robert Giffen, LL.D.,V.P.S.S. Rev. W. Cunningham, F. Y. Edge

worth, T. H. Elliott, C. Hughes, J. E. C. Munro, G. H. Sargant.

1888. Bath......... Rt. Hon. Lord Bramwell, Prof. F. Y. Edgeworth, T. H. Elliott, H. S. Foxwell, L. L. F. R. Price.

LL.D., F.R.S.

1889. Newcastle- Prof. F. Y. Edgeworth, M.A., Rev. Dr. Cunningham, T. H. Elliott, upon-Tyne F.S.S. F. B. Jevons, L. L. F. R. Price. Prof. A. Marshall, M.A., F.S.8. W. A. Brigg, Rev. Dr. Cunningham, T. H. Elliott, Prof. J. E. C. Munro, L. L. F. R. Price.

1890. Leeds

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1891. Cardiff..............

Prof. W. Cunningham, D.D., Prof. J. Brough, E. Cannan, Prof.
D.Sc., F.S.S.
E. C. K. Gonner, H. Ll. Smith,
Prof. W. R. Sorley.

1892. Edinburgh Hon. Sir C. W. Fremantle, Prof. J. Brough, J. R. Findlay, Prof. E. C. K. Gonner, H. Higgs, L. L. F. R. Price.

K.C.B.

1893. Nottingham Prof. J. S. Nicholson, D.Sc., Prof. E. C. K. Gonner, H. de B. Gibbins, J. A. H. Green, H. Higgs, L. L. F. R. Price.

F.S.S.

F.S.S.

1894. Oxford...... Prof. C. F. Bastable, M.A., E. Cannan, Prof. E. C. K. Gonner,
W. A. S. Hewins, H. Higgs.
E. Cannan, Prof. E. C. K. Gonner,
H. Higgs.

1895. Ipswich L. L. Price, M.A.

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MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

1836. Bristol...... | Davies Gilbert, D.C.L., F.R.S. T. G. Bunt, G. T. Clark, W. West. 1837. Liverpool... Rev. Dr. Robinson

1838. Newcastle Charles Babbage, F.R.S..

1839. Birmingham Prof. Willis, F.R.S., and Robt.

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Charles Vignoles, Thomas Webster.
R. Hawthorn, C. Vignoles, T.
Webster.

W. Carpmael, William Hawkes, T.
Webster.

J. Scott Russell, J. Thomson, J. Tod,
C. Vignoles.

Henry Chatfield, Thomas Webster.
J. F. Bateman, J. Scott Russell, J.
Thomson, Charles Vignoles.
James Thomson, Robert Mallet.
Charles Vignoles, Thomas Webster.
Rev. W. T. Kingsley.

William Betts, jun., Charles Manby.
J. Glynn, R. A. Le Mesurier.
R. A. Le Mesurier, W. P. Struvé.
Charles Manby, W. P. Marshall.
Dr. Lees, David Stephenson.
John Head, Charles Manby

PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES OF THE SECTIONS.

Date and Place

Presidents

Secretaries

1852. Belfast...... John Walker, C.E., LL.D., John F. Bateman, C. B. Hancock,

F.R.S.

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Charles Manby, James Thomson.
Fairbairn, C.E., James Oldham, J. Thomson, W.

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1854. Liverpool... John Scott Russell, F.R.S. 1855. Glasgow W. J. Macquorn Rankine,

...

F.R.S.

1856. Cheltenham George Rennie, F.R.S......
1857. Dublin...... Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosse,
F.R.S.
1858. Leeds William Fairbairn, F.R.S....
1859. Aberdeen... Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.

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1860. Oxford...... Prof. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S.

1861. Manchester J. F. Bateman, C.E., F.R.S....

1862. Cambridge 1863. Newcastle

1864. Bath.......

William Fairbairn, F.R.S.
Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.

J. Hawkshaw, F.R.S.

1865. Birmingham Sir W. G. Armstrong, LL.D.,

F.R.S.

1866. Nottingham Thomas Hawksley, V.P. Inst.
C.E., F.G.S.

1867. Dundee...... Prof. W. J. Macquorn Rankine,
LL.D., F.R.S.
G. P. Bidder, C.E., F.R.G.S.

1868. Norwich

1869. Exeter C. W. Siemens, F.R.S..
1870. Liverpool... Chas. B. Vignoles, C.E., F.R.S.

1871. Edinburgh Prof. Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S.

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Sykes Ward.

J. Grantham, J. Oldham, J. Thomson.
L. Hill, W. Ramsay, J. Thomson.

C. Atherton. B. Jones, H. M. Jeffery.
Prof. Downing, W.T. Doyne, A. Tate,
James Thomson, Henry Wright.
J. C. Dennis, J. Dixon, H. Wright.
R. Abernethy, P. Le Neve Foster, H.
Wright.

P. Le Neve Foster, Rev. F. Harrison,
Henry Wright.

P. Le Neve Foster, John Robinson
H. Wright.

W. M. Fawcett, P. Le Neve Foster.
P. Le Neve Foster, P. Westmacoti.
J. F. Spencer.

P. Le Neve Foster, Robert Pitt.
P. Le Neve Foster, Henry Lea.
W. P. Marshall, Walter May.
P. Le Neve Foster, J. F. Iselin, M.
O. Tarbotton.

P. Le Neve Foster, John P. Smith,
W. W. Urquhart.

P. Le Neve Foster, J. F. Iselin, C.
Manby, W. Smith.

P. Le Neve Foster, H. Bauerman.
H. Bauerman, P. Le Neve Foster, T.
King, J. N. Shoolbred.

H. Bauerman, Alexander Leslie,
J. P. Smith.

H. M. Brunel, P. Le Neve Foster,
J. G. Gamble, J. N. Shoolbred.
Crawford Barlow, H. Bauerman,
E. H. Carbutt, J. C. Hawkshaw,
J. N. Shoolbred.

A. T. Atchison, J. N. Shoolbred, John
Smyth, jun.

W. R. Browne, H. M. Brunel, J. G.
Gamble, J. N. Shoolbred.

W. Bottomley, jun., W. J. Millar,
J. N. Shoolbred, J. P. Smith.
A. T. Atchison, Dr. Merrifield, J. N.
Shoolbred.

A. T. Atchison, R. G. Symes, H. T.
Wood.

A. T. Atchison, Emerson Bainbridge,
H. T. Wood.

A. T. Atchison, H. T. Wood.

1881. York......... Sir W. G. Armstrong, C.B., A. T. Atchison, J. F. Stephenson,

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A. T. Atchison, E. Rigg, H. T. Woɔd. 1884. Montreal.. Sir F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S., A. T. Atchison, W. B. Dawson, J.

V.P.Inst.C.E.

Kennedy, H. T. Wood.

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1886. Birmingham Sir J. N. Douglass, M.Inst. C. W. Cooke, J. Kenward, W. B. Marshall, E. Rigg.

C.E.

1887. Manchester Prof. Osborne Reynolds, M.A., C. F. Budenberg, W. B. Marshall, LL.D., F.R.S.

1888. Bath......... W.

H. Preece, F.R.S., C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, E.

M.Inst.C.E.

1889. Newcastle- W. Anderson, M.Inst.C.E.

upon-Tyne

1890. Leeds

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E. Rigg.

Rigg, P. K. Stothert.

C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, Hon.
C. A. Parsons, E. Rigg.

Capt. A. Noble, C.B., F.R.S., E. K. Clark, C. W. Cooke, W. B.
F.R.A.S.
Marshall, E. Rigg.

1891, Cardiff...... T. Forster Brown, M.Inst.C.E., C. W. Cooke, Prof. A. C. Elliott,

1892. Edinburgh Prof. W. C. Unwin, F.R.S.,

M.Inst.C.E.

W. B. Marshall, E. Rigg.
C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, W. C.
Popplewell, E. Rigg.

1893. Nottingham Jeremiah Head, M.Inst.C.E., C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, E.

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1894. Oxford...... Prof. A. B. W. Kennedy, Prof. T. Hudson Beare, C. W. Cooke, F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E. W. B. Marshall, Rev. F. J. Smith. 1895. Ipswich Prof. L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, Prof. T. Hudson Beare, C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, P. G. M. Stoney.

...

M.A., M.Inst.C.E.

SECTION H.—ANTHROPOLOGY.

1884. Montreal... | E. B. Tylor, D.C.L., F.R.S.... | G. W. Bloxam, W. Hurst. 1885. Aberdeen... Francis Galton, M.A., F.R.S. G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, W. Hurst, Dr. A. Macgregor.

1886. Birmingham Sir G. Campbell, K.C.S.I., G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, W.

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1889. Newcastle- Prof. Sir W. Turner, M.B., G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. upon-Tyne

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R. Morison, Dr. R. Howden.

G. W. Bloxam, Dr. C. M. Chadwick,
Dr. J. G. Garson.

G. W. Bloxam, Prof. R. Howden, H.
Ling Roth, E. Seward.

G. W. Bloxam, Dr. D. Hepburn, Prof.
R. Howden, H. Ling Roth.

G. W. Bloxam, Rev. T. W. Davies,
Prof. R. Howden, F. B. Jevons,
J. L. Myres.

1894. Oxford...... Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., H. Balfour, Dr. J. G. Garson, H. Ling

1895. Ipswich

...

F.R.S.

Roth.

Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, J. L. Myres, Rev. J. J. Raven, H.
D.C.L.
Ling Roth.

SECTION I.-PHYSIOLOGY (including EXPERIMENTAL
PATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY).

1894. Oxford...... | Prof. E. A. Schäfer, F.R.S., Prof F. Gotch, Dr. J. S. Haldane, M. S. Pembrey.

M.R.C.S.

SECTION K.-BOTANY.

1895. Ipswich W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S. | Prof. F. E. Weiss, A. C. Seward.

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Date and Place

LIST OF EVENING LECTURES.

Lecturer

Subject of Discourse

1842. Manchester Charles Vignoles, F.R.S...... The Principles and Construction of

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Atmospheric Railways.
The Thames Tunnel.
The Geology of Russia.

The Dinornis of New Zealand.

The Distribution of Animal Life in the Ægean Sea.

The Earl of Rosse's Telescope.
Geology of North America.

The Gigantic Tortoise of the Siwalik
Hills in India.

Progress of Terrestrial Magnetism. Geology of Russia.

Fossil Mammalia of the British Isles. Valley and Delta of the Mississippi. Properties of the Explosive Substance discovered by Dr. Schönbein; also some Researches of his own on the Decomposition of Water by Heat.

1847. Oxford...... Rev. Prof. B. Powell, F.R.S. Shooting Stars. Prof. M. Faraday, F.R.S.......

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Magnetic and Diamagnetic Pheno

mena.

The Dodo (Didus ineptus). Metallurgical Operations of Swansea and its Neighbourhood. Recent Microscopical Discoveries. Mr. Gassiot's Battery. Transit of different Weights with varying Velocities on Railways. Passage of the Blood through the minute vessels of Animals in connection with Nutrition. Extinct Birds of New Zealand. Distinction between Plants and Ani

mals, and their changes of Form. Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. Recent Discoveries in the properties of Light.

Recent Discovery of Rock-salt at Carrickfergus, and geological and practical considerations connected with it.

1853. Hull......... Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S., Some peculiar Phenomena in the

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Geology and Physical Geography of Yorkshire.

The present state of Photography. Anthropomorphous Apes.

Progress of Researches in Terrestrial Magnetism.

Characters of Species.

Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities and Ethnology.

Recent Discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia, with the results of Cuneiform Research up to the present time.

Correlation of Physical Forces.

Date and Place

1857 Dublin..... 1858. Leeds

Lecturer

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Prof. W. Thomson, F.R.S. Rev. Dr. Livingstone, D.C.L. Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D.,F.R.S. Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. 1859. Aberdeen... Sir R. I. Murchison, D.C.L.... Rev. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S.

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1860. Oxford...... Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S.
Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N.
1861. Manchester Prof. W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S.
G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron.
Royal.

1862 Cambridge Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.
Prof. Odling, F.R.S......
Prof. Williamson, F.R.S.......

1863. Newcastle

Subject of Discourse

The Atlantic Telegraph.
Recent Discoveries in Africa.
The Ironstones of Yorkshire.
The Fossil Mammalia of Australia.
Geology of the Northern Highlands.
Electrical Discharges in highly
rarefied Media.

Physical Constitution of the Sun.
Arctic Discovery.
Spectrum Analysis.

The late Eclipse of the Sun.

The Forms and Action of Water.
Organic Chemistry.

The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat-
tery considered in relation to
Dynamics.

James Glaisher, F.R.S......... The Balloon Ascents made for the

1864. Bath......... Prof. Roscoe, F.R.S..

Dr. Livingstone, F.R.S. 1865. Birmingham J. Beete Jukes, F.R.S.

British Association.

The Chemical Action of Light.
Recent Travels in Africa.
Probabilities as to the position and

extent of the Coal-measures be-
neath the red rocks of the Mid-
land Counties.

1866. Nottingham William Huggins, F.R.S....... The results of Spectrum Analysis

applied to Heavenly Bodies.

Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S....... Insular Floras. 1867. Dundee...... Archibald Geikie, F.R.S.......

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Alexander Herschel, F.R.A.S.
J. Fergusson, F.R.S.............

Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S.......
Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S.
J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.
1870. Liverpool... Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.

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Prof.W.J. Macquorn Rankine,
LL.D., F.R.S.

1871. Edinburgh F. A. Abel, F.R.S........

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The Geological Origin of the present
Scenery of Scotland.

The present state of Knowledge re-
garding Meteors and Meteorites.
Archæology of the early Buddhist
Monuments.

Reverse Chemical Actions.
Vesuvius.

The Physical Constitution of the
Stars and Nebulæ.

The Scientific Use of the Imagina-
tion.

Stream-lines and Waves, in connection with Naval Architecture. Some Recent Investigations and Applications of Explosive Agents. The Relation of Primitive to Modern Civilisation.

Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., Insect Metamorphosis.

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The Aims and Instruments of Scien-
tific Thought.

Coal and Coal Plants.
Molecules.

Common Wild Flowers considered
in relation to Insects.

The Hypothesis that Animals are
Automata, and its History.
The Colours of Polarised Light.
Railway Safety Appliances.
Force.

Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. The Challenger Expedition.

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