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. Rev. W. Cunningham, Prof. H. S. 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 ...... 1891. Cardiff.............. Prof. W. Cunningham, D.D., Prof. J. Brough, E. Cannan, Prof. 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, 1895. Ipswich L. L. Price, M.A. ... ............... 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. Charles Vignoles, Thomas Webster. W. Carpmael, William Hawkes, T. J. Scott Russell, J. Thomson, J. Tod, Henry Chatfield, Thomas Webster. William Betts, jun., 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. Charles Manby, James Thomson. 1854. Liverpool... John Scott Russell, F.R.S. 1855. Glasgow W. J. Macquorn Rankine, ... F.R.S. 1856. Cheltenham George Rennie, F.R.S...... 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. J. Hawkshaw, F.R.S. 1865. Birmingham Sir W. G. Armstrong, LL.D., F.R.S. 1866. Nottingham Thomas Hawksley, V.P. Inst. 1867. Dundee...... Prof. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 1868. Norwich 1869. Exeter C. W. Siemens, F.R.S.. 1871. Edinburgh Prof. Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S. Sykes Ward. J. Grantham, J. Oldham, J. Thomson. C. Atherton. B. Jones, H. M. Jeffery. P. Le Neve Foster, Rev. F. Harrison, P. Le Neve Foster, John Robinson W. M. Fawcett, P. Le Neve Foster. P. Le Neve Foster, Robert Pitt. P. Le Neve Foster, John P. Smith, P. Le Neve Foster, J. F. Iselin, C. P. Le Neve Foster, H. Bauerman. H. Bauerman, Alexander Leslie, H. M. Brunel, P. Le Neve Foster, A. T. Atchison, J. N. Shoolbred, John W. R. Browne, H. M. Brunel, J. G. W. Bottomley, jun., W. J. Millar, A. T. Atchison, R. G. Symes, H. T. A. T. Atchison, Emerson Bainbridge, A. T. Atchison, H. T. Wood. 1881. York......... Sir W. G. Armstrong, C.B., A. T. Atchison, J. F. Stephenson, 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. d 2 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 ...... ... E. Rigg. Rigg, P. K. Stothert. C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, Hon. Capt. A. Noble, C.B., F.R.S., E. K. Clark, C. W. Cooke, W. B. 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. 1893. Nottingham Jeremiah Head, M.Inst.C.E., C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, E. 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. 1889. Newcastle- Prof. Sir W. Turner, M.B., G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. upon-Tyne R. Morison, Dr. R. Howden. G. W. Bloxam, Dr. C. M. Chadwick, G. W. Bloxam, Prof. R. Howden, H. G. W. Bloxam, Dr. D. Hepburn, Prof. G. W. Bloxam, Rev. T. W. Davies, 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. SECTION I.-PHYSIOLOGY (including EXPERIMENTAL 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. ... H Date and Place LIST OF EVENING LECTURES. Lecturer Subject of Discourse 1842. Manchester Charles Vignoles, F.R.S...... The Principles and Construction of Atmospheric Railways. The Dinornis of New Zealand. The Distribution of Animal Life in the Ægean Sea. The Earl of Rosse's Telescope. The Gigantic Tortoise of the Siwalik 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....... 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 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 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. ... ... 1860. Oxford...... Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S. 1862 Cambridge Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. 1863. Newcastle Subject of Discourse The Atlantic Telegraph. Physical Constitution of the Sun. The late Eclipse of the Sun. The Forms and Action of Water. The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat- 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. extent of the Coal-measures be- 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....... Alexander Herschel, F.R.A.S. Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S....... Prof.W.J. Macquorn Rankine, 1871. Edinburgh F. A. Abel, F.R.S........ The Geological Origin of the present The present state of Knowledge re- Reverse Chemical Actions. The Physical Constitution of the The Scientific Use of the Imagina- 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. The Aims and Instruments of Scien- Coal and Coal Plants. Common Wild Flowers considered The Hypothesis that Animals are Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. 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