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,

LL.D., F.R.S.

1889. Newcastle- Prof. F. Y. Edgeworth, M.A.,
upon-Tyne F.S.S.
Prof. A. Marshall, M.A., F.S.S.

1890. Leeds

1891. Cardiff ......

H. S. Foxwell, L. L. F. R. Price.
Rev. Dr. Cunningham, T. H. Elliott,
F. B. Jevons, L. L. F. R. Price.
W. A. Brigg, Rev. Dr. Cunningham,
T. H. Elliott, Prof. J. E. C. Munro,
L. L. F. R. Price.

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

D.Sc., F.S.S.

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.
F.S.S.
Gibbins, J. A. H. Green, H. Higgs,
L. L. F. R. Price.

1894. Oxford.....

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

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. Robinsor

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

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

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

Date and Place

Presidents

Secretaries

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

1853. Hull.........

F.R.S.

William

F.R.S.

Charles Manby, James Thomson.

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

...

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

1855. Glasgow

...

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.
1860. Oxford

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

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

1862. Cambridge William Fairbairn, F.R.S. 1863. Newcastle Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.

1864. Bath......... 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.

1868. Norwich

G. P. Bidder, C.E., F.R.G.S.

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. Froude, C.E., M.A., F.R.S. W. R. Browne, H. M. Brunel, J. G.

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

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

Date and Place

Presidents

1885. Aberdeen... B. Baker, M. Inst.C.E.

Secretaries

A. T. Atchison, F. G. Ogilvie, E.
Rigg, J. N. Shoolbred.

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

Marshall, E. Rigg.

1887. Manchester Prof. Osborne Reynolds, M.A., C. F. Budenberg, W. B. Marshall,

C.E.

LL.D., F.R.S.

E. Rigg.

1888. Bath ...... W. H. Preece, F.R.S., C. W. Cooke, W. B. Marshall, E.

Rigg, P. K. Stothert.

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

E. K. Clark, C. W. Cooke, W. B.
Marshall, E. Rigg.

C. W. Cooke, Prof. A. C. Elliott,
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.

F.C.S.

Rigg, H. Talbot.

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, M.A., M.Inst.C.E. W. B. Marshall, P. G. M. Stoney.

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. M.P., D.C.L., F.R.G.S.

1887. Manchester Prof. A. H. Sayce, M.A.

1888. Bath......... Lieut.-General

D.C.L., F.R.S.

Hurst, Dr. R. Saundby.

G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr.
A. M. Paterson.

Pitt-Rivers, G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, J.
Harris Stone.

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

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,

SECTION K.-BOTANY.

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

Date and Place

LIST OF EVENING LECTURES.

Lecturer

Subject of Discourse

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

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.

1850. Edinburgh Prof. J. H. Bennett, M.D., Passage of the Blood through the

F.R.S.E.

Dr. Mantell, F.R.S.

minute vessels of Animals in connection with Nutrition.

Extinct Birds of New Zealand.

1851. Ipswich Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. Distinction between Plants and Ani

...

G.B.Airy, F.R.S.,Astron. Royal
1852. Belfast...... Prof. G. G. Stokes, D.C.L.,
F.R.S.
Colonel Portlock, R.E., F.R.S.

1853. Hull

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.

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.

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.

1863. Newcastle

Prof. Williamson, F.R.S.......

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

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

Alexander Herschel, F.R.A.S.

1868. Norwich ... J. Fergusson, F.R.S.............

1869. Exeter

applied to Heavenly Bodies.
Insular Floras.

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.

Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S.......... Reverse Chemical Actions.
Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D.,F.R.S. Vesuvius.

J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S... The Physical Constitution of the
Stars and Nebulæ.

1870. Liverpool... Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. The Scientific Use of the Imagina

tion.

Prof.W. J. Macquorn Rankine, Stream-lines and Waves, in connec-
LL.D., F.R.S.

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

E. B. Tylor, F.R.S.

tion with Naval Architecture. Some Recent Investigations and Applications of Explosive Agents. The Relation of Primitive to Modern Civilisation.

1872. Brighton... Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., Insect Metamorphosis.

F.R.S.

Prof. W. K. Clifford ... .

Prof. W. C.Williamson, F.R.S.
Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S.
1874. Belfast...... Sir John Lubbock, Bart..M.P.,
F.R.S.
Prof. Huxley, F.R.S.

1875. Bristol

.........

W.Spottiswoode, LL.D.,F.R.S.
F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S...

1876. Glasgow... Prof. Tait, F.R.S.E.

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.