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The Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. The Right Hon. Lord Leigh, D.C.L, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. The Right Hon. Lord Norton, K.C.M.G.................................... The Right Hon. Lord Wrottesley, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire Uni-The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, D.D........... Thomas Martineau, Esq., Mayor of Birmingham......... Professor G. G. Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S. Professor W. A. Tilden, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.C.S.

SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON, C.M.G., M.A., LI.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill versity, Montreal, Canada.......

BIRMINGHAM, September 1, 1886.

Rev. A. R. Vardy, M.A.

Rev. H. W. Watson, D.Sc., F.R.S.

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(His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.,
F.R.G.S.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester, D.D..
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Salford

SIR H. E. ROSCOE, M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester.......
V.P.O.S...

MANCHESTER, August 31, 1887.

The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Salford
The Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University
The Principal of the Owens College

Sir William Roberts, B.A., M.D., F.R.S.
Thomas Ashton, Esq., J.P., D.L.......
Oliver Heywood, Esq., J.P., D.L...................

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James Prescott Joule, Esq., D.O.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F.C.S.

/The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery, Lord-Lieutenant of Somer

set

The Most Hon. the Marquess of Bath

The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, D.D.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Clifton, D.D.
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath..

F.R.S., The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol
Sir F. A. Abel, C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P.C.S.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of Bath, M.A.
The Rev. Leonard Blomefield, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.

Professor Michael Foster, M.Á., M.D., LL.D., Sec. R.S., F.L.S., F.C.S. W. S. Gore-Langton, Esq., J.P., D.L.

H. D. Skrine, Esq., J.P., D.L.

E. R. Wodehouse, Esq., M.P.

Colonel R. P. Laurie, C.B., M.P.
Jerom Murch, Esq., J.P., D.L..../

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., D.C.L., LL.D., Lord-
Lieutenant of Northumberland...

The Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, Lord-Lieutenant of Durham ....
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ravensworth..
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, D.D.
The Right Hon. Lord Armstrong, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S..
The Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., LL.D. ....

The Very Rev. the Warden of the University of Durham, D.D.
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle
The Worshipful the Mayor of Gateshead

Sir I. Lowthian Bell, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.C.S., M.Inst.C.E..
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bart., M.P.

J. Barham Carslake, Esq.

Rev. H. W. Crosskey, LL.D., F.G.S. Charles J. Hart, Esq.

F. J. Faraday, Esq., F.L.S., F.S.S.
Charles Hopkinson, Esq., B.Sc.
Professor A. Milnes Marshall, M.A., M.D.,
D.Sc., F.R.S.

Professor A. H. Young, M.B., F.R.C.S.

W. Pumphrey, Esq.

J. L. Stothert, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. B. H. Watts, Esq.

Professor P. Phillips Bedson, D.Sc., F.C.S. Professor J. Herman Merivale, M.A.

PRESIDENTS.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Ripon, K.G., G.C.S.I., C.I.E., F.R.S.
STR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ABEL, C.B., D.C.L., D.Sc., The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, K.G., F.R.G.S.
F.R.S., P.P.C.S., Hon. M.Inst.C.E.

LEEDS, September 3, 1890.

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The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon, D.D....
The Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., Ph.D., LL.D., M.P., F.R.S...
The Right Hon. W. L. Jackson, M.P. The Mayor of Leeds.
Sir James Kitson, Bart., M.Inst.C.E. Sir Andrew Fairbairn, M.A.
The Right Hon. Lord Windsor, Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Bute, K.T.

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WILLIAM HUGGINS, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Sec.R.S., F.R.A.S.
F.R.A.S., Hon. F.R.S.E.

CARDIFF, August 19, 1891.

The Right Hon. Lord Tredegar

The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare, G.C.B., F.R.S., F.R.G.S........
Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., F.Z.S...

Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D., D.Sc., For.Sec.R.S., F.R.S.E., Pres.G.S.
Sir Robert Ball, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Royal Astronomer of Ireland

The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh..
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian, K.T..
The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E..
The Right Hon. J. H. A. Macdonald, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E.
Principal Sir William Muir, K.C.S.I., D.C.L...
Professor Sir Douglas Maclagan. M.D., Pres.R.S.E.
Professor Sir William Turner, F.R.S., F.R.S.E..
Professor P. G. Tait, M.A., F.R.S.E.

Professor A. Crum Brown, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., Pres.C.S..

His Grace the Duke of St. Albans, Lord-Lieut. of Nottinghamshire
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., Chancellor of the University
of Cambridge

His Grace the Duke of Portland. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
The Right Hon. Lord Belper. The Mayor of Nottingham
The Right Hon. Sir W. R. Grove, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E.
Sir John Turney, J.P.

Professor Michael Foster, M.A., Sec.R.S. W. H. Ransom, Esq.,M.D., F.R.S./
The Right Hon. the Earl of Jersey, G.C.M.G., Lord-Lieutenant of the\
County of Oxford.......

The Right Hon. Lord Wantage, K.C.B., V.C., Lord-Lieutenant of
Berkshire

The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., D.C.L., F.R.S.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford, D.D.

The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, D.C.L., Pres.R.S.
The Rev. the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The Mayor of Oxford.

Sir W. R. Anson, D.C.L., Warden of All Souls College.
Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.

Sir Henry Dyke Acland, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Medicine.
The Rev. the Master of Pembroke College, Sedleian Professor of Natural
Philosophy.

Dr. J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry.

R. W. Atkinson, Esq., B.Sc., F.C.S., F.I.C.
Professor H. W. Lloyd Tanner, M.A., F.R.A.S.

Professor G. F. Armstrong, M.A., M.Inst. C.E,
F.R.S.E., F.G.S.

F. Grant Ogilvie, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E.
John Harrison, Esq.

Professor F. Clowes, D.Sc.
-Professor W. H. Heaton, M.A.
Arthur Williams, Esq.

Gilbert C. Bourne, Esq., M.A.
G. C. Druce, Esq., M.A.
D. H. Nagel, Esq., M.A.

Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association.

Date and Place

Presidents

Secretaries

MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES.

COMMITTEE OF SCIENCES, I.—MATHEMATICS AND GENERAL PHYSICS. 1832. Oxford...... | Davies Gilbert, D.C.L., F.R.S. | Rev. H. Coddington. 1833. Cambridge |Sir D. Brewster, F.R.S.

Prof. Forbes.

1834. Edinburgh Rev. W. Whewell, F.R.S. Prof. Forbes, Prof. Lloyd.

SECTION A.-MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS.

1835. Dublin...... | Rev. Dr. Robinson

1836. Bristol...... Rev. William Whewell, F.R.S. 1837. Liverpool... Sir D. Brewster, F.R.S.

1838. Newcastle Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., F.R.S.

1839. Birmingham Rev. Prof. Whewell, F.R.S....

1840. Glasgow... Prof. Forbes, F.R.S..........

1841. Plymouth Rev. Prof. Lloyd, F.R.S....... 1842. Manchester Very Rev. G. Peacock, D.D., F.R.S.

Prof. Sir W. R. Hamilton, Prof.
Wheatstone.

Prof. Forbes, W. S. Harris, F. W.
Jerrard.

W. S. Harris, Rev. Prof. Powell,
Prof. Stevelly.

Rev. Prof. Chevallier, Major Sabine,
Prof. Stevelly.

J. D. Chance, W. Snow Harris, Prof.
Stevelly.

Rev. Dr. Forbes, Prof. Stevelly,
Arch. Smith.

Prof. Stevelly.

Prof. M'Culloch, Prof. Stevelly, Rev.
W. Scoresby.

J. Nott, Prof. Stevelly.
Rev. Wm. Hey, Prof. Stevelly.

1843. Cork......... Prof. M'Culloch, M.R.I.A. 1844. York......... The Earl of Rosse, F.R.S. 1845. Cambridge The Very Rev. the Dean of Rev. H. Goodwin, Prof. Stevelly,

Ely.

...

G. G. Stokes.

1846. Southamp- Sir John F. W. Herschel, John Drew, Dr. Stevelly, G. G.

ton.

Bart., F.R.S.

Stokes.

1847. Oxford...... Rev. Prof. Powell, M.A., Rev. H. Price, Prof. Stevelly, G. G. F.R.S.

1848. Swansea ... Lord Wrottesley, F.R.S.

Stokes.

Dr. Stevelly, G. G. Stokes.

1849. Birmingham William Hopkins, F.R.S....... Prof. Stevelly, G. G. Stokes, W.

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Date and Place

Presidents

Secretaries

1854. Liverpool... Prof. G. G. Stokes, M.A., Sec. J. Hartnup, H. G. Puckle, Prof.

R.S.

1855. Glasgow... Rev. Prof. Kelland, M.A.,

F.R.S., F.R.S.E.

1856. Cheltenham Rev. R. Walker, M.A., F.R.S.

Stevelly, J. Tyndall, J. Welsh.
Rev. Dr. Forbes, Prof. D. Gray, Prof.
Tyndall.

C. Brooke, Rev. T. A. Southwood,
Prof. Stevelly, Rev. J. C. Turnbull.

1857. Dublin...... Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D., Prof. Curtis, Prof. Hennessy, P. A.

1858. Leeds

F.R.S., M.R.I.A.

Ninnis, W. J. Macquorn Rankine,
Prof. Stevelly.

Rev. W. Whewell, D.D., Rev. S. Earnshaw, J. P. Hennessy,
V.P.R.S.
Prof. Stevelly, H. J. S. Smith, Prof.
Tyndall.

1859. Aberdeen... The Earl of Rosse, M.A., K.P.,

F.R.S.

1860. Oxford...... Rev. B. Price, M.A., F.R.S....

1861. Manchester G. B. Airy, M.A., D.C.L.,

F.R.S.

1862. Cambridge Prof. G. G. Stokes, M.A.,
F.R.S.
1863. Newcastle Prof.W. J. Macquorn Rankine,
C.E., F.R.S.

1864. Bath......... Prof. Cayley, M.A., F.R.S.,

F.R.A.S.

1865. Birmingham W. Spottiswoode, M.A., F.R.S.,

F.R.A.S.

J. P. Hennessy, Prof. Maxwell, H.
J. S. Smith, Prof. Stevelly.
Rev. G. C. Bell, Rev. T. Rennison,
Prof. Stevelly.

Prof. R. B. Clifton, Prof. H. J. S.
Smith, Prof. Stevelly.

Rev. N. Ferrers, Prof. Fuller, F.
Jenkin, Prof. Stevelly, Rev. C. T.
Whitley.

Prof. Fuller, F. Jenkin, Rev. G.
Buckle, Prof. Stevelly.

Rev. T. N. Hutchinson, F. Jenkin, G.
S. Mathews, Prof. H. J. S. Smith,
J. M. Wilson.

1866. Nottingham Prof. Wheatstone, D.C.L., Fleeming Jenkin, Prof. H. J. S. Smith,

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1872. Brighton ... W. De La Rue, D.C.L., F.R.S. Prof. W. K. Clifford, J. W. L.Glaisher,

1873. Bradford ... Prof. H. J. S. Smith, F.R.S.

Prof. A. S. Herschel, G. F. Rodwell. Prof. W. K. Clifford, Prof. Forbes, J. W.L. Glaisher, Prof. A. S. Herschel.

1874. Belfast...... Rev. Prof. J. H. Jellett, M.A., J. W. L. Glaisher, Prof. Herschel,

Randal Nixon, J. Perry, G. F.
Rodwell.

Prof. W. F. Barrett, J.W.L. Glaisher,
C. T. Hudson, G. F. Rodwell.
Prof. W. F. Barrett, J. T. Bottomley,
Prof. G. Forbes, J. W. L. Glaisher,
T. Muir.

Prof. W. F. Barrett, J. T. Bottomley,
J. W. L. Glaisher, F. G. Landon.
Prof. J. Casey, G. F. Fitzgerald, J.
W. L. Glaisher, Dr. O. J. Lodge.
A. H. Allen, J. W. L. Glaisher, Dr.
O. J. Lodge, D. MacAlister.

Presidents

Prof. W. Grylls Adams, M.A.,
F.R.S.

1881. York......... Prof. Sir W. Thomson, M.A.,
LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.
Rt. Hon. Prof. Lord Rayleigh,
M.A., F.R.S.
1883. Southport Prof. O. Henrici, Ph.D., F.R.S.

1882. Southamp

ton.

1881. Montreal... Prof. Sir W. Thomson, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.

1885. Aberdeen... Prof. G. Chrystal,

F.R.S.E.

1886. Birmingham Prof. G. H. Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S.

1887. Manchester Prof. Sir R. S. Ball, LL.D., F.R.S.

M.A.,

M.A.,
M.A.,

1888. Bath......... Prof. G. F. Fitzgerald, M.A., F.R.S.

1889. Newcastle- Capt. W. de W. Abney, C.B., upon-Tyne R.E., F.R.S.

Secretaries

W. E. Ayrton, J. W. L. Glaisher,
Dr. O. J. Lodge, D. MacAlister.
Prof. W. E. Ayrton, Dr. O. J. Lodge,
D. MacAlister, Rev. W. Routh.
W. M. Hicks, Dr. O. J. Lodge, D.
MacAlister, Rev. G. Richardson.
W. M. Hicks, Prof. O. J. Lodge,
D. MacAlister, Prof. R. C. Rowe,
C. Carpmael, W. M. Hicks, Prof. A.
Johnson, Prof. O. J. Lodge, Dr. D.
MacAlister.

R. E. Baynes, R. T. Glazebrook, Prof.
W. M. Hicks, Prof. W. Ingram.
R. E. Baynes, R. T. Glazebrook, Prof.
J. H. Poynting, W. N. Shaw.
R. E. Baynes, R. T. Glazebrook, Prof.
H. Lamb, W. N. Shaw.

R. E. Baynes, R. T. Glazebrook, A.
Lodge, W. N. Shaw.

R. E. Baynes, R. T. Glazebrook, Prof.
A. Lodge, W. N. Shaw, Prof. H.
Stroud.

J. W. L. Glaisher, Sc.D., R. T. Glazebrook, Prof. A. Lodge,

F.R.S., V.P.R.A.S.

Prof. O. J. Lodge,
LL.D., F.R.S.

1892. Edinburgh Prof. A. Schuster,

F.R.S., F.R.A.S.

D.Sc.,

Ph.D.,

1893. Nottingham R. T. Glazebrook, M.A., F.R.S.

1894. Oxford...... Prof. A. W. Rücker, M.A.,

F.R.S.

W. N. Shaw, Prof. W. Stroud.
R. E. Baynes, J. Larmor, Prof. A.
Lodge, Prof. A. L. Selby.

R. E. Baynes, J. Larmor, Prof. A.
Lodge, Dr. W. Peddie.

W. T. A. Emtage, J. Larmor, Prof.
A. Lodge, Dr. W. Peddie.
Prof. W. H. Heaton, Prof. A. Lodge,
J. Walker.

CHEMICAL SCIENCE.

COMMITTEE OF SCIENCES, II.-CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY.

1832. Oxford...... | John Dalton, D.C.L., F.R.S. 1833. Cambridge John Dalton, D.C.L., F.R.S. 1834. Edinburgh Dr. Hope.........

James F. W. Johnston.
Prof. Miller.

Mr. Johnston, Dr. Christison.

SECTION B.-CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY..

1835. Dublin...... Dr. T. Thomson, F.R.S. 1836. Bristol Rev. Prof. Cumming

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Dr. Apjohn, Prof. Johnston.
Dr. Apjohn, Dr. C. Henry, W. Hera-
path.

Prof. Johnston, Prof. Miller, Dr.
Reynolds.

Prof. Miller, H. L. Pattinson, Thomas
Richardson.

Dr. Golding Bird, Dr. J. B. Melson.
Dr. R. D. Thomson, Dr. T. Clark,
Dr. L. Playfair.

J. Prideaux, Robert Hunt, W. M.
Tweedy.

Dr. L. Playfair, R. Hunt, J. Graham.
B. Hunt, Dr. Sweeny.

Dr. L. Playfair, E. Solly, T. H. Barker.
R. Hunt, J. P. Joule, Prof. Miller,
E. Solly.

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