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LIST OF EVENING LECTURES.

Lecturer

Subject of Discourse

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

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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.

Hugh E. Strickland, F.G.S....The Dodo (Didus ineptus).
John Percy, M.D., F.R.S.......

W. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S.... 1849. Birmingham Dr. Faraday, F.R.S. Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.

1850. Edinburgh Prof. J. H. Bennett, M.D.,

F.R.S.E.

Dr. Mantell, F.R.S.

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.

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
F.G.S.

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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

1858. Leeds

Lecturer

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1857 Dublin...... 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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

F.R.S.

Prof. W. K. Clifford ..........

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

Prof. Huxley, F.R.S.

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

Date and Place

Lecturer

Subject of Discourse

1877. Plymouth... W. Warington Smyth, M.A., The Physical Phenomena connected

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1885. Aberdeen... Prof. W. G. Adams, F.R.S.... The Electric Light and Atmospheric

Absorption.

John Murray, F.R.S.E..........The Great Ocean Basins.

1886. Birmingham A. W. Rücker, M.A., F.R.S.

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Soap Bubbles.

The Sense of Hearing.

The Rate of Explosions in Gases. Explorations in Central Africa.

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Prof. A.W.Rücker, M.A.,F.R.S. Electrical Stress.

1892. Edinburgh Prof. A. Milnes Marshall,

D.SC., F.R.S.

Prof. J. A Ewing, M.A., F.R.S.,
F.R.S.E.

1893. Nottingham Prof. A. Smithells, B.Sc. Prof. Victor Horsley, F.R.S.

1894. Oxford...... J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S.

Prof. J.Shield Nicholson, M.A.

Pedigrees.

Magnetic Induction.

Flame.

The Discovery of the Physiology of the Nervous System.

Experiences and Prospects of African Exploration.

Historical Progress and Ideal Socialism.

LECTURES TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES.

Date and Place

1868. Norwich

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1867. Dundee...... Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. Matter and Force. Prof. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. A Piece of Chalk. Prof. Miller, M.D., F.R.S. ...

1869. Exeter

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Experimental Illustrations of the modes of detecting the Composition of the Sun and other Heavenly Bodies by the Spectrum.

Savages.

W.Spottiswoode, LL.D.,F.R.S. Sunshine, Sea, and Sky.
C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., F.R.S. Fuel.
Prof. Odling, F.R.S...

Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S.
Commander Cameron, C.B.,
R.N.

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The Discovery of Oxygen.
A Piece of Limestone.
A Journey through Africa.

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OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE OXFORD MEETING.

SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

President.-Professor A. W. Rücker.

Vice-Presidents.-R. E. Baynes, M.A.; Professor R. B. Clifton, M.A., F.R.S.; Professor E. B. Elliott, M.A., F.R.S.; Professor W. Esson, M.A., F.R.S.; R. T. Glazebrook, M.A., F.R.S.; Lord Kelvin, Pres.R.S.; Lord Rayleigh, Sec.R.S.

Secretaries.-Professor W. H. Heaton, M.A.; Professor A. Lodge, M.A. (Recorder); J. Walker, M.A.

SECTION B.-CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.

President.-Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S.

Vice Presidents.-Sir F. A. Abel, Bart., K.C.B., F R.S.; Professor E. Frankland, D.C.L., F.R.S.; J. H. Gladstone, Ph.D., F.RS.; Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S., For.Sec.C.S.; Professor W. Odling, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.C.S.; Professor J. Emerson Reynolds, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.; Sir Henry E. Roscoe, D.C.L., F.R.S.

Secretaries.-H. A. Colefax, M.A., Ph.D.; W. W. Fisher, M.A.; Arthur Harden, M.Sc., Ph.D.; H. Forster Morley, D.Sc. (Recorder).

SECTION C.-GEOLOGY.

President.-L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.

Vice-Presidents.-Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S.; Sir Archibald Geikie, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.; Professor A. H. Green, F.R.S.; Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S.; Dr. E. Mojsisovics von Mojsvár; Professor A. F. Renard; Dr. A. R. C. Selwyn, F.R.S.; H. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.

Secretaries.-F. A. Bather, M.A.; Alfred Harker, M.A.; Clement Reid; W. W. Watts, M.A. (Recorder).

SECTION D.-BIOLOGY.

President.-Professor I. Bayley Balfour, M.A., F.R.S.

Vice-Presidents.-The Right Hon. T. H. Huxley, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Professor E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S.; Professor Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S.; Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S.; P. L. Sclater, Ph.D., F.R.S.; W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, M.A., F.R.S.; Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., LL.D., D.D., F.R.S.; Professor S. H. Vines, M.A., F.R.S.

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