President-SIR HENRY HOLLAND, Bart. M.D. D.C.L. F.R.S.
Treasurer—WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Esq. M.A. F.R.S.—V. P.
Secretary-HENRY BENCE JONES, M.A. M.D. F.R.S.

Fullerian Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Laboratory-MICHAEL FARA-
DAY, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. Foreign Associate Acad. Sciences, Paris, &c.
Fullerian Professor of Physiology-THOMAS H. HUXLEY, Esq. F.R.S. &c.
Professor of Natural Philosophy-JOHN TYNDALL, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. &c.
Professor of Chemistry-EDWARD FRANKLAND, Esq. F.R.S. &c.

Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the Library-Mr. Benjamin Vincent.
Clerk of Accounts and Collector-Mr. William Hughes.

Assistant in the Library-Mr. Henry C. Hughes.

CONTENTS.

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Jan. 19.-Special Meeting-Election of H.R.H. THE PRINCE
OF WALES as Honorary Member and Vice-Patron.
23.-PROFESSOR TYNDALL, F.R.S.-On Radiation through

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Feb.

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30. HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN-On the Points

of Contact between Science and Art

2.-General Monthly Meeting

6. JAMES GLAISHER, Esq.-On Aerial Scientific Re-
search

13.-PROFESSOR FRANKLAND-On Artificial Illumination

20. REV. GEORGE WILLIAMS-On Recent Discoveries at

Jerusalem.

27. JOHN LUBBOCK, Esq.-On the Ancient Lake-

Habitations of Switzerland

March 2.-General Monthly Meeting

6.-WM. ALLEN MILLER, M.D. Treas. R.S.-On the

Photographic Transparency of Bodies, and on the

Photographic Spectra of the Elementary Bodies.

13.-DR J. H. GLADSTONE-On Fogs and Fog Signals

20.-BALFOUR STEWART, Esq.-On the Forces concerned

in producing Magnetic Disturbances

27.-WILLIAM CROOKES, Esq.-On the Discovery of the

metal Thallium.

April 6.-General Monthly Meeting

17.-FRANK BUCKLAND, Esq.-On the Culture of Fish

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108

1863.

April 24.-ALEXANDER S. HERSCHEL, Esq.-On Luminous

1.-JOHN LEIGHTON, Esq.-On Japanese Art-illus-

trated by Native Examples

4.-General Monthly Meeting

8.-DR. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER-On some Chemical and

Physical Properties of Soils, and the Productive

Powers of the Soils of England .

15. DR. WILLIAM ODLING-On the Molecule of Water

22.-PROFESSOR ROSCOE-On the Direct Measurement of

the Sun's Chemical Action

29.-PROFESSOR MAX MÜLLER-On the Vedas

1.-General Monthly Meeting

5.-JOHN RUSKIN, Esq.-On the Forms of the Stratified

Alps of Savoy.

12.-PROFESSOR TYNDALL-An Account of some Re-

23.-CAPTAIN SPEKE-On the Discovery of the Source

of the Nile (no Abstract)

July 6.-General Monthly Meeting

Nov. 2.-General Monthly Meeting

Dec. 7.-General Monthly Meeting

1864.

Jan. 22.-W. R. GROVE, Esq.-On Boiling Water

29.-PROFESSOR FRANKLAND-On the Glacial Epoch

1.-General Monthly Meeting

5.-J. A. FROUDE, Esq.-On the Science of History

12.-J. ALFRED WANKLYN, Esq.-On the Synthesis of

19.-W. S. SAVORY, Esq.-On Dreaming and Som-

26. JOSEPH PRESTWICH, Esq.-On the Flint Implements

of Abbeville

March 4.-PROFESSOR STOKES-On the Discrimination of Or-

ganic Bodies by their Optical Properties

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241

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March 7.-General Monthly Meeting

11. The Rev. W. H. BROOKFIELD-On Oral Reading

18.-PROFESSOR TYNDALL-Contributions to Molecular
Physics

April 4.-General Monthly Meeting

8. Dr. JOHN PERCY-On Recent Improvements in the

Smelting of Iron and the Manufucture of Steel (no

Abstract)

15.-PROFESSOR ABEL-On the Chemical History and Ap-
plication of Gun-cotton.

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22.-PROFESSOR JOHN S. BLACKIE-On the Spartan Con-

stitution and the Agrarian Laws of Lycurgus

29.-PROFESSOR ALEXANDER W. WILLIAMSON-On the

Classification of the Elements in relation to their

Atomicities

May 2.-Annual Meeting

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9.-General Monthly Meeting

13.-J. SCOTT RUSSELL, Esq.-On the Mechanical Nature

and Uses of Gun-Cotton

20.-JAMES NASMYTH, Esq.-On the Physical Aspects of

6.-PROFESSOR ROSCOE-On the Metal Indium, and

Recent Discoveries in Spectrum Analysis

27.-REGINALD S. POOLE, Esq.-On Greek Coins as
illustrating Greek Art

June 3.-PROFESSOR FRANKLAND-On Recent Chemical Re-

searches in the Royal Institution

10.-PROFESSOR TYNDALL-On a Magnetic Experiment. 317

July 4.-General Monthly Meeting

Jan. 20.-PROFESSOR TYNDALL-On Combustion by Invisible

Rays

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27.-Gen. SIR HENRY RAWLINSON-On the Results of

10.-W. GIFFARD PALGRAVE, Esq.-On Central and

17.-[No Meeting in consequence of the decease of HIS

GRACE THE PRESIDENT.]

24.-JOHN EVANS, Esq.-On the Forgery of Antiquities. 356

March 3. JAMES FERGUSSON, Esq.-On the Holy Sepulchre

rentian Rocks of Canada

10.-PROFESSOR RAMSAY-On the Eozoön and the Lau-

17.-BALFOUR STEWART, Esq.-On the latest Dis-

coveries concerning the Sun's Surface.

24.-PROFESSOR WESTMACOTT-On Art-Education, and

how Works of Art should be viewed.

31.-JAMES GLAISHER, Esq.-On Scientific Experiments

in Balloons

April 3.-General Monthly Meeting

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28.-DR. LYON PLAYFAIR-On the Food of Man in

relation to his Useful Work

5.-PROFESSOR FAWCETT.-On Wealth and those who

produce it (no Abstract)

8.-General Monthly Meeting

12.—FREDERICK FIELD, Esq.-On Magenta and its Deri-
vative Colours

19. WILLIAM HUGGINS, Esq.-On the Physical and

Chemical Constitution of the Fixed Stars and

Nebulæ

26.-DR. BENCE JONES-On the Chemical Circulation in

June 2.-PROFESSOR HUXLEY-On the Methods and Results of

5.-General Monthly Meeting

9.-PROFESSOR FRANKLAND-On Researches in Organic

Chemistry in the Royal Institution

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