Date and Place. Presidents. Secretaries. 1866. Nottingham Prof. A.C. Ramsay, LL.D., F.R.S. R. Etheridge, W. Pengelly, T. Wil- F.G.S. 1868. Norwich R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., Rev. O. Fisher, Rev. J. Gunn, W. Pengelly, Rev. H. H. Winwood. 1869. Exeter Prof. R. Harkness, F.R.S., F.G.S. W. Pengelly, W. Boyd Dawkins, Rev. H. H. Winwood. 1870. Liverpool... Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, W. Pengelly, Rev. H. H. Winwood, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. COMMITTEE OF SCIENCES, IV.—ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, PHYSIOLOGY, ANATOMY. Rev. P. B. Duncan, F.G.S. 1832. Oxford Rev. Prof. J. S. Henslow. W. Yarrell, Prof. Burnett. SECTION D.-ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. 1834. Edinburgh Prof. Graham...... 1835. Dublin Dr. Allman...... 1836. Bristol Rev. Prof. Henslow 1837. Liverpool... W. S. MacLeay 1838. Newcastle... Sir W. Jardine, Bart........ 1839. Brimingham Prof. Owen, F.R.S. 1841. Plymouth... John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S.. J. Curtis, Dr. Litton. J. Curtis, Prof. Don, Dr. Riley, S. C. C. Babington, Rev. L. Jenyns, W. J. E. Gray, Prof. Jones, R. Owen, Dr. E. Forbes, W. Ick, R. Patterson. terson: J. Couch, Dr. Lankester, R. Patterson. 1842. Manchester Hon. and Very Rev. W. Herbert, Dr. Lankester, R. Patterson, J. A. 1847. Oxford....... II. E. Strickland, M.A., F.R.S.... Dr. Lankester, Dr. Melville, T. V. Wollaston. SECTION D (continued).—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY. 1849. Birmingham William Spence, F.R.S...... 1851. Ipswich...... Rev. Prof. Henslow, M.A., F.R.S. 1853. Hull ....... C. C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S.... 1854. Liverpool Prof. Balfour, M.D., F.R.S.... 1855. Glasgow ... Rev. Dr. Fleeming, F.R.S.E. Dr. R. Wilbraham Falconer, A. Hen- Dr. Lankester, Dr. Russell. Dr. Dickie. George C. Hyndman, Dr. Robert Harrison, Dr. E. Lankester. * At this Meeting Physiology and Anatomy were made a separate Committee, for Presidents and Secretaries of which see p. xxxv. Date and Place. Presidents. Secretaries. 1856. Cheltenham. Thomas Bell, F.R.S., Pres. L.S.... Dr. J. Abercrombie, Prof. Buckman, Dr. Lankester. ...... 1857. Dublin Prof. W.H. Harvey, M.D., F.R.S. Prof. J. R. Kinahan, Dr. E. Lankester, Robert Patterson, Dr. W. E. Steele. 1858. Leeds......... C. C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S.... Henry Denny, Dr. Heaton, Dr. E. Lankester, Dr. E. Perceval Wright. 1859. Aberdeen ... Sir W. Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E.. Prof. Dickie, M.D., Dr. E. Lankester, 1866. Nottingham. Prof. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S.-Dr. J. Beddard, W. Felkin, Rev. H. Physiological Dep. Prof. Hum- B. Tristram, W. Turner, E. B. phry, M.D., F.R.S.-Anthropo- Tylor, Dr. E. P. Wright. logical Dep. Alfred R. Wallace, F.R.G.S. 1867. Dundee...... Prof. Sharpey, M.D., Sec. R.S.-C. Spence Bate, Dr. S. Cobbold, Dr. Dep. of Physiology. W. H. Flower, F.R.S. M. Foster, H. T. Stainton, Rev. H. Rev. M. J. Berkeley, F.L S.-Dr. T. S. Cobbold, G. W. Firth, Dr. M. Foster, Prof. Lawson, H. T. George Busk, F.R.S., F.L.S.-Dr. T. S. Cobbold, Prof. M. Foster, Dep. of Bot. and Zool. C. Spence 1870. Liverpool... Prof. G. Rolleston, M.A., M.D., M.D., E. Ray Lankester, Professor Dr. T. S. Cobbold, Sebastian Evans, 1871. Edinburgh Prof. Allen Thomson, M.D.,F.R.S. Dr. T. R. Fraser, Dr. Arthur Gamgee, -Dep. of Bot. and Zool. Prof. E. Ray Lankester, Prof. Lawson, ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. COMMITTEE OF SCIENCES, V.—ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 1833. Cambridge... Dr. Haviland 1834. Edinburgh... Dr. Abercrombie 1835. Dublin 1836. Bristol Dr. Bond, Mr. Paget. Dr. Roget, Dr. William Thomson. SECTION E. (UNTIL 1847.)-ANATOMY AND MEDICINE. Dr. Pritchard Dr. Roget, F.R.S. 1837. Liverpool. Prof. W. Clark, M.D. * At the Meeting of the General Committee at Birmingham, it was resolved :-"That the title of Section D be changed to Biology;" and "That for the word 'Subsection,' in the rules for conducting the business of the Sections, the word 'Department' be substituted.” SECTION E.-PHYSIOLOGY. 1845. Cambridge .Prof. J. Haviland, M.D. 1846. Southampton Prof. Owen, M.D., F.R.S.. 1847. Oxford* ... Prof. Ogle, M.D., F.R.S. Dr. R. S. Sargent, Dr. Webster. PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION D. 1850. Edinburgh 1855. Glasgow 1857. Dublin 1858. Leeds Prof. Bennett, M.D., F.R.S.E. ... Prof. Allen Thomson, F.R.S. Prof. J. H. Corbett, Dr. J. Struthers. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart..F.R.S. 1859. Aberdeen Prof. Sharpey, M.D., Sec.R.S.. ... 1860. Oxford Prof. G. Rolleston, M.D., F.L.S. Dr. R. M'Donnell, Dr. Edward Smith. 1861. Manchester. Dr. John Davy, F.R.S.L. & E.... Dr. W. Roberts, Dr. Edward Smith. 1862. Cambridge .C. E. Paget, M.D. G. F. Helm, Dr. Edward Smith. 1863. Newcastle... Prof. Rolleston, M.D., F.R.S. Dr. D. Embleton, Dr. W. Turner. 1864. Bath Dr. Edward Smith, LL.D., F.R.S. J. S. Bartrum, Dr. W. Turner. 1865. Birminghmt. Prof. Acland, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Dr. A. Fleming, Dr. P. Heslop, Oliver Pembleton, Dr. W. Turner. GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES. [For Presidents and Secretaries for Geography previous to 1851, see Section C, p. xxxii.] ETHNOLOGICAL SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION D. 1846.Southampton Dr. Pritchard.. 1847. Oxford Prof. H. H. Wilson, M.A. 1848. Swansea 1849. Birmingham 1850. Edinburgh.. Vice-Admiral Sir A. Malcolm Dr. King. SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 1851. Ipswich ... Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S., Pres. R. Cull, Rev. J. W. Donaldson, Dr. 1852. Belfast R.G.S. Norton Shaw. Col. Chesney, R.A., D.C.L., R. Cull, R. MacAdam, Dr. Norton Shaw. 1853. Hull........ R. G. Latham, M.D., F.R.S. R. Cull, Rev. H. W. Kemp, Dr. Nor 1854. Liverpool... Sir R. I. Murchison, D.C.L., Richard Cull, Rev. H. Higgins, Dr. Ihne, Dr. Norton Shaw. ... F.R.S. 1855. Glasgow 1856. Cheltenham Col. Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.C.B. R. Cull, F. D. Hartland, W. H. Rumsey, Dr. Norton Shaw. Sir J. Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. Dr. W. G. Blackie, R. Cull, Dr. Norton Shaw. * By direction of the General Committee at Oxford, Sections D and E were incorporated under the name of "Section D-Zoology and Botany, including Physiology" (see p. xxxiv). The Section being then vacant was assigned in 1851 to Geography. ↑ Vide note on preceding page. Page Mr. A. B. BROWN on a direct-acting Combined Steam and Hydraulic Crane. 231 Mr. ALEXANDER BUCHAN on the Rainfall of Scotland ..... on the Rainfall of the Northern Hemisphere in July, as contrasted with that of January, with Remarks on Atmospheric Circula 232 tion 232 on the Great Heat of August 2nd-4th, 1868 .... 232 Mr. THOMAS CARR on a new Mill for Disintegrating Wheat ...... 233 Mr. R. DOUGLAS on the Corliss Engine 234 Mr. R. F. FAIRLIE on the Gauge of Railways 234 Mr. A. E. FLETCHER on the Rhysimeter, an Instrument for Measuring the 234 ..... Mr. LAVINGTON E. FLETCHER on Steam-boiler Legislation 236 Mr. THOMAS GILLOTT on Designing Pointed Roofs 239 .... Mr. JAMES LESLIE'S Description of a Salmon-ladder meant to suit the varying levels of a Lake or Reservoir 239 Mr. J. D. MORRISON on a new System of Warming and Ventilation... Mr. R. A. PEACOCK on Chain-Cable Testing, and proposed New Testing-Link 240 Mr. E. C. C. STANFORD on the Carbon Closet System.. 240 Mr. C. WILLIAM SIEMENS on the Steam Blast 240 Mr. THOMAS STEVENSON, Automatic Gauge for the Discharge of Water over The Rev. ROBERT Boog WATSON'S Notes on Dredgings at Madeira...... Mr. B. T. LOWNE on the Ciliated Condition of the Inner Layer of the Blastoderm and of the Omphalo-mesenteric Vessels in the Egg of the Common 242 Fowl. 242 |