Date and Place.

Lecturer.

Subject of Discourse.

mena.

1844. York Charles Lyell, F.R.S.

Geology of North America.
Dr. Falconer, F.R.S.

The Gigantic Tortoise of the Siwalik

Hills in India. 1815. Cambridge .. G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron. Royal Progress of Terrestrial Magnetism.

R. I. Murchison, F.R.S. Geology of Russia. 1816. Southampton Prof. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. Fossil Mammalia of the British Isles. Charles Lyell, F.R.S.

Valley and Delta of the Mississippi. W. R. Grove, F.R.S.

Properties of the Explosive substance

discovered by Dr. Schönbein ; also some Researches of his own on the

Decomposition of Water by Heat. 1847. Oxford Rev. Prof. B. Powell, F.R.S. Shooting-stars.

Prof. M. Faraday, F.R.S. Magnetic and Diamagnetic Pheno

Hugh E. Strickland, F.G.S. The Dodo (Didus ineptus). 1848. Swansea John Percy, M.D., F.R.S. Metallurgical operations of Swansea

and its neighbourhood. W. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S. Recent Microscopical Discoveries. 1849. Birmingham Dr. Faraday, F.R.S....

Mr. Gassiot's Battery.
Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S. 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.

minute vessels of Animals in con

nexion with Nutrition. Dr. Mantell, F.R.S.

Extinct Birds of New Zealand. 1851. Ipswich Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. Distinction between Plants and Ani

mals, and their changes of Form. G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron. Roy: Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. 1852. Belfast Prof. G.G. Stokes, D.C.L., F.R.S. Recent discoveries in the properties

of Light. Colonel Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. Recent discovery of Rock-salt at

Carrickfergus, and geological and practical considerations connected

with it. 1853. Hull Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S., Some peculiar phenomena in the GeoF.G.S.

logy and Physical Geography of

Yorkshire.
Robert Hunt, F.R.S.

The present state of Photography. 1851. Liverpool ... Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. ... Anthropomorphous Apes. Col. E. Sabine, V.P.R.S. Progress of researches in Terrestrial

Magnetism. 1855. Glasgow...... Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S. Characters of Species. Lieut.-Col. H. Rawlinson Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities

and Ethnology. 1856. Cheltenham Col. Sir H. Rawlinson

Recent discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia, with the results of Cuneiform research up to the present

time. W. R. Grove, F.R.S.

Correlation of Physical Forces. 1857. Dublin Prof. W. Thomson, F.R.S. The Atlantic Telegraph.

Rev. Dr. Livingstone, D.C.L. Recent discoveries in Africa. 1858. Leeds......... Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S. The Ironstones of Yorkshire.

Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. The Fossil Mammalia of Australia. 1859. Aberdeen Sir R.I. Murchison, D.C.L. Geology of the Northern Highlands. Rev. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S. Electrical Discharges in highly rare

fied Media. 1860. Oxford Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S. Physical Constitution of the Sun.

Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N.: Arctic Discovery. 1861. Manchester . Prof. W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S. Spectrum Analysis.

G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron. Roy. . The late Eclipse of the Sun. 1852, Cambridge . Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. The Forms and Action of Water.

Prof. Odling, F.R.S........... Organic Chemistry.

........

Date and Place.

Lecturer.

Subject of Discours:.

1863. Newcastle- Prof. Williamson, F.R.S. The chemistry of the Galvanic Baton-Tyne.

tery considered in relation to Dy

namics. James Glaisher, F.R.S. The Balloon Ascents made for tho

British Association. 1864. Bath Prof. Roscoe, F.R.S..... The Chemical Action of Light.

Dr. Livingstone, F.R.S. Recent Travels in Africa. 1863. Birmingham J. Beete Jukes, F.R.S. Probabilities as to the position and

extent of the Coal-measures beneath the red rocks of the Midland Coun

ties. 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. The Geological origin of the present

Scenery of Scotland.
Alexander Herschel, F.R.A.S.... The present stat of knowledge re-

garding Meteors and Meteorites. 1868. Norwich .... J. Fergusson, F.R.S.

Archæology of the early Buddhist

Monuments. Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S. Reverse Chemical Actions. 1869. Exeter 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 Imagination.

Table showing the Attendance and Receipts

Date of Meeting

Where held.

Presidents.

Old Life New Life Members. Members.

1831, Sept. 27 1832, June 19 1833, June 25 1834, Sept. 8 1835, Aug. 10 1836, Aug. 22 1837, Sept. 11 1838, Aug. 10 1839, Aug. 26 1840, Sept. 17 1841, July 20 1842, June 23 1843, Aug. 17 1844, Sept. 26 1845, June 19 1846, Sept. 10 1847, June 23 1848, Aug. 9 .. 1849, Sept. 12 1850, July 21 1851, July 2 1852, Sept. 1 1853, Sept. 3 1854, Sept. 20 1855, Sept. 12 1856, Aug. 6 1857, Aug. 26 1858, Sept. 22 1859, Sept. 14 1860, June 27 1861, Sept. 4 1862, Oct. I 1863, Aug. 26 1864, Sept. 13 1865, Sept. 6 1866, Aug. 22 1867, Sept. 4 1868, Aug. 19 1869, Aug. 18 1870, Sept. 14 1871, Aug. 2

York

The Earl Fitzwilliam, D.C.L. ....
Oxford

The Rev. W. Buckland, F.R.S. ..
Cambridge The Rev. A. Sedgwick, F.R.S....
Edinburgh

Sir T. M. Brisbane, D.C.L.
Dublin

The Rev. Provost Lloyd, LL.D.
Bristol

The Marquis of Lansdowne.
Liverpool

The Earl of Burlington, F.R.S..
Newcastle-on-Tyne .. The Duke of Northumberland...
Birmingham The Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt
Glasgow

The Marquis of Breadalbane
Plymouth

The Rev. W. Whewell, F.R.S....
Manchester

The Lord Francis Egerton
Cork

The Earl of Rosse, F.R.S.
York

The Rev. G. Peacock, D.D.
Cambridge

Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. .
Southampton Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart.
Oxford

Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart.
Swansea

The Marquis of Northampton...
Birmingham The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D..
Edinburgh

Sir David Brewster, K.H.
Ipswich

G. B. Airy, Esq., Astron. Royal.
Belfast

Lieut.-General Sabine, F.R. Š. ....
Hull

William Hopkins, Esq., F.R.S..
Liverpool

The Earl of Harrowby, F.R.S.
Glasgow

The Duke of Argyll, F.R.S.
Cheltenham Prof. C. G. B. Daubeny, M.)....
Dublin

The Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, D.D.
Leeds

Richard Owen, M.V., D.C.L.
Aberdeen

H.R.H. T'he Prince Consort
Oxford

The Lord Wrottesley, M.A.....
Manchester

William Fairbairn, LL.D., F.R.S.
Cambridge

The Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A.
Newcastle-on-Tyne .. Sir William G. Armstrong, C.B.
Bath

Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., M.A....
Birmingham Prof. J. Phillips, M.A., LL.D.....
Nottingham William R. Grove, Q.C., F.R.S.
Dundee

The Duke of Buccleuch, K.C.B.
Norwich

Dr. Joseph D. Hooker, F.R.S.
Exeter....

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