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PROCEEDINGS \fy 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on October 22nd, 1912, the 

 President, Prof. A. Dendy, D.Sc., F.R.S., in the chair, the 

 minutes of the meeting held on June 25th, 1912, were read and 

 confirmed. 



Messrs. William Elliott and Leabury Edwardes were balloted 

 for and duly elected members of the Club. 



Seventy-three members and live visitors were present. 

 Thirteen proposals for membership were read by the Hon. 

 Secretary. 



The list of donations to the Club was read and the thanks of 

 the members were voted to the donors. 



A letter addressed to the President by Mr. Charles Peveril 

 was read, intimating that the late Mr. J. M. Allen, F.R.M.S., 

 had bequeathed to the Club his microscopes and apparatus 

 belonging thereto. This legacy was accepted by the Committee ; 

 it consists of two microscopes and some small accessories. 



The Librarian announced that he had received a copy of 

 L. L. Clark's " Objects for the Microscope " to replace a copy 

 missing from the library, also that Prof. Minchin's " Intro- 

 duction to the Study of the Protozoa " had been presented by 

 the author. 



A communication from Mr. J. Rheinberg, F.R.M.S., " On 

 Resolutions Obtained with Dark-ground Illumination and their 

 Relation to the Abbe Theory," in the absence of the author, was 

 taken as read. 



A very interesting paper, " The Foraminifera in their Role 

 as World-Builders," by Messrs. Earland and Heron- Allen, was 

 read by Mr. Earland, and illustrated by a large number of 

 .pictures of the various forms described, which were shown upon 



