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Euplectella, showing floral spicules in situ... Mr. B. W. Priest. 



Diatoms from Penang ... ... ... Mr. F. Roper. 



Podura scale with l-10th immersion obiec-) ,_ T _ ... 



J [ Mr. J. Swift. 

 jective ... ... ... J 



Mr. Ingpen gave an elementary description of the theory and construc- 

 tion of the microscope. 



Attendance — Members, 66 ; Visitors, 10. 



December 28th, 1877. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 Dr. J. Matthews, F.E.M.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the Club : — Mr. J. A. Batchelor, Dr Thos. Partridge, Mr. Chas. Sands, and 

 Mr. Thos. Wm. Watson. 



Seven gentlemen were proposed for membership. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 

 " The Monthly Microscopical Journal " — " 



"I 



from the Publishers. 

 November and December 



" Science Gossip" ... ... ... „ „ 



" Proceedings of the Natural History^) _. . . 



q • 4- J m * i » Society. 



Society or Glasgow ' ... J 



"The American Journal of Microscopy"... in Exchange. 



" Annals of Natural History " ... ... by purchase. 



"Grevillea" ... 



" The Medical Examiner " (weekly) . . . from the Publisher. 



" Eeports of the Smithsonian Institution"... ,, Institution. 



"The Analyst" ... ... ... „ Publishers. 



" Proceedings of the Belgian Micro scopi-"") . 



cal Society" ... ... j 



" The American Naturalist " ... ... in exchange. 



" Proceedings of the Geologists' Associa-) „ ,. . ... 



} from the Association, 

 tion" ... ... ... j 



" Proceedings of the Watford Natural^ „ . 



History Society " ... ... ) 



" Catalogue of the Diatomacese,'' by Mr.") . ,, 



F. Habirshaw, of New York ... j 



Six Slides ... ... ... ... from Mr. T. H. Buff ham. 



Mr. T. Curties. 

 Mr. A. D. Michael. 

 Mr. Moginie. 

 Mr. Tatem. 



Six ditto 

 Six ditto 

 One ditto 

 Six ditto 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the donors. 

 Mr A. Cottam read a paper "On the New Autographic Process," in 

 which he fully described the modus operandi, and strongly recommended 

 the adoption of the method as being much superior to lithography— as 



