PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 781 



The following Instruments, Objects, etc., were exhibited :- 



The Society : — An Old "Wilson Screw-Barrel Microscope. 



The following Slides from the Collection presented by Mr. W. M. 

 Bale : — Seeds of the following Orchids : Caladenia Patersoni, Calochilus 

 Robertsoni, Diuris metadata, Pterostylis nutans, Thelymitra aristata, 

 T. longifoUa ; Spores and Elators of Scale Moss, Fossombronia ? ; Spores 

 of Liverwort, Fimbriaria ; ditto Targionia ; Capillitium and Spores of 

 Stemonitis (Myxomycetes) ; Capillitium and Spores of Trichia ; Crystals 

 from "Wine ; Gizzard of large Grey Grasshopper ; Starch of Canna. 



Mr. E. Moffat : — Portable Photomicrographic Camera. 



Dr. Hebb :— The Flatters Microtome. 



Messrs. R. & J. Beck : — The Ashe-Finlayson Comparascope. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. Thomas Skelton Cole, Alfred Douglas Hardy, and John Perceval 

 Lord. 



MEETING 



Held on the 15th of November, 1905, at 20 Hanover Square, "W. 

 G. C. Karop, Esq., M.R.C.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of the 18th of October, 1905, were 

 read and confirmed, and were signed by the Chairman. 



The List of Donations to the Society since the last Meeting (exclu- 

 sive of exchanges and reprints) was read, and the thanks of the Meeting 

 were voted to the donors. 



From 

 Flatters, A., Methods of Microscopical Research. (8vo, London \ T , p ,,. , 



and Manchester. 1905) J l " e «""»«*■ 



Goeldi, E. A., Memorias do Meseu Goeldi. IV. Os Mosquitosl j,, . ., 



no Para. (Para, 1905) J 



Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, I m, Q n , 



United States Army, 2nd Series, Vol. X. (8vo, Washing- 1 ' " e y£ e ™ r ^ nen 



ton, 1905) 



Lucernal and Solar Microscopes by Adams Mr. Wynne E.Baxter 



The Old Microscope presented to the Society by Mr. W. E. Baxter 

 was exhibited, and explained by Mr. Rousselet to be one described by 

 Adams in his book published in 1787 as "Adams' Improved Lucernal 

 Microscope," several examples of which, though differing somewhat in 

 form, were already in the Society's Collection. The one before the 

 Meeting was arranged for viewing both opaque and translucent objects. 

 The Solar Microscope, also presented, was described in the same work 

 as " Adams' Improved Solar Microscope," and was intended to be illu- 

 minated by sunlight reflected from a mirror through an opening in a 

 shutter. 



The Chairman said it was a little difficult to understand how they 

 obtained sufficient light for an instrument of that kind, as the oxy- 

 hydrogen light had not at that date come into use. And with regard 



