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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on October 2nd, 1908, Professor 

 E. A. Mint-bin, M.A., President, in the Chair, the minutes of 

 the meeting held on June 19th were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. William Richards, Edward Arthur Blockley, and 

 Edward Britton were balloted for, and duly elected members 

 of the Club. 



A number of donations of books and periodicals were announced, 

 and the thanks of the Club voted to the donors. 



The President announced that in future the " Cossip Nights " 

 of the Club would be held in the North Room on the third 

 Friday in the month. 



The lion. Secretary referred to the loss the Club had sustained 

 in the death at Folkestone, on August 11th last, of Mr. F. H. 

 Wenham, one of the oldest of the Club's honorary members. 

 Although Mr. Wenham was primarily an engineer, and was 

 the first to introduce the use of high-pressure steam in marine 

 engines, turning his attention also to gas engines and to the 

 use of superheated steam, it was his many and useful inventions 

 in microscopical and allied instruments with which members 

 were immediately interested. The Wenham binocular prism, 

 suitable for the lower powers of the microscope, was universally 

 known. The single-front and the oil-immersion objective were 

 both due to the genius of their late member. 



The Hon. Secretary was requested to convey an expression 

 of the members' condolences to the relatives of the late 

 Mr. Wenham. 



Mr. T. A. O'Donohoe exhibited and described some photo- 

 micrographs x 2000 of the Podura scale. He said it was usual 



