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P U C E E D I N G S . 



ArRiL 28th, 1876.— Ordinary Meeting. 



Dr. J. Matthews, F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The President said that he wished to call attention to the announcement; 

 made at the last meeting respecting the proposed purchase of a microscope 

 for the use of the Club, as no doubt there were many members who being 

 then absent were not aware of what was contemplated. There was a pro- 

 posal then made that a good microscope should be purchased for the Club, 

 but that as its funds were not sufficient to bear the expense, subscriptions 

 from members who were willing to contribute were invited towards this very 

 desirable object. It was stated that although they were a Microscopical 

 Club they did not, as a club, possess any instrument of their own ; and it 

 was thought that this ought not to be. The Treasurer would be very happy 

 to receive subscriptions for this purpose. 



The following Donations to the Club were announced : — 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal " ... from the Publisher. 

 "Science Gossip" ... ... ... ... „ ,, 



" The Popular Science Review " ... ... ,, „ 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society" ... the Society. 



" Proceedings of the Geologists' Associa-~"| 



tion" 



" Annual Report of the Geologists' Asso- j 

 ciation" ... 



" Annual Report of the Brighton and ) ' . 



, TT - , r , • , « f the Society. 



Sussex Natural History .Society ) 



" The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical -> . 



„ . by purchase. 



Science" $ 



A Photograph of the late Mr. Robert -> „ ,, _. , . , 

 _ 7 ., C from Mrs. Hardwicke. 



Hardwicke ... ... ... ) 



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



Mr. William E. Home and Mr. William Stopher were balloted for and duly 

 elected members of the Club. 



An abstract of a paper by Mr. W. K. Eridgman " On the Principles of 

 Illumination in connection with Polarization" was read by the Secretary. 



Mr. B. T. Lowne said that in listening to the paper it occurred to him 

 that there were two or three very important points with regard to the illu- 

 mination of objects, which it would be very well to bear in mind. He did 

 not say that an angle of 56° was not a good one at which to let the light 



the Association. 



