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PEOCEEDLNGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 19th of Octobee, 1910, at the Dore Gallery. 

 New Bond Street, W. ; E. J. Spitta, Esq., M.R.C.S, etc., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 15th of June, 1910, 

 were read and confirmed, and were signed by the Chairman. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) 

 received since the last Meeting, was read, as follows, and the thanks 

 of the Society were voted to the donors : — 



From 

 Gissing, C. E., Spark Spectra of the Metals. (4to, London,) ^ Publishers 



Greenish, H. G., The Microscopical Examination of Foods'! ^ p u }jii s } iers 



and Drugs. (8vo, London, 1910) J 



Herzog, Alois, Die Unterscheidung der natiirlichen undl 



kimstlichen Seiden. (8vo, Dresden, Theodor Stein- > The Publishers. 



kopff, 1910) J 



Lafar, Franz, Technical Mycology, ii. pt. 2. (8vo, London, j The p ub n s ] iers 



Southall, J. P. C, The Principles and Methods of Geome-j 



trical Optics. (8vo, New York, The Macmillan Co.,[ The Publishers. 



1910) ) 



Portrait of Mr. Frank Crisp, from Vanity Fair Mr. E. T. Letvis. 



Lucemal Microscope by Adams, with a portion of vol. xi.\ 



pt. 2, pp. 709-60, of an early edition of the Encyclopaedia I M „ ■ , Slade 



Britannica, containing " On The Microscope, including t 



figures and description of the Lucernal Microscope " .. ' 



Microscope by Hugh Powell, date 1840 Mr. P. T. B. Beale. 



Block of Cumming's " Cutting Engine " Mr. C. Lees-Curties. 



An abstract of a paper by Mr. Jas. J. Simpson, on " Hicksonella, 

 a New Gorgonellid Genus," was read by Dr. Hebb, the President, who 

 was to have been present to read the paper in its entirety, having been 

 unavoidably prevented from attending the Meeting. A specimen of the 

 new genus was exhibited. 



The Chairman thought it was difficult to make any remarks on such 

 a paper without reading it in its entirety, as an abstract treated merely 

 of practical details. The specimen exhibited was evidently something- 

 new, and claimed the notice of the Society, and was well worth the 

 study of the Fellows afterwards. 



The thanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Simpson for his paper 

 and specimen. 



A paper by Mr. Heron-Allen and Mr. Earland upon " Some Varietal 

 Forms of Massilina secans," was read by Mr. Heron- Allen. 



Mr. Earland said that he did not think that he had anything to add 





