CONTENTS. Vll 



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 May 22. — Edward Vivian, Esq. — On Meteorology, with 



Observations and Sketches taken during a Bal- 

 loon Ascent ...... 437 



„ 29. — Professor A. J. Scott— Physics and Metaphy- 

 sics. (No Abstract) 439 



June 1. — General Monthly Meeting .... 439 

 „ 5. — Professor Tyndall — On M. Lissajous* Acous- 

 tic Experiments . , . , .441 

 , 12. — Professor Faraday — On the relations of Gold 



to Light 444 



July 6. — General Monthly Meeting .... 446 



Nov. 2. — General Monthly Meeting .... 449 



Dec, 7. — General Monthly Meeting .... 452 



1858. 



Jan. 22. — Professor Tyndaul — On some Physical Proper- 

 ties of Ice . , . . . . 454 



„ 29. — W. R. Grove Esq. — On Molecular Impressions 



by Light and Electricity . . . .458 



Feb. 1. — General Monthly Meeting .... 464 



„ 5. — Dr. Edwin Lankester — On the Drinking Waters 



of the Metropolis ..... 466 



„ 12. — Professor Faraday — On Static Induction 470, 490 



„ 19. — Edmund Beckett Denison, Esq. — On some of 

 the Improvements in Locks since the Great Ex- 

 hibition of 1851 475 



„ 26. — Professor Baden Powell — On Rotatory Sta- 

 bility and its Applications to Astronomical Ob- 

 servations on board Ships . • • . 480 

 March 1 . — G eneral Monthly Meeting .... 488 



„ 5. — Professor C. Piazzi Smyth — Account of the 

 Astronomical Experiment of 1856 on the Peak 

 ofTeneriffe 493 



„ 12. — Dr. William B. Carpenter — On the Lowest 

 (Rhizopod) Type of Animal Life, considered in 

 its relations to Physiology, Zoology, and Geology 497 



