VI CONTENTS. 



1857. 



Page 

 Jan. 23. — Professor Tyndall — Observations on Glaciers 320 



„ 30. — Rev. Frederic D. Maurice — Milton considered 



as a Schoolmaster ..... 328 

 Feb. 2. — General Monthly Meeting .... 333 



„ 6. — Dr. J. H. Gladstone — On Chromatic Phaeno- 



mena exhibited by Transmitted Light . . 336 



„ 13. — T. A. Malone, Esq. — On the application of 

 Light and Electricity to the production of En- 

 gravings — Photogalvanography . . , 343 



„ 20. — Christopher Dresser, Esq. — On the Relation 



of Science and Ornamental Art . . . 350 



„ 27. — Prof. Faraday — On the Conservation of Force 352 

 March 2. — General Monthly Meeting .... 366 



„ 6. — Edmund Beckett Denison, Esq. — On the Great 



Bell of Westminster 368 



„ 13. — Professor John Phillips— On the Malvern 



Hills 385 



„ 20. — John Watkins Brett, Esq. — On the Submarine 



Telegraph 394 



„ 27. — Robert Warington, Esq. — On the Aquarium 403 

 April 3.— Rev. John Barlow — On some Modifications of 



Woody Fibre, and their Applications . . 409 



„ 6.—General Monthly Meeting .... 413 



„ 24. — Professor A. C. Ramsay — On certain Peculi- 

 arities of Climate during part of the Permian 



Epoch 417 



May 1. — Annual Meeting . . , . , .421 



„ 1. — Captain John Grant — On the Application of 

 Heat to Domestic Purposes, and to Military 

 Cookery 422 



„ 4. — General Monthly Meeting .... 426 



„ 8. — Professor F. Grace Calvert — On M. Chev- 



reul's Laws of Colours .... 428 



„ 15. — Professor T. H. Huxley — ^^On the present state 

 of Knowledge as to the Structure and Functions 

 of Nerve 432 



