ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, 



4lh April, 1831. 



THE WEEKLY EVENING MEETINGS of the Members of the Royal 

 Institution will be resumed on Friday the 15th instant, at half-past Eight o' Clock, 

 and will be continued on each succeeding Friday evening till the end of the 

 Season. 



The following are the Arrangements of the Lectures which are to be 

 delivered on each day at Three o' Clock in the Afternoon : 



CHEMICAL AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. By MICHAEL FARADAY, 

 Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., Corr. Memb. Royal Acad. Sciences Paris, Director of the 

 Laboratory of the Royal Institution, &c. &c. To commence on Thursday, the 

 1 4th instant, and to be continued on each succeeding Thursday till the 5th of 

 May. The following are the Subjects of the Course : April 14th, Optical Decep- 

 tions April 21st, Lithography April 28th, Flowing of Sand and May 5th, 

 Caoutchouc. 



GEOLOGY. On some of the most important points in Geology. By THOMAS 

 WEBSTER, Esq., F.G.S. To commence on Saturday, the 16th of April, and to 

 be continued on each succeeding Saturday till the 21st of May. 



POETRY AND THE POETS. By JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq., Author of 

 ' The World before the Flood,' f Pelican Island,' &c. To commence on Tuesday, 

 the 26th of April, and to be continued on each succeeding Tuesday till the com- 

 pletion of the Course, on the 31st of May. 



ACOUSTICS. By ROBERT WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S., Fellow of Caius College, 

 Cambridge. To commence on Thursday, the 12th of May, and to be continued 

 on each succeeding Thursday till the completion of the Course, on the 1 6th of 

 June. 



BOTANY. On Vegetable Physiology and Botany. By JOHN LINDLEY, Esq., 

 F.R.S. and F.L.S., Prof, of Botany in the University of Lond., and Assist. Sec. 

 Hort. Soc. To commence on Saturday, the 28th of May, and to be continued on 

 each succeeding Saturday till the completion of the Course, on the 18th of June. 



The Sons and Daughters of the Members of the Royal Institution, under 

 Fifteen Years of Age, may be admitted on payment of half the sum for each 



Course. 



Syllabuses of the Lectures may be obtained at the Royal Institution. 



