Mogal Jn^tilution of ©teat IStitain. 



1861. 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, November 4, 1861. 



William Pole, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



The Rev. Wm. H. A. Wentworth Bowyer, M.A. 

 was elected a Member of the Royal Institution. 



Alexander J. Ellis, Esq. 

 was admitted a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The Secretary announced that the following arrangements had 

 been made for the Lectures during the ensuing season : — 



Christmas Lectures. — Professor Tyndall— Six Lectures on 

 Light (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory). 



Before Eastei; 1862. — Professor J. Marshall, F.R.S.— Twelve 

 Lectures on the Physiology of the Senses. 



Professor Tyndall, F.R.S. — Twelve Lectures on Heat. 



Rev. A. J. D'Orsey — Five Lectures on the English Language. 



II. F. Chorley, Esq. — Four Lectures on National Music. 



Professor H. E. Roscoe — Three Lectures on Spectrum Analy- 

 sis. 



After Easter. — C. T. Newton, Esq. — Four Lectures on the 

 History of Ancient Art ; illustrated by Examples in the British 

 Museum. 



Rev. G. Butler — Three Lectures on the Art of the Last 

 Century. 



Professor Lyon Playfair, C.B. F.R.S. — Six Lectures on some 

 OP THE Chemical Arts, with reference to their Progress 

 between the Two Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862. 



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