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worked from the eye-piece of the telescope. It has a very full equipment 

 of eye-pieces, magnifying from 30 to 300 diameters, a Cooke micrometer, 

 stellar and solar diagonal, Dawes, Barlow, terrestrial, and transit eye- 

 pieces. The instrument, which is to be known as the "Atkinson Tele- 

 scope," in memory of the lace Mr. A. S. Atkinson, has been set in posi- 

 tion in a Berthon observatory, built by permission of the City Council in 

 Alton Street, and will be available for use after the end of this week. It 

 may be anticipated that with the facilities afforded by the possession of 

 this instrument a number of our members will take up the study of 

 astronomy. 



The scientific branch of the Institute has met for microscope work, 

 and proposes to hold periodical meetings during the coming winter for 

 the discussion of scientific subjects. 



Several gentlemen have also kindly volunteered to devote some of 

 their leisure time in the near future to making a much-needed rearrange- 

 ment of the exhibits in the Museum. 



40— Trans. 



