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It was also announced that the Rooms would be closed for the 

 Christmas vacation from Friday, December 22, to Monday, January 1. 



The next Meeting was announced for January 17, when the President 

 would deliver his Annual Address. 



The following Instruments, Objects, etc., were exhibited :— 



The Society : — A Reflecting Microscope, by John Cuthbert. 



]\Ir. F. Shillington Scales : — Lantern slides in illustration of his Lecture. 



New Fellows. — The following were nominated as Ordinary Fellows 

 Thomas Harvey Johnson, William Parkin, Norman Douglas Simpson. 



MEETING 



Held on the 17th of January, 1912, at 20 Hanover Square, "W. 

 H. G. Plmmer, Esq., F.R.S., etc.. President, in the Chair. , 



The Minutes of the Meeting of December 20, 1911, were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



Messrs. Taverner and Ogilvy w.ere appointed by the President as 

 Scrutineers of the Ballot for the election of Officers and Council for the 

 ensuing year. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 

 since the last Meeting was read as follows, and the thanks of the Society 

 were voted to the donors :— 



From 



An Old Microscope Mr. Ernest Keevil. 



SMe ot Navicula socialis Prof. T. Chalkley. 



Mr. Rousselet exhibited and described an Old Microscope presented 

 to the Society by Mr. Ernest Keevil. 



Mr. Rousselet also described another Microscope lent for exhibition 

 before the Society that evening by Mr. A. Hodgson. It was an old 

 " double reflecting " Microscope of Culpeper and Scarlet type, as modified 

 by Adams, the special feature being that the lower brass legs were wider 

 apart than the upper three legs, thus giving support to an extra large 

 stage. The body was barrel-shaped, of large size, and covered with 

 shagreen. The foot of the Microscope was formed by a square wooden 

 box containing the usual apparatus. Although no name appeared on 

 the instrument, a letter in the drawer of the box-foot, dated 7th January, 

 1735/6, and signed by George Adams, leaves no doubt that it was made 

 by this maker and about this date. 



