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PKOCEEDIXGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 16th of October, 1912, at King's College, Strand, 

 W.C. ; Percy E. Radley, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of June 19, 1912, were read and con- 

 firmed, and were signed by the Chairman. 



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 



Signatures of the Royal Society TJie Royal Society. 



Record of the Roj-al Society Tlie Royal Society. 



Gemmill, J. F., Teratology of Fishes The Publisliers. 



Lister, Arthur, Mycetozoa. 2nd ed., 1911 | ,'-^, ij- "* \ 



The Certificates of the following Candidates were read for the first 

 time : — -George Morris Allen, James W. Audas, Edward C. Ash ; Dr. 

 Albert McCalla, the President of the State Microscopical Society of Illi- 

 nois, as an Ex-officio Fellow. 



After the Ordinary Meeting on October 16, at which only formal 

 business was transacted, a Conversazione was held at King's College, 

 Strand, by kind permission of the College. Some 400 guests were received 

 in the Great Hall by the President of the Society, Mr. H. G. Plimmer, 

 F.R.S., and Mrs. Plimmer. A series of exhibits embracing practically 

 every branch of Microscopy was arranged, and many of these were of 

 great scientific interest. 



Three lectures were given in the Lecture Theatre by : E. J. Spitta, 

 F.Pt.M.S., M.R.C.S., &c. :— Cinematograph Display of Pond Life, 8.30-9 ; 

 Prof. R. T. Hewlett, M.D., F.R.C.P. :— Insects as Carriers of Disease, 

 9.15-9.45 ; Max Poser, F.R.M.S. :— Liquid Crystals, 10-10.30. 



The Exhibits were displayed in the Great Hall, and were as follows : — 

 H. F. Angus and E. J. Slieppard, F.R.M.S. :— SUdes showing Mitosis. 

 F. W. Watson Baker, F.R.M.S. : — Instantaneous Reflex Photomicro- 



graphic Camera ; Various Slides. 

 J. E. Barnard, F.R.M.S. : — Ukra-microscope. 



J. E. Barnard, F.R.M.S., and Powell Swift :— Abbe Diffraction Micro- 

 scope ; Quartz Mercury Vapour Lamp. 



