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F.R.M.S. ; R. Pciulson, F.R.M.S. ; G. H. J. Roj^ers, F.R.M.8. ; C. F. 

 Rousselet,F.R.M.S.(C?<m^r)r) ; D.J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. ; R. S. 

 ^y. Sears ; A. W. Sheppard, F.R.M.S. ; C. J. H. Sidwell, F.R.M.S. ; 

 C. D. Soar, F.R.M.S.; C. Tieriiej, M.S., F.R.M.S.,; G. Tilling, 

 F.R.M.S. ; C. Turner ; H. Whitehead ; J. Wilson, F.R.M.S. 



Photo-micrographs were exhil)ited by the following Members of the 

 Photo-micrographical Society : — G. Ardaseer ; J. G. P)radbury ; 0. Fin- 

 lay ; Rev. F. C. Lambert ; A. E. Smith. 



The Society is much indebted to King's College for so generously 

 putting the hall, lecture room, etc., at their disposal ; to Mr. Spitta for 

 his lecture ; to Mr. Caffyn for his demonstration ; and to the numerous 

 exhibitors. 



The thanks of the Society are also due to Mr. J. E Barnard for the 

 vast amount of work he has done in connexion with the general 

 arrangements ; and to Messrs. D. J. Scourfield and C. F. Rousselet, who 

 carried out the arrangements of the pond-life exhibits. 



MEETING 



Held on the 19th November, 1913, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 

 Professor G. Sims Woodhead, M.D., etc., President, in the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of October 15, 191o, were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



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 accorded to the donors : — 



From 

 Graham-Smith, S. G., Flies in Relation to Disease .. .. The Publishers. 

 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society, 1912 The Royal Society. 



Mr. Davidson then demonstrated a new instrument called the 

 Micro-telescope, suggested by Mr. Cornell, of Tonbridge, in which a 

 telescope objective had been adapted to a Microscope, and provided 

 with a system of carefully and correctly graduated stops, until the pin- 

 hole was reached. The Microscope was used as the eye-piece of the 

 telescope, and, as far as the telescopic observations went, distance was 

 annihilated by means of alteration of the focus. With a long attiich- 

 ment, a range of vision was obtained from 3 ft. to infinity ; with a short 

 attachment, a microscopic area, as distinct from a microscopic speck, 

 could be examined at a distance of 10-12 in. In addition, the instrument 



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