PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. ^47 



The President aiiuounced that the next Meeting of the Society 

 \voald be held on December 17. That of tlie Brass and (ilass Section 

 woukl be lield on November 2."), when demonstrations wonkl be ,iri\ en 

 by Mr. James (Irundy of (1) apparatus for accurately measurinu- the 

 diameter of Ramsden's disk above an eye-piece, and (2) a simple instru- 

 ment for showing the behaviour of two crystals of calcite in different 

 positions when light is passed through them. 



A new form of apertometer would also be shown by the Hon. 

 Secretary of the Section. 



The next Meeting of the Biological Section would be held in the 

 Society's rooms on December 3, when Mr. J. Wilson would read a 

 paper on *' Desmids." 



The following Instruments, Apparatus, Objects, etc., were ex- 

 hibited : — 



Messrs. W. AVatson and Sons : — Two New Metallurgical Microscopes. 



Messrs. Davidson and Cornell : — Micro-Telescope. 



Mr. G. M. Beaumont : — Coumarin Preparations, showni by Mr. Conrad 



Beck. 

 Mr. C. E. Heath : — A New Safety Device for High-power Lenses and 



Cover-glasses. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of 

 the Society :— Mark J. Allan, Victor E. M. Kock, Alfred Dinsley, 

 Felix Brand, Percy A. Aubin, F. Wainwright Anderton, F.R.C.V.S., 

 W. M. Scott, F.R.C.V.S. 



