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May 27th, 1881. — Ordinary Meeting. 



Chas. Stewart, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c., Vice-President, in the 



Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. 0. S. Bishopp and Mr Charles Botterill were balloted for and duly- 

 elected members of the Club. 



The following additions to the Library were announced : — 



" Proceedings of the Eoyal Society" ... from the Society. 



''Journal of the Eoyal Microscopical") 

 Society ... ... ... ) 



"Eighth Report, &c., of the New Cross") 

 Microscopical Society " ... ) 



" Proceedings of the Geologist's Association " „ „ 



" Proceedings of the Belgian Microscopical \ 



Society" ... / 



" The Popular Science Review'' ... ... from the Publisher. 



"Science Gossip" ... ... ... „ „ 



" The Northern Microscopist " ... ... „ „ 



" The American Monthly Microscopical") . j;y„i,„ 

 Journal" ... ... ... j 



"The Microscope in Medicine" (American) from the Publisher. 

 Van Heurck's " Synopsis of Belgian Diatoms " Purchased. 

 "Annals of Natural History " ,., ... „ 



Photograph for the Album ... ... Mr. Morland. 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the donors. 

 The Secretary said that the members would no doubt be interested to 

 know that the Ineeting which was held on April 29th, for the exhibition of 

 objects, &c., was attended by at 'least 199 members, and 300 visitors. The 

 number of exhibitors on the occasion, as far as could be ascertained by the 

 cards collected after the meeting, was 73, but he was under the impression 

 that this did not include all. He had prepared an alphabetical list of those 

 whose names were ascertained from the cards, and this would be laid on the 

 table for inspection at the end of the meeting in order that any members 

 who had exhibited, and whose names did not appear, might be able to 

 supply the omissions. 



Mr. Ingpen said that as they were without a paper for the evening, it 

 might be interesting to some of the members if he gave a description of the 

 microscope with which he recently had the honour to be presented. He 

 then exhibited and described the instrument and its accessories, and 

 explained their mode of use and the advantages claimed for them, dwellino- 

 particularly upon the construction of Abbe's condenser, sectional drawings 

 of which were made upon the board. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Ingpen for his communication. 

 The Chairman said it seemed to him that this microscope had un- 

 doubtedly some great advantages for special work and methods of research 



