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May 22.— J. A. H. Murray, Esq. — Dictionaries .. 349 



„ 29. — J. Y. BuoBANAN, Esq. — Problems and Methods of 



Oceanic Eesearch . . . . . . . . , . 357 



June 5. — Professor H. H. Turner — The New Star in 



Gemini .. .. .. 375 



„ 8.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. 385 



„ 19. — (Extra Evening). Professor Pierre Curie — 



Radium (in French) .. .. .. .. 389 



July 6.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. 403 



Nov. 2.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 406 



Dec. 7.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 412 



1904. 



1904. 

 Jan. 15. — The Kight Hon. Lord Rayleigh, O.M.— Shadows 427 



,, 22. — The Rev. Walter Sidgreaves — Spectroscopic 

 Studies of Astrophysical Problems at Stonyhurst 

 College Observatory .. .. 435 



„ 29. — David George Hogarth, Esq. — The Marshes of the 



Nile Delta 448 



Feb. 1. — General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 450 



„ 5. — Alfred Austin, E q. — The Growing Distaste for 



the Higher Kinds of Poetry .. .. .. 454 



„ 12. — William Napier Shaw, Esq. — Some Aspects of 



Modern Weather Forecasting 466 



19.— C. T. R. Wilson, Esq.— Condensation Nuclei .. 458 



„ 25. — Alexander Siemens, Esq. —New Developments in 



Electric Railways 463 



Marcli 4. — Professor William Stirling — Breathing in Living 



Things 475 



