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1884. Page 



May 16. — Professor W. Odling. — The Dissolved Oxygen of 



Water (no Abstract) .. .. .. ,. 90 



„ 23. — David Gill, Esq. — Eecent Researches on the 

 Distances of the Fixed Stars, and Some Future 

 Problems in Sidereal Astronomy .. .. 91 



„ 30. — Monsieur E. Mascart. — Sur Les Couleurs. (In 



French.) 107 



June 2.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. ..116 



^^ 6. — WiLLOUGHBY Smith, Esq. — Volta - Electric and 



Magneto-Electric Induction .. . .. 119 



„ 13. — (Extra Evening.) — Professor Dewar. — Researches 



on Liquefied Gases .. .. .. ..148 



July 7.— General Monthly Meeting 153 



Nov. 3.— General Monthly Meeting 155 



Dec. 1.— General Monthly Meeting 159 



1885. 



Jan. 16. — Professor Tyndall. — On Living Contagia .. 161 



„ 23. — Professor H. N. Moselet. — The Fauna of the Sea- 

 shore .. .. .. .. .. .. 168 



„ 30. — Professor Ernst Pauer. — A short review of the 



works of Living Composers for the Pianoforte ., 171 



Feb. 2.— General Monthly Meeting 175 



„ 6. — G. Johnstone Stoney, Esq. — How Thought presents 



itself in Nature 178 



„ 13. — Sir John Lubbock, Bart. M.P. — The Forms of 



Leaves .. .. .. .. .. .. 197 



„ 20. — William Huggins, Esq. — The Solar Corona ., 202 



„ 27. — Professor E. Eay Lankester. — A Marine Bio- 

 logical Laboratory .. .. .. .. 215 



