1884.] General 3Iontldy Meeting. 159 



GENEEAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 1, 1884. 



The Hon. Sir William R. Grove, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Manager and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Sir Frederick A. Abel, K.C.B. D.C.L. F.R.S. 



George Andrews, Esq. J.P. 



George Mann Carfrae, M.D. 



Rogers Field, Esq. 



James P. Harper, M.D. 



Samuel Page, Esq. 



Boverton Redwood, Esq. F.C.S. F.LC. 



Thomas Alfred Routh, Esq. 



J. Graham Smith, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



A Report from the Managers was read stating that it had been 

 found necessary to reconstruct the whole of the drainage system of 

 the Institution, which had been effected upon the most approved 

 principles under the advice and supervision of Mr. Rogers Field, 

 the eminent sanitary engineer. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Peofessok Tyndall, D.C.L. F.R.S. ilf.i?. 7.— Six Lectures (adapted to a 

 Juvenile Auditory) on The Sources of Electricity : Friction-electricity, 

 Volta-electricity, Pyro-electricity, Thermo-electricity, Magneto-electricity • on 

 Dec. 27 (Saturday), Dec. 30, 1884 ; Jan. 1, 3, 6, 8, 1885. 



Professor Henry N. Moseley, M.A. F.R.S. — Five Lectures on Colonial 

 Animals : their Structure and Life Histories ; on Tuesdays, Jan. 13, 20, 27, 

 Feb. 3, 10. 



Professor Sidney Colvin, M.A. — Two Lectures on Museums and National 

 Education ; on Tuesdays, Feb. 17, 24. 



Professor Arthur Gamgee, M.D. F.R.S. — Four Lectures on Digestion (the 

 Subject to be continued after Easter) ; on Tuesdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24. 



Professor Dewar, M.A. F.R.S. M.R.I. — Eleven Lectures on The New 



Chemistry ; on Thursdays, Jan. 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26. 



Charles Waldstein, Ph.D. Heidelberg, Hon. M.A. Cantab. — Three Lectures on 



Greek Scllpture from Pheidias to the Roman Era ; on Saturdays, Jan. 17, 



24, 31. 



George Johnstone Stoney, Esq. F.R.S. — Three Lectures on The Scale on 

 ■which Nature works, and the Character of some of hek Operations • on 

 Saturdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21. 



Carl Armbruster, Esq. — Five Lectures on The Life, Theory, and Work 

 of Richard Wagner (with Illustrations, Vocal and Instrumental) ; on Saturdays, 

 Feb. 28, March 7, 14, 21, 28. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



