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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 7, 1885. 



George Busk, Esq. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vicc-Presideut, 

 in the Chair. 



James Butcher, Esq. 



Charles Bell Eustace Ford, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : 



Professor Dewar, M.A. F.R.S. M.R.I. Fullerian Profe.ssor of Chemistry, 

 R.I. Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) on The Story of a 

 Meteorite. On Dec. 29 {Tuesday), Dec. 31, 1885; Jan. 2, 5, 7, 9, 1886. 



Robert Stawell Ball, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. Andrews Professor of Astronomy 

 in the University of DubHn, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Three Lectures 

 on The Astronomical Theory of the Great Ice Age. On Ttiesday, Jan. 19, 

 Thursday, Jan. 21, Saturday, Jan. 23. 



Reginald Stuart Poole, Esq. LL.D. of the British Museum, Corresp. 

 Inst. France. Tiiree Lectures on Naucratis : (1) Relations of the Greeks 

 WITH Egypt from the heroic age to Psammetichus ; (2) The Emporium of 

 Naucratis; (3) The Egyptian Sources of Greek Art. On Tuesday!^, Jan. 26, 

 Feb. 2, 9. 



Charles T. Newton, C.B. LL.D. M.A. Three Lectures on The Un- 

 exhibited Portion of the Greek and Roman Sculptures in the British 

 Museum (illustrated by Drawings and Casts). On Tuesdays, Feb. 16, 23, March 2. 



Professor Arthur Gamgee, M.D. F.R.S. Fullerian Professor of Physiology, 

 R.I. Six Lectures on The Function of Circulation. On Tuesdays, March 9, 

 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13. 



W. Chandler Roberts-Austen, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I. Chemist of the Mint. 

 Four Lectures on Metals as affected by small quantities of Impurity. On 

 Thursdays, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18. 



Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A. F.R.S. F.G.S. Four Lectures on The 

 Ancient Geography of Britain. On Thursdays, Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18. 



Professor Tyndall, D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. M.R.I. Four Lectures on Light. 

 On Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15. 



Archibald Geikie, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. Director-General of the Geological 

 Survey of the United Kingdom, Four Lectures on The History of Volcanic 

 Action in the British Isles. On Saturdays, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20. 



Rev. C. Taylor, D.D. Master of St. John's College, Cambridge. Two 

 Lectures on The History of Geometry : the Greeks and the Moderns. On 

 Saturdays, Feb. 27, March 6. 



Edward B. Poulton, Esq. M.A. Two Lectures on The Nature and 

 PROTEcaiVE U.^E OF CoLOUR IN Catekpillars. On Saturdays, March 13, 20, 



