vi CONTENTS. 



1883. Page 



May 3, 10, 17. — Professor Tyndall. — Count Kumford, Origi- 

 nator of tlie Eoyal Institution .. .. .. 407 



„ 4. — KoBERT H. Scott, Esq. — Weather Knowledge in 



looo .. .. .. .• •• •• oZo 



„ 7. — General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 334 



„ 11. — Professor Huxley. — Oysters and the Oyster Ques- 

 tion .. .. .. .. .. .. 336 



„ 18. — Professor C. E. Turner. — Kustarnoe Proiezvodstro ; 

 or, The Peculiar System of Domestic Industry in 

 the Villages of Russia .. .. .. ..359 



„ 25. — Professor Flower. — Whales, Past and Present, and 



their probable Origin .. .. .. .. 360 



June 1. — Frederick Pollock, Esq. — The Forms and History 



of the Sword .. .. .. .. .. 377 



„ 4.— General Monthly Meeting 397 



„ 8. — Professor Dewar. — The Electric Arc and Chemical 



Synthesis (Abstract deferred^ .. .. .. 398 



July. 2. — General Monthly Meeting (Decease of Mr. William 



Spottiswoode) .. .. .. .. ..399 



Nov. 5.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 401 



Dec. 3. — General Monthly Meeting (Decease of Sir Wm. 



Siemens) 404 



1884. 



Jau. 18. — Professor Ttndall. — Rainbows .. .. .. 455 



„ 25.— H. H. Johnston, Esq. — Kilima-njaro, the Snow-clad 



Mountain of Equatorial Africa (no Abstract) .. 469 

 Feb. 1.— Professor F. Max Muller.— Rajah Rammohun 



Roy, the Religious Reformer of India .. .. 470 



„ 4.~ General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 473 



