1881.] on the Concer^ion of Eadiant Heai irdo Sound. 183 



convergent bv a lens of ice. At the focus of the ice-lens the sonnds 

 were extracted from both bromine and iodine Tapjur. Sonnds were 

 also produced after the beam had been sent through the alum soliitiii: 

 and the ice-lens conjointly. 



Several vapours other than those mentioned in this abstract l?.-r 

 been examined, and sounds obtained from all of them. The -^ ;^ i; 

 of all compound liquids wilL I doubt not, be found sonor. :- :_ :i.r 

 intermittent beam. And, as I question whether there is an abso- 

 lutely diathermanous substance in nature, I think it prc>bable that 

 even the vapours of elementaiy bodies, including the elementary 

 gases, when more strictly examined, will be found capable of pro- 

 ducing sounds. 



[J. T.] 



WEEKLY EYESIXG MEETING, 



Friday, January 19th, 1883. 



Geobge Buss, Esq. x.E.S. Tre^isurer and Vice-President, in the Clair. 



f E. BoswoBTH Smith, Esq. M.A. 



Assistant Mazier of Ham?^ S-_ :1. 



The Early Life cf Lord Laimnce in Lndia. 



This Discourse was an introduction to a short course of lectures 

 entitled • Episodes in the Life of Lord Lawrence." * 



John Lawrence wels bom in the north of Ireland, !Mkrch 1, ISll, 

 his family being of Scoto-Irish origin. His father, Alexander, was an 

 ill-requited Indian officer ; his mother, a Knox- Among his school- 

 fellows at Fovle College were his brother Henry and Bobeit Mont- 

 gomery, his future colleagues in the Punjaub. 



Not too well educated, he reluctantly entered the Indian Civil 

 Service in 1829, going to Delhi, his appointment being eventxialiy in 

 Paniput, inhabited by Sikhs and other tribes of a more powerful 

 character than the ordinarv Hindoos, 



The duties of a collector of the revenue were exeeediniily muln- 

 farious, embracing the charge of law and police, agriculture, healih, 

 roads, bridges, «\:c. In discharging these duties John Lawrence acted 

 as a wise, just, htmiane, benencent despot, throwing himself heartily 

 into his work, deeply sympathising with the people, trusting gresitly 

 to his own eyes and hands, and subjecting himself to severe self- 

 discipline. In fact, during the years he acted as revenue collector in 



* Mr. K. R->sworta Smith's • Life of Lord Liwrenoe,' in two vtdvmes, w»s 

 published in February IS^S. 



