158 General Monthly Meeting. [Dec. 4, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 4, 1893. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Henry Jackson Wells Dam, Esq. Ph.B. 

 His Excellency John Duncan, M.D. 

 James Mortimer Garrard, Esq. 

 Edward Lancelot Holland, Esq. M.A. 

 Surgeon-General E. M. Sinclair, M.D. 

 Alfred H. Tarleton, Esq. 

 Julius Wallack, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Professor Dewar, M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. 31. R.I Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, 

 R I Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory ) on Air : Gaseous and Liquid. 

 On Dec. 28 (Thursday), Dec. 30, 1893; Jan. 2, 4, 6, 9, 1891. 



Professor Charles Stewart, M.R.C.S. Pres. L.S. Fullerian Professor of 

 Physiology R I. Nine Lectures on Locomotion and Fixation in Plants and 

 Animals. 'On Tuesdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. G, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13. 



The Rev. Canon Ainger, M.A. LL.D. Three Lectures on The Life and 

 Genius of Swift. On Thursdays, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1. 



W. Martin Conway, Esq. M.A. F.S.A. F.R.G.S. Three Lectures on The 

 Past and Future of Mountain Exploration. On Thursdays, Feb. 8, 15, 22. 



Professor Max Miller, M.A. LL.D. Three Lectures on The VedAnta 

 Philosophy. On Thursdays, March 1, 8, 15. 



Professor W. H. Cummings, F.S.A. Hon. R.A.M. Three Lectures on English 

 Schools of Musical Composition (with Musical Illustrations). On Saturdays, 

 Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. M.R.I. Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Philosophy, R.I. Six Lectures on Light, with special Refer- 

 ence to the Optical Discoveries of Newton. On Saturdays, Feb. 10, 17, 24, 

 March 3, 10, 17. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



The Secretary of State for India— Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 



Vols. XXXI.-XXXII. 4to. 1893. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma— Chisse di Scienze Fisiche, Materaatiche e 



Naturali. Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. 2 U Semestre, Vol. II. Fasc. 9. 



8vo. 1893. 

 Classe di Scienze Morali, etc.: Rendiconti, Serie Quinta, Vol. II. Fasc. 



8, 9. 8vo. 1893. 

 American Geographical Society— Bulletin, Vol. XXV. No. 3. 8vo. 1893. 

 Anderson, William, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. M.R.I, (the Author)— The Interdepend- 



ance of Abstract Science and Engineering. 8vo. 1893. 



