1897.] General Monthly Meeting, 



GENEKAL MONTHLY MEETIN 



Monday, December 6, 1897. N^ ^ y^ 



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

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Hon. Herbert Mills Birdwood, C.S.I. M.A. LL.D. 



Major John Leslie, B.A. 



Captain Henry George Lyons, R.E. F.G.S. 



Cecil Powney, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Professor 

 Dewar, LL.D. F.R.S. for his present of a Portrait of Mr. Benjamin 

 Vincent, Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institution. 



The following Lecture arrangements were announced : — 



Pkofessoe Oliver Lodge, D.Sc. LL.D. F.R.S. Professor of Physics in 

 University College, Liverpool. Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) 

 on The Principles of the Electric Telegraph. On Dec. 28 {Tuesday^ 

 Dec. 30, 1897; Jan. 1, 4, 6, 8, 1898. 



Professor E. PtAY Lankester, M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. Eleven Lectures on 

 The Simplest Living Things. On Tuesdays, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 

 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. 



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

 Chemistry RJ. Three Lectures on The Halogen Group op Elements. On 

 Thursdays, Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3. 



Jean Paul Richter, Esq. Ph.D. M.B.I. Three Lectures on Some Italian 

 Pictures at the National Gallery. On Thursdays, Feb. 10, 17, 24. 



Professor J. A. Fleming, M.A. D.Sc. F.R.S. M.B.I. Professor of Electrical 

 Engineering in University College, London. Five Lectures on Recent 

 Researches in Magnetism and Diamagnetism. On Thursdays, March 3, 10, 

 17, 24, 31. 



Professor Patrick Geddes, F.R.S.E. Professor of Botany, University 

 College, Dundee. Three Lectures on Cyprus. On Saturdays, Jan. 22, 29, 

 Feb. 5. 



William Henry Hadow, Esq. M.A. B.Mus. Fellow of Worcester College* 

 Oxford. Three Lectures on The Structure of Instrumental Music (with 

 Musical Illustrations). On Saturdays, Feb. 12, 19, 26. 



Professor Walter Raleigh, M.A. Three Lectures on English Letter- 

 Writers. On Saturdays, March 5, 12, 19. 



Lionel Gust, Esq. M.A. F.S.A. Director of the National Portrait Gallery. 

 Two Lectures on Portraip:s as Historical Documents ; Portraits as Monut 

 ments. On Saturdays, March 26, April 2. 



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