74: General Monthly Meeting [March 1, 



and Scientific Journals on " Spectrum Analysis," " The Periodic Law," 

 " Electro-Chemistry," and other subjects. 



His published Works include (1) " Lectures on Experimental Chemistry " 

 (1874); (2) " General Experimental Chemistry" (1886). 



In 1904 he became a Worker in the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of 

 the Royal Institution, conducting a masterly series of researches on " Silicon 

 and itsCompounds : Cooling certain Hydrated Platin-Cyanides in Liquid Air." 



He delivered two Friday Evening Discourses at the Royal Institution on 

 (1) " New Alcohols from Flint and Quartz " (1873) ; (2) " Advances in our 

 Knowledge of Silicon as an Organic Element " (1901). 



The Managers desire to express, on behalf of the Members, their sincere 

 sympathy with Lady Reynolds and the family in their bereavement. 



The following Lecture Arrangements After Easter 1920 were 

 announced : — 



Major G. W. C. Kaye, O.B.E. M.A. D.Sc. Two Lectures on Recent 

 Advances in X-Ray Work. On Tuesdays, April 13, 20. 



Arthur Keith, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. F.R.C.S. M.R.I., Fullerian Professor 

 of Physiology, Royal Institution. Four Lectures on British Ethnology : 

 The Invaders of England. On Tuesdays, April 27, May 4, 11, 18. 



Major C. E. Inglis, O.B.E. M.A. A.M. Inst. C.E., Professor of Engineering, 

 University, Cambridge. Two Lectures on The Evolution of Large Bridge 

 Construction. On Tuesdays, May 25, June 1. 



Sidney Skinner, M.A. M.R.I., Principal, South- Western Polytechnic 

 Institute, Chelsea. Two Lectures on New Experimental Studies in the 

 Liquid State : 1. Ebullition and Evaporation; 2. The Tensile Strength 

 of Liquids. On Thursdays, April 15, 22. 



R. Campbell Thompson, M.A. F.S.A. Two Lectures on 1. The Origins 

 of the Dwellers in Mesopotamia ; 2. The Legends of the Babylonians. 

 On Thursdays, April 29, May 6. 



Alfred Perceval Graves, M.A. F.R.S.L., one of the Founders of the 

 Irish and Welsh Folk Song Societies. Two Lectures (with Musical Illustra- 

 tions by leading Welsh and Irish Folk Singers) on Welsh and Irish Folk 

 Song. On Thursdays, May 13, 20. 



William Archer, M.A., Dramatic Critic; Author of "India and the 



Future"; " Through Afro- America " ; " Play-Making," etc. Two Lectures on 



Dreams with Special Reference to Psycho-Analysis. On Thursdays, 

 May 27, June 3. 



W. H. Eccles, D.Sc. M.R.I. , Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical 

 Engineering, City and Guilds of London Technical College. Two Lectures on 

 The Thermionic Vacuum Tube as Detector, Amplifier and Generator 

 of Electrical Oscillations. On Saturdays, April 17, 24. 



Frederick Chamberlin, LL.D. F.S.A. M.R.I. Two Lectures on The 

 Private Character of Queen Elizabeth. On Saturdays, May 1, 8. 



Frederic Harrison, D.C.L. D.Litt. LL*D., Hon. Fellow and sometime 

 Tutor of Wadham College, Oxford, and late Professor of Jurisprudence, Inns 

 of Court. Two Lectures on 1. A Philosophical Synthesis as proposed 

 by Auguste Comte ; 2. The Reaction and the Critics of the Positivist 

 School of Thought. On Saturdays, May 15, 22. 



J. H. Jeans, LL.D., Secretary, Royal Society; Author of " The Dynamical 

 Theory of Gases." Two Lectures on Recent Revolutions in Physical 

 Science: 1. The Theory of Relativity; 2. The Theory of Quanta. 

 (The Tyndall Lectures.) On Saturdays, May 29, June 5. 



