328 General Monthly Meeting [March 7, 



Graham's Recent Discoveries on the Diffusion of Gases 1867 



The Absorption of Gases by Metals 1867 



The Decomposition of Water and the Oxy-Hydrogen 



Flame 1868 



The Simplest Organic Compounds 1869 



The Ammonia Compounds of Platinum ... ... 1870 



The Production of Chlorine 1871 



The Revived Theory of Phlogiston 1871 



The New Metal Indium 1872 



The History of Ozone 1872 



Evaporation and Diffusion 1873 



The Paraffins and their Alcohols 1876 



The New Metal Gallium 1878 



Sir B. C. Brodie's Researches on Chemical Allotrophy 1882 



The Dissolved Oxygen of Water 1884 



The present Fullerian Professor, in the year 1898, summarized the scientific 

 position of Odling in the following words : — 



"The work of Odling has been an essential factor in the development of 

 modern Chemistry. It is characterised by precise and clear ideas, and an 

 almost forensic ability for putting things in a straight, concise and unembar- 

 rassing manner. His early labours in advancing the development of the newer 

 Chemistry deserve our warm gratitude, and his many published works and 

 addresses on Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, together with his translation 

 of the work of Laurent, have all been of material service in diffusing a know- 

 ledge of our science. The papers he has contributed on Chemical Notation 

 and on the question of types all display a marvellous precision as well as 

 elegance of thought. Everyone must admit the debt of gratitude we owe him 

 for his iconoclastic labours in clearing out old and vague notions, and for the 

 courageous manner in which he supported the newer ideas of his time." 



On behalf of the Members the Managers desire to express their deepest 

 sympathy with the Odling family in their bereavement. 



Resolved, That the Managers desire to place on record their sense of the 

 loss which the Royal Institution, and the Sciences of Biology and Natural 

 History, have sustained by the death of Louis Compton Miall, Doctor of 

 Science, Fellow of the Royal Society, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Univer- 

 sity of Leeds. 



Dr. Miall was an original general investigator in Palaeontology, and his 

 studies on comparative anatomy, especially those on the skull of the Crocodile 

 and on the Indian Elephant, are classical examples of his work. 



He held the office of Professor of Biology in the Yorkshire College of 

 Science in 1876, and to his loyal and devoted services its eventual establish- 

 ment as the University of Leeds is largely due. His sound judgment and 

 business aptitude were of inestimable value during the early years of its 

 existence, and its success to-day has been determined to a great extent by his 

 influence and personality. 



Dr. Miall was elected in 1904 Fullerian Professor of Physiology in the 

 Royal Institution, and delivered several courses of Day Lectures on his 

 Biological Researches, and two Friday Evening Discourses on : — 



The Surface Film of Water and the Life of Plants and Animals (1892). 



A Yorkshire Moor (1898). 



On behalf of the Members the Managers desire to express their deepest 

 sympathy with the Miall family in their bereavement. 



The following Lecture Arrangements After Easter 1921 were 

 announced : — 



Professor R. A. Sampson, F.R.S., Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Two 

 Lectures on 1. Present Position of the Nebular Hypothesis ; 2. The 

 Measurement of Starlight. On Tuesdays, April 5, 12. 



