CONTENTS. 



1879. 



Page 

 Jiiu. 17. — Professor Tyndall. — The Electric Light .. 1 



„ 24:. — Professor W. E. Ayrton. — The Mirror of Japan 



and its Magic Quality .. .. .. .. 25 



„ 31. — H. Heathoote Statham, Esq. — The Logic of Archi- 

 tectural Design .. .. .. .. .. 89 



Feb. 3.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 37 



7.— Rev. H. E. Haweis.— Bells 99 



„ 14. — Professor G. Johnstone Stone y. — The Story of 



the November Meteors . . . . . . . . 40 



„ 21. — Professor Eoscoe. — A new Chemical Industry .. 51 

 „ 28. — Sir William Thomson. — The Sorting Demon of 



Maxwell .. .. 113 



March 3.— General Monthly Meeting .. ,. .. .. 59 



„ 7. — Professor Huxley. — Sensation, and the Uniformity 



of Plan of Sensiferous Organs .. .. .. 115 



„ 14.— E. B. Tylor, Esq. — The History of Games .. 125 



„ 21. — Professor Abel — Eccent Contributions to the 



History of Detonating Agents .. .. .. 62 



„ 28.— Sir Henry C. Eawlinson. — The Geography of the 

 Oxus, and the Changes of its Course at different 

 Periods of History ()2o ^Z>i>'/md) .. ,. .. 137 



