IV CONTENTS. 



1887: Page 



April 22. — SiE Frederick Abel. — The Work of the Imperial 



Institute .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 



„ 29. — Professor H. S. Hele Shaw. — The Eolling 



Contact of Bodies . . .. .. .. .. 130 



May 2. — Annual Meeting .. ,. .. .. .. 133 



„ 6. — Thomas Lauder Brunton, M.D. — The Element of 



Truth in Popular Beliefs 134 



9.— General Monthly Meeting 136 



„ 13. — J. S. Buedon-Sandeeson, M.D. — Some Electrical 



Eishes 139 



„ 20. — Benjamin Baker, Esq. — Bridging the Eirth of 



Forth U2 



„ 27.— Edward E. Klein, M.D. — Etiology of Scarlet 



Fever 150 



June 3. — David Gill, Esq. — The Applications of Photo- 

 graphy in Astronomy .. .. ,. .. 168 



„ 6. — General Monthly Meeting 173 



„ 10, — Thomas Hodgkin, Esq. — Aquileia, the Precursor 



of Venice 175 



July 4. — General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 178 



Nov. 7.— General Monthly Meeting 181 



Dec. 5.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. ... 185 



1888. 



Jan. 20. — The Eight Hon. Lord Eayleigh. — Diffraction of 



Sound 187 



„ 27. — Joseph Thomson, Esq. — The Exploration of Masai- 

 Land 199 



Feh. 3, — Frank Crisp, Esq. — Ancient Microscopes {no 



Abstract) .. ..201 



