CONTENTS. 



1887. 



Page 



Jan. 21. — Sir William Thomson. — The Sun's Heat . . .. 1 



„ 28. — W. Baldwin Spencer, Esq. — The Pineal Eje in 



Lizards .. .. - .. .. .. .. 22 



Feb. 4. — Edwin Freshfield, Esq. — Some Unpublished 



Eecords of the City of London .. .. .. 28 



„ 7.— General Monthly Meeting 31 



,, 11. — Edward B. Poulton, Esq. — Gilded Chrysalides .. 33 



„ 18. — William Crookes, Esq. — Genesis of the Elements 37 



„ 25. — Captain W. de W. Abney. — Sunlight Colours .. 61 



March 4. — Victor Horsley, Esq.— Brain Surgery in the Stone 



Ages 72 



7.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 73 



„ 11. — The Ven. Archdeacon Farrar. — Society in the 



4th Century A.D 75 



„ 18. — George John Eomanes, Esq. — Mental Differences 



between Men and Women ,. .. ,. 78 



„ 25. — The Eight Hon. Lord Eayleigh. — Colours of Thin 



Plates 81 



April 1. — Professor Dewar. — Light as an Analytic Agent 83 



„ 4. — General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. .. 94 



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