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 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 9th June, 1880, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 Dr. R. Beaithwaite, F.L.S. (Vice-President) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 12th May last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the Chairman. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) re- 

 ceived since the last meeting was submitted, and the thauks of the 

 Society given to the donors. 



Microscope (" Sketch-Model "), formerly in the possession of From 



Mr. Eilwin Quekett, one of the original members of this 

 Society, and esteemed by him and by his brother, Professor 

 Quekett, as an interesting example of early endeavour to 

 improve the construction of the Microscope Mr.C.F. White. 



Parkes & Son's Microscope Lamp, with Cooling Evaporator .. Messrs. Parkes and 



Son. 



Pepper Cane, Section of Mr. T. Christy. 



Surirella gemma from Emden, Prussia, Bottle of Hen- 0. Brandt. 



Zoological Station of Naples — 12 slides Tlie Station,through 



21r. A. W. Waters. 



Mr. Crisp called special attention to the slides received from the 

 Zoological Station at Naples, which were exhibited under Microscopes 

 in the room (see p. 700). 



Mr, Crisp exhibited and described Waechter's Trichina-Microscope 

 (see p. 714), and Dr. Weber-Liel's Ear-Microscope (see p. 710), and 

 described Dr. Tiffany's Prepuce-Microscope (see p. 709). 



Dr. Matthews exhibited and described a new form of turntable 

 (see \). 710). 



Mr. Crisp exhibited and explained a "Micrometer-Microscope" 

 made by M. Hartuack, a description and illustration of which will bo 

 jjublished hereafter. 



Mr. Beck said it had struck him for some time that there was a 

 great deal of interest attached to the question of the jiurity of tlio 

 water supply, and that the reports sent in by the inspectors were of 

 such an uniustructive character as to bo worth very little indeed to 

 the general public, who were the persons most interested in the 

 matter. He, therefore, thought that if the Society as a body could 

 do something to instruct them as to what were signs of purity and 

 what were really impurities it would be doing a very good service. 

 Ho remembered that si^me time agt) when there was a Parliamentary 



