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of world-wide fame, content to charge eighteenpence a lesson, 

 and having qualms of conscience about receiving a fee of ;^2o ! 



Dr. Bealey was the son, I am informed by Mr. William 

 Hewitson of Bury, of Adam Bealey (£781-1821), by his wife 

 Mary Williams, who died at her son's house, in Tavistock Square, 

 London, 15th February, 1858. His grandfather was Richard 

 Bealey, of Radcliffe, and his great grandfather was Joseph 

 Bealey, of Radcliffe. Adam Bealey, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., was 

 born about 1813. He was educated at Cambridge, first at 

 St. John's College, and afterwards at Queens'. He also studied 

 at St. George's and Guy's Hospitals. For some time he was 

 actively interested in a paper-works at Prestolee, belonging to the 

 Bealey family. Later he was in practice as a physician, in 

 Harrogate, and on retiring went to live at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, 

 where he died 5th March, 1905, aged 92, leaving a widow and 

 children. 



Mr. H. S. HoLDEN, B.Sc, F.L.S., read a paper communi- 

 cated by Prof. F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S., entitled "On an 

 Abnormal Fertile Spike of Opliioglossum vulgatjun.'' 



Mr. R. L. Taylor, F.CS., F.LC, read a paper, written by 

 Dr. A. N. Meldrum, and communicated by Prof. H. B. Dixon, 

 M.A., F.R.S., entitled "The Development of the Atomic 

 Theory : (4) Dalton's Physical Atomic Theory " 



Both papers are printed in full in the Alemoirs. 



Ordinary Meeting, January 24th, 191 1. 



Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to" the donors of the 

 books upon the tables. 



