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October 29th, 1872. — On a Peculiar Fog in Iceland, and on 

 Vesicular Vapour," by R. Angus Smith, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P. 



November ith, 1872.— "On the Flora of Alexandria (Egypt)," 

 by H. A. Hurst, Esq. 



*' On the Destruction of the Rarer Species of British Ferns," 

 by Joseph Sidebotham, F.R.A.S. 



November I2th, 1872. — "Additional Xotcs on the Drift De^josits 

 near Manchester," by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., V.P. 



"An Account of some Experiments on the Melting Point of 

 Paraffin," by Professor Balfour Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S. 



November 26th, 1872. — "On the action of Town Atmospheres on 

 Building Stones," by R. Angus Smith, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P. 



" On some points in the Chemistry of Acid Manufacture," by 

 H. A. Smith, F.C.S. 



December lOth, 1872. — "Observations of the Meteoric Shower 

 of Novembd' 27th, 1872," by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S. ; 

 Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. ; and Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S. 



" On some remarkable Forms of Stalagmites from Caves near 

 Tenby," by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 



"On the date of the Conquest of South Lancashire by the 

 English," by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 



" On some Human Bones found at Buttington, Montgomery- 

 shire," by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 



" On the Electrical Properties of Clouds and the Phenomena of 

 Thunder Storms," by Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A. 



December Wth, 1872. — "On a Collection of Natural History and 

 other Objects from Venezuela," by James M. Spence, Esq. 



December 2ith, 1872. — "On the increase in the number of cases 

 of Hydrophobia," by J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., 

 President. 



Jammry Itli, 1873. — "On the Action of Sulphuric and Hydro- 

 chloric Acids on Iron and Steel," by William H. Johnson, B.Sc. 

 ^ January 2\st, 1873. — "On an Apparatus for producing a high 

 degree of Rarefaction of Air," by J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 kc, Presiden 



"On some Specimens of Anachoropteris," by H W. Binney, 

 F.R.S., F.G.S. 



