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It is confidently hoped tliat the Museum, having attained this degree 

 of development, may in future be made available for systematic instruc- 

 tion in some of the various branches of natural history. 



COCKERMOUTH LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



SESSION, 187G-1877. 



President ... ... ... Isaac Fletcher, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. 



Vice-PresidenU 



Rev. W. Williams, F.G.S. 



Henry Dodgson, M.D., F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 



Mr. Joseph Brown. 



Rev. Eldred Green. 



Mr. John Robertson, M.D. 



Committee 



Mr. Thomas M. Harris. 



Mr. Horace R. Wyndham. 



Mr. William Yoddale. 

 Mr. John Simpson. 



Secretary ... ... ... ... ... Mr. J. H. Pickering. 



Treasurer ... ... ... ... ... Mr. R. C. Shawyer. 



LECTURES toere delivered in the Court House, Cockermouth, during 

 the Session, as folloivs : — 



November 2. — Some of the Phenomena of Light, (experimently illustrated.) By 



A. Kitchin, F.C.S. 

 November 16. — Some of the Phenomena of Heat, (experimentally illustrated). 



By James Baird. 

 November 30. — Some of the Chemical Relations of Light and Heat, (experimentally 



illustrated). By G. F. Downar. 

 December 14. — Electro-Chemistry, (experimentally illustrated). By J. C. Ward, 



F.G.S. 

 January 11. — History of the English Language. By J. Gordon. 

 January 25. — Gothic Architecture. By the President. 



February 8.— Some of the Laws of Thought. By the Rev. W. Williams, F.G.S. 

 February 22. — Fletcher Christian, and the Pitcairn Islanders. By W. Fletcher, 



F.G.S. 

 March 8. — Old Customs and Usages of the District. By J. Richardson. 

 March 22. — The Character of Hamlet, (Papers). By M. Edwards, J. Straughton, 



F.R.G.S., and J. H. Pickering. 



Close of Session, Business, and Election of Officers. 



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