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WORKINGTON SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY 

 ASSOCIATION. 



4th session, 1877-78, 



President 

 Vice-President 

 Treasurer 

 Secretary 



Mr. H. Bowes. 

 Mr. W. Deighton. 



H. F. CuRWEN, Esq. 

 Rev. J. J. Thornley, M.A. 

 Mr. W. Wilson. 

 Mr. J. Johnson. 



Committee. 



Mr. G. F. Downak. 

 Mr. J. H. Howe. 



Mr. G. J. Snelus. 



The folloiri/Kj LECTURES icere given during the Session : — ■ 



Oct. 24.— R. Russell, C.E., F.G.S.— Pre-Historic Man. 



jJqv_ 7., — Rev. J. S. Craig. — The Ancient Icelander; his Life and Litera- 

 ture. 



Nov. 21. — A. KiTCHiN, F.C.S. — Some of the Elementary Principles of 

 Light (experimentally illustrated). 



Dec. 5. — J. Clifton Ward, F.G.S. — Some of the Elementary Principles 

 of Sound (experimentally illustrated). 



Jan. 16.— J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S.— An Hour by the Sea-side. 



Jan. 30. — Dr. Highet. — Reminiscences of Travel in Egypt and Syria. 



Yeh. 6. — James Baird, Esq. — Some of the Elementary Principles of Heat 

 (experimentally illustrated). 



Mch. 6. — E. S. Crompton, Esq. — Railways : their Permanent Way and 



Signals. 

 Mch. 20. — W. W. KiTCHiN, Esq. — Some Curiosities of Plant Life. 

 Apl. 3. — C. Mc.Glasham, Esq. — Coral Formation. 



The Committee, in presenting their fourth annual Report, 

 have to state that the number of members on the books is about 

 the same as last year, some old members having withdrawn and 

 their places being taken by new ones. The attendance of members 

 at the meetings has been very fair. 



The Committee suggest that next session the course should 

 be divided into two parts, as in some of the other Societies, one 

 part consisting of monthly ////5//V lectures., and the other of ordinary 

 meetings, at which short papers should be read by the members, 

 and a discussion encouraged. 



