Introductory. 
(4H is thought by the Council that a short 
| esq] account of the formation of the Society 
would not be out of place in this the First 
Report and Proceedings. 
The Hampstead Scientific Society was originally 
founded as the Hampstead Astronomical and Scientific 
Society, in July, 1899. Early in the same year, Colonel 
Heberden, R.A., J.P., presented for the use of the public 
a reflecting telescope of 103 inch mirror. A preliminary 
meeting was held by the invitation of Mr. E. C. Crump 
at the Bank House, to discuss the matter, and from 
among those present a Provisional Committee was 
formed—viz., Messrs. E. C. Crump, John Hayns, F. L. 
Jermyn, E. S. Payne, E. Swain, and P. E. Vizard, for 
the purpose of accepting the gift of the Telescope and 
carrying out the necessary arrangements. 
Permission was obtained from the London County 
Council for the erection of the telescope house on the 
Bathing Pond enclosure on the East Heath. A public 
meeting was held at Stanfield House on 15th July, when 
Mr. Edward Bond, M.P., L.C.C., took the Chair, and a 
number of influential people were present. The Society 
