proved of incalculable value in the past and will 

 in the future bear still richer fruit, and it was a 

 matter for national conji^'atulation that its dis- 

 coverer was an Englishman. Whether the ele- 

 ments were transmutable or not one was led to 

 motlitatc as to where that might lead. He {Mi\ 

 Harvey) was not hinting at aU at the realization 

 of the alchemists' dream, the production 

 ■of gold and silver from the baser metals 

 — whether that would ever be possible 

 or not it was certain that those 

 alchemists who participated in those researches 

 had died very poor. There was plenty to show 

 that in the future the value of discovery to man 

 was to be obtained not so much in the production 

 of precious metals as by the promotion of those 

 arts whicli tended to the comfort and health and 

 safety of those who lived upon this earth. He 

 trusted that someone else would at a later date 

 show the further developments of the idea. It 

 was to him somewhat revolutionary in character, 

 but we could not stand still and must be thankful 

 to accept the great advantages which resulted 

 from research. We might be sure that the pro- 

 gress made would be to the ultimate benefit of 

 mankind (applause). 



Captain Gordon McDakin, in proposing a vote 

 of thanks to Mr. Harvey for his address, said he 

 felt that what he had to say mxist take i-ather the 

 form of congratulation to Mr. Harvey upon his 

 re-election and to their Society in being able to 

 retain him in office as their President. They had 

 been struck, he thought, with the versatility, 

 genius, and breadth of knowledge wliich their 

 President had shown in his address — not only by 

 the extent of his knowledge, but also by its 

 accur-acy, especially in that department of science 

 wliich he had made peculiarly his own (applause). 

 He had a fellow feeling for Mr. Harvey in that 

 he knew that the Presidency of a Society was not 

 without its tlrawbacfcs and sense of responsibility. 

 In his twenty years of service with the Dover 

 Society he knew, however, that he was much the 

 junior of Mr. Harvey. Still, he felt that in hav- 

 ing such a spirit as they were proud of possessing 

 in the East Kent Society, then the office was 

 i-endei-ed more easy to be borne by the President, 



to whom he w-ished every success in the ensuing 

 year (applause). 



The Rev. A. J. Galpin seconded, and said he felt 

 siu*e that they all wished Mr. Harvey to know that 

 they did appreciate very much his kindness in 

 again accepting office and in coming among them 

 at consideiuble self sacrifice so soon after his 

 indisposition (hear, hear). He could not help 

 thinking as Mr. Harvey summed up the matter 

 with which he had been dealing that he, like a 

 certain other gi*eat orator whom they had seen on 

 the stage of history, had the remarkable merit of 

 being one who stood between the old and the new, 

 and, though he had been trained in what they 

 might perhaps speak of as the older school, he was 

 perfectly ready to welcome new thoughts. He 

 was not one of those who were afraid of what was 

 going to come, but was willing that, if necessary, 

 his cherished views should to a certain extent, or 

 entirely, pass away, if they were giving pla_:e to 

 something gi-ander and better in the march of 

 truth. It was, he thought, the evidence of a gi-eat 

 and noble mind to be able thus to project itself 

 into the fuUure and to secure, at whatever cost it 

 might be, the march of that ti*uth which it had 

 been, as in the case of their Presiclent, the work 

 of a life-time to endeavour to follow (applause). 



The vote was accorded by acclamation, and, in 

 response, Mr. Harvey said he felt very deeply the 

 kind things which had been said of him. He 

 hoped that he might, in the course of the session, 

 be able to do something a little more deliberate 

 and interesting than the somewhat (Uy discoui-se 

 which he had addressed to them that evening. 

 He thanked them very much (applause). 



The exhibits on the tables, which were subse- 

 quently inspected with much interest, included 

 the following : Photograph of Ancient British 

 hearth at Eipple, by Mr. P. Moreing, of Dover ; a 

 wondergraph, or harmonograph, an ingenious 

 instrument for the execution of harmonic curves, 

 by Mr. N. K. Johnson ; Rupert's drops, ChJadnes 

 plates, crystals, sensitive flame and Ne\\-ton's 

 rings, by Mr. Leeming, M.Sc, and Mr. Jeffs, B.Sc, 

 Simon Langton Schools ; and a nxunber of inter- 

 esting mineral and other specimens, by Mr. Walter 

 Cozens. 



SECOND WINTER MEETING.— NOVEMBER nth, 190S. 



"THE WONDERS OF LIME."— By Mk. W. COZENS. 



Mr. Sidney Harvey, F.I.C., F.C.S., occupied the 

 chair at the meeting held on November 11th 

 at the Beaney Institute. Others psesent in- 

 cluded the following:— Mr. W. Cozens, Mr. C. C. 

 Roberts, Mr. W. T. Leeming, Mr. W. E. Goulden, 

 Mr. C. A. Gardner, Mr.T. Underbill, Miss Holmes, 

 Miss Phillpotts, Mrs. and the Misses Wooldridge, 

 Miss Abbott, Miss Mason, Miss R. Fowler, Miss 

 ■Cole, and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Lander). 



Several new members were proposed by the 

 Hon. Secretary, and the following ladies and 



gentlemen were elected : Mrs. Wooldridge, Misses 

 IsabelleandlreneWooldridge.MissR. Fowler,Miss 

 Mason, Miss D. Cackett, Mr. F. Hooker, and Mr. 

 J. H. Sharp, B.A. 



The speaker for the evening was Mr.W. Cozens, 

 who gave an intensely interesting lecture, entitled 

 " The Wondei-s of Lime." In the course of his 

 address he said ; — 



Among the eighty or moi*e elements now 

 recognised by scientists, that known as " calcium " 

 occupies a most important position. It occurs in 



