GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



1898 



Jan. 20.— Watt Anniversary Lecture — " Sieain Speeds at Sea." 

 By Sir N.ATHANIEL Barnaby, K.C B., Vice-President of 

 Institution of Naval Architects. 



„ 27. — '■^Scenes through the Battle Smoke : IVhat / sma in the Tel-el- 

 Kebir Campaign." With Limelight Illustrations. By the 

 Rev. Arthur Male, late Army Ch:iplain. 



Feb. 3. — '■'■The Chemistry of Life." With Experimental Illustrations. 

 By John G. M'Kendiuck, Esq., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Professor of Physiology in the University of Glasgow. 



„ 10. — '■'■Haunts and Habits of British Birds." With Limelight 

 Illustrations. By Richard Kearton, Esq.. K.Z..S. 



„ 17.—'" Methods and Problems of Horticulture." With Limelight 

 Illustrations. By Isaac Bayley Balfour, Esq., M.D., 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., Queen's liotanist in Scotland, and Professor 

 of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. 



„ 24. — "■Tennyson and Browning on Immortality." By Hknky 

 Jones, Esq., M.A., LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy 

 in the University of Glasgow. 



The best thanks of the society are due to Sir Henry Craik, 

 who opened the course with a lecture on "Samuel Johnson"; and 

 to Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, who delivered the Watt Anniversary 

 Lecture. Sir Nathaniel Barnaby's lecture, with its very interesting 

 diagrams, has been printed by the society and distributed among 

 the members. 



Professor Blyth, Glasgow, was unable to deliver the lecture he 

 had promised for 3rd February; Professor M'Kendrick took that 

 date instead of 25th November; and the Committee secured 

 Viscount Mounimorres for the night thus left vacant. In all other 

 respects the syllabus was carried out. 



It was not thought advisable to arrange for a course of popular 

 science lectures last winter. The balance at the credit of the 

 Science Lecture Fund has been increased by bank interest to 

 ^44 i8s. lod. 



At the joint meeting of the society and the proprietors of the 

 Greenock Library, held on 26th December, the Annual Report of 

 the Committee of the Museum and Hall was submitted and 



