GRKENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIEIV. 



1900. 



Jan. 19.— Watt Anniversary Lecture. " The Various Methods oj 

 Space Telegraphy" By Oliver J. LODGic, Esq.. D.-Sc. 

 LL.U., F.R..S., Professor of Physics, University CoUeye, 

 Liverpool. 

 „ 2b.— "■ Stained Glass Arl : Its History and Modern Development!' 

 With Lime-Light Illustrations. By Stephen .Adam, Esq., 

 F.S.A., Scot., Glasgow. 



Feb. 2. — '•Colour Photography" With Lantern Illustrations of the 

 Various Processes. 15y RlCHARM Kerr, Esq., F.C.S.. 

 London. 

 „ ().— "■Whales and Whale I'ishingy With l.iine-I.i-lu Illustrations. 

 By Frank T. Bui.len, Esq.. F.R.C.S., author of "The 

 Cruise of the ' Cachalot,' &c. 



„ \b. -' British Naval and Military Medals" With Liine- Light 

 Illustrations. By John Rodger, Esq., Greenock. 



,^ 22,.—'-Curran, Orator and Wit.' By the Rev. A. 1>. P)()VD 

 Carpenter, M.A., London. 



Rear-.-\dmiral Lord Charles Beresford, who had kindly tiiider- 

 taken to give an oi)ening address, was unfortunately jjrevented from 

 doing so by indisposition. With tiiis exception, the proiiramnie 

 issued at the beginning of tiie Session was in all respects carried 

 out. 



The best thanks of the Society are due to Professor Oliver J. 

 Lodge for the Watt .Anniversary Lecture. Professor Lodge has 

 given permission to print this lecture, and it will shortly be issued 

 to the Members as one of the Society's papers. 



Thanks are also due to Mr. Joseph Russell and Mr. John 

 Rodger, both members of the Society, for the lectures delivered 

 by them. 



Beyond keeping up the regular Course of Lectures, no work 

 was undertaken during the past year. The balance at credit of the 

 Science Lecture Fund now stands at J^,^6 is. gd. 



At the joint meeting of the Society and the Proprietors of the 

 Greenock Library, held on 25th December, the Annual Report of 

 the Committee of the M'Lean Museum and Hall was submitted 

 and adopted. A copy of that Report is annexed. It will be seen 

 that the application to Government, in which the Committee of the 

 Society joined, for a grant to Greenock of a set of the Reports of 



