PEOCEEDINGS, 1879. 



FEBEUARY 4tli, 1879. 

 A Meeting was held at the Clarendon Rooms, Lee Bridge, 

 Lewisham, Mr. H. W. Jackson, F.R.A.S., &e., in the Chair, at 

 which the Association was established. The circular calling the 

 Meeting had announced that '-the object of the Association is the 

 diffusion of Scientific Knowledge among its Members :— 



1st.— By the Reading and Discussion of Papers, and by 



Lectures, on Scientific subjects generally. 

 2nd.— By Reports on the progress of Science. 

 3i.d._By the Exhibition of Objects of Interest, new Inven- 

 tions, &c. 

 4th.— By Excursions, Field Meetings, and Visits to Museums, 



"Workshops, &c. 

 "Of late years the progress of Science has been so marked, and 

 discoveries and inventions have been so numerous and important, 

 that public attention has been excited in no ordinary degi-ee, and 

 accurate information on scientific matters is everywhere asked for : 

 the information, however, is not readily to be had, and it is in order 

 to supply this want that the Association is to be estabhshed." 



Mr. Brabrook moved a Resolution for the establishment of the 

 Association, referring in detail to the several methods above 

 enumerated by which it was intended to promote the object in view. 

 He remarked : — 



•' If I sought to express our object in one word, I think I should 

 have to boiTOw a French one, as we very often have to do when we 

 desire to express ourselves with neatness and precision. When 

 I visited the Exposition des Sciences Anthropologiques at Paris last 

 year, Professor Topinard said to me, • Our object in this Exposition 



