PROCEEDINGS, 1882. 



Lambert, Rev. Beooke, M.A., B.C.L., Vicar of Oreenvneh. 



Abmstbong, Dr. Henbt E., F.R.S., F.C.S. 

 Lacghton, J. K., E.N., M.A., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., P. M.S. 



(Countil : 



Chbibtie, W. H. M., M.A., F.R.S., V.P.R.A.S., Astronomer Royal. 



COTTERILL, J. H., M.A., F.R.S. 



goedeckeb, f. 



Holmes, T. "Vinceot, F.G.S. 



Penn, John, M.I.C.E. 



Webster, William, Jun., F.C.S. 



^onorarg J'reasurtr: 

 Brabrook, E. W., F.S.A. 



^onorarg ^etrttarits : 

 Jackson, Henbt Willlam, M.R.C.S. Eng., r.RA.S., F.G.S., &c. 

 Yeo, John, R.N., F.R.S.N.A. 



TUESDAY, JANUARY 3rd. 



A lecture was delivered by C. H. Hutchinson, Esq., on the 

 " Domestic Fireplace : the advantages and disadvantages of the 

 present form." 



The Lecturer referred to the fact that in too many cases the 

 open fireplace is wasteful and obnoxious : — it is wasteful because 

 the heat produced in a room by the consumption of a given weight 

 of coal is far less than that required by theory, and obnoxious 

 because a large quantity of fuliginous products are evolved and 

 sent into the atmosphere. He believed, however, that these 



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