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Dec. 5th. — Portable Timekeepers : Mr. E. Rigg. Non-meinher. 



On May 20th, an Excursion took place to the Deneholes in Jordan's M'ood, 



Dartford ; ( )n June 7th, a large party visited the Royal Arsenal, 



Woolwich. 



1883. 



Feb 7th.- Monthly means of the highest and lowest diurnal temperatures of 



the water of the Thames, and comi)arison with the corresponding 



temperature of the air at the Royal Observatory, (Greenwich : Sir (J. 



B. Airey. Member. The Sun, its origin, history, and future. Mr. H. 



Walker. Non-memher. 

 March 6th.— The Transmission of Power : Mr. R. M. Walmsley. Non-memher. 

 April 3rd. — The Conservatism of Energy in Organic Nature : Mr. W. Tiant 



Carpenter. Non-memher. 

 May 1st. — Heating and Cooking by Gas : Dr. Armstrong. Member. 

 Oct 2nd. — Cremation in its Social and Sanitary Aspects : Rev. Brooke Lambert. 



Memher. 

 Nov. 6th. — Caves and Cave-men : Mr. E. W. Rudler. Non-member. 

 Dec. 4th. — The Geology and Scenery of the South-East of England : Mr. T. 



V. Holmes. Member. 

 On Thursday, May 24th, a large party of ^Members visited the Royal Mint. 



1884. 



Fel). 11th. — The Great Ice Age in Britain. Mr. H. Walker. Non-membtr. 

 March 4th.— Tlie Development of Pianoforte Music from Bach to Liszt: 



Mr. Armbruster. Non-member. 

 April 1st.— Our Local Water Supply : Dr. Armstrong. Member. 

 May 6th. — Modern Studies on Climatology : Mr. J. K. Laughton. Member. 



Notes on the Recent Earthquake in Essex : Mr. T. V. Holmes. Member. 

 Oct. 7th. — Recent additions to our knowledge of Old London': Mr. J. E. Price. 



N^on-member. 

 Nov. 4th. — The Chemical and Physical Changes effected by Cookery : 



Mr. Mattieu Williams. Nun-member. 

 Dec. 2nd. — Canada, its Aspects and Prospects : Rev, Brooke Lambert. Member. 

 On June 5th, there was an Excursion to Box Hill. 



1885. 



Feb 3rd.— Birds of Prey : Mr. J. G. Goodchild. Non-member. 



March 3rd.— The Hot Springs of Iceland and New Zealand : Mr. C. E. Peek. 



N'o7i-memher. 

 April 7th. — Evolution : Mr. Henry Walker. Non-member. 

 May 7th. — Insectivorous Plants : Mr. E. C. Chisholm. A'^on-member. 

 Oct. 6th.— Thought Reading : Mr. P. W. Ames. Member. 

 Nov. 3rd. — The Musical Dramas of Richard Wagner. Mr. C. Armbruster. 



Non-memher. 

 Dec. 1st. — The Fuel of the Sun : Mr. W. Mattieu Williams. A^on-member. 

 ( )n June 'iOtli, a party of the Members visited the Natural History Museum. 



