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Thursday, November 12th.—“« Man’s Place in 
the Universe, as indicated by the New Astronomy.” 
A. R. Wallace’s Theory that our Earth lies in the Centre of 
the Stellar Universe, and that Life exists only on the 
Earth; Points bearing on the Argument ; Our Position 
with regard to the Milky Way ; Is the Stellar Universe 
of Finite or Infinite extent ? 
Thursday, November Igth.—-‘‘ Man’s Place in the 
Universe ” (continued). 
Recapitulation of previous Lecture; Movements and Dis- 
tance of Stars ; Spectroscopic Results in Relation thereto ; 
Planetary and Stellar Conditions for the Support of Life; 
Is it probable that we havea Monopoly of Life? Replies 
to Wallace by Professor Turner, Flammarion, Maunder, 
etc.; Brief reference to the Life and Work of A. R. 
Wallace. 
Thursday, December 3rd.—‘‘ Time and its Mea- 
surements.”’ 
Instruments for Measuring Time; Sun-dials, Clocks and 
Watches ; Divisions of Time (Day, Week, Month, Year) 
at Different Epochs and among Different Nations. 
Thursday, December roth.—‘ Time and its 
Measurements” (continued). 
Recapitulation of previous Lecture ; Sidereal, Solar and Mean 
Time; Equation of Time ; Standard and Local Time; 
Effect on Time of Travelling East and West. 
The unfavourable weather greatly interfered with 
the use of the Society’s Telescope. 
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