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The following are the more important works presented during 
the year: 
Transactions of the Linnean Society. 
Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. 
The Application of Photography to Micrometry, with special reference to the 
Micrometry of Blood in Criminal Cases. Illustrated with Photographs. By 
Dr. J. J. Woodward. 
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 2. From the 
Surgeon-General, U.S.A. 
Quinology of the East Indian Plantations. By John E. Howard. 
Memoire sur les Caracteres Mineralogiques et Stratigraphiques, &e. Par MM. 
Poussin et A. Rénard. 
Six sets of Photographs, with Pamphlets. By Dr. J. J. Woodward. 
Books PuRCcHASED, 
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 
Annals of Natural History. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society. 
Mycographia [cones Fungorum. Parts 2 and 3. 
APPARATUS, SLIDES, &C., PRESENTED. 
Three Slides of Minerals, from F. Rutley, Esq. 
Four Sections of Coal Fossils, from Mr. Norman. 
Three Slides of Diatoms, from Mr. F. Kitton. 
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY DURING THE PAST SESSION. 
Optical, Instrumental, and Technical. 
“ On the Characters of Spherical and Chromatic Aberration arising 
from Excentrical Refraction, and their Relations to Chromatic Dis- 
persion,” by Dr. Royston-Pigott. 
“ Ona New Arrangement for Illuminating and Centering with High 
Powers,” by Rev. W. H. Dallinger, March Ist, 1876. 
“Measurements of Méller’s Diatomaceen-Probe-Platten,’ by E. W. 
Morley, March 1st, 1876. 
“ A New Microscopic Slide,” by HE. V. Broeck, April 5th, 1876. 
“On a New Form of Pocket Spectroscope,” by H. C. Sorby. 
“ A Stage Incubator,” by H. A. Reeves, December 6th, 1876. 
“ Notes on Micro-photography,’ by Surgeon-Major Gayer, May 
drd, 1876. 
“On a New Process of Preparing and Staining Fresh Brain for 
Microscopical Examination,” by Bevan Lewis. 
“ Observation on Professor Abbe’s Experiments illustrating his 
Theory of Microscopic Vision,” by J. W. Stephenson, January 3rd, 
LST. 
Observations upon Mr. William Rogers’ Paper on a Possible 
Explanation of the Method employed by Nobert in Ruling his Test- 
Plates,” by W. Webb. 
“On the Present Limits of Vision,” by Dr. Royston-Pigott, October 
4th, 1876. 
“On a New Method of Measuring and Recording the Bands of 
the Spectrum,” by Thomas Palmer, B.Se., October 4th, 1876. 
