FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXV11. 



Charles Parsons, the inventor of the turbine, whose address 

 was expected to be of great value. 



Captain ACLAND stated that the Plesiosaurus macromerus, 

 the chief treasure of the County Museum, was found by the 

 late Mr. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell in the Kimmeridge shale ; 

 and, if the shales of Kimmeridge were further exploited, it 

 was possible that other remains of Plesiosauri might be 

 found sufficient for a complete restoration to be made. 



The PRESIDENT remarked that the club had been fortunate 

 in having representatives to the British Association so able 

 as Mr. Alfred Pope and Sir Daniel Morris. Doubtless one 

 good result arising from the war would be that people would 

 have learned the necessity of paying more attention to science. 



Ruins at Portland. The HON. SECRETARY reported that 

 in September he wrote to Mr. Henry Sansom, of Pennsylvania 

 Castle, Portland, begging that, if possible, the ruined walls 

 of the pre -Reformation chapel near the Castle Gates, which 

 were endangered by the quarrying operations in the 

 immediate vicinity, should not be allowed to be disturbed, 

 and that Mr. Sansom had kindly promised to give the matter 

 his personal attention. 



Discovery of Roman Coins at Portland. Mr. HENRY 

 SYMONDS stated that Mr. Pentin had handed to him a few 

 Roman coins which had been found by Mr. John Pearce, 

 of Wakeham. They were a first bronze of Hadrian, a coin 

 of Diocletian, another of Maximian, others of the two Licinii, 

 and a silver denarius of the Republican period, though he had 

 not yet been able to discover the gens or family to which it 

 belonged. 



Discovery of Ancient Coffins at Poundbury. On the 

 presentation of the report of the Earthworks Committee 

 of the Congress of Archaeological Societies, Captain ACLAND 

 mentioned that two ancient stone coffins and a lead coffin 

 had been found on the site of the internment camp at 

 Poundbury ; but that no trace of pottery had been discovered. 

 The stone coffins were still left under ground with their 

 skeletons, to await a propitious time for their excavation. 



