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In the tienlat the sssiinlaliin met for the 



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tmrvTthe chair va* oaenpled by I, M K 

 one of the ike president* .'. 



m ihi. 

 that it wan 



..: ; - II. 



: : ^. ,, 

 Gallon, who for a <iuar- 

 the mainstay of the 



,c Prudent-Sir 



Gallon, to owning his address, called 

 to the creel loss that sotfttiofr had sus- 



v wa* ore eminently qualified to assist in 







, which to the early davs of tne associa- 



rtain branches of sci- 

 was an eminent leader in 



ntoUeotoai power, his 

 and intrepid mind, his vigorous and 

 * made him a writer who ez- 

 t with transparent 

 speaker his lucid and forci- 

 ble style was adorned with simple and effective 

 Martial Jim to the lecture room ; and his energy 

 - k 'um.-nt in a more public arena 



A89CH * FOR TUB ADVANCEMENT OP SCIENCE. 



Uon Of fact* to elucidate the laws of Nature. 



niiy of their rejH.rts had brought about 

 iiMirtant results. The lir-t cited was on 

 formation had been coll 

 tin- tides of the coasts of 



End mid Ireland, but in 1*:M the ass,,, iat i..n i n - 



to stalilish 



tu,. tide gauges, and the Government t<> under- 

 take tidal observations at 500 stations on the 

 coast of Britain, lie then made brief allu-ions 

 to the . on, in i. .11 of some of the branches of sci- 

 . pared with their present state, 

 drawing his information chietly from the above- 



diflarent sciences made to 



the association. I'nder "Geological and Geo- 

 graphical > :,!ra-ted tlie ad- 

 vances made in geology, and then considered 

 those made in geogr.> < hemic -al, 



J, and Physical Science " was his next 

 heading. < >f cheiuM ry he -aid : " The most stu- 

 pendous advance which we owe to the spectro- 

 scope lies in the celestial direction." Then as- 

 tronomy was taken up, and he mentioned our 

 own Keeler's verification of "Clerk Maxwell's 



hat the rings of Saturn consist of a mar- 

 veloii* company of separate moons." I' 

 and meteorology were then dix-ussed. Tl, 

 ological Sciences" in turn passed under his criti- 

 ciMii, including botany, animal physiology, an- 

 thropology, and bacteriology. Concerning tin- 

 last named, he referred to it' as a meet in- 

 where the che-uist, the physicist, and the >tati>- 



inite with the sanitary engineer in the ap- 

 plication of the science of preventive medicine." 

 Under " Knu'ineering " he liscussed sev> 

 purification, smoke abatement. mechanics 

 neering, and metallurgy, The Inlluence of 

 Intercommunication afforded by the Hriti-h As- 

 sociation on Science Progress" he indicated by 

 the opportunities afforded to the young student 

 for making the acquaintance of the leaders in 

 science at the meetings and thereby obtaining 

 the value of this directing influence.* The asso- 

 i also gives material aid to many of the in- 

 vestigators whom it bring* together by granN of 

 money. The speaker t hen described the \ 

 agencies by means of which ^ ience in Germany 

 was fostered by the state and by municipalities, 

 and these he contrasted with the means afforded 

 bv way of assistance to scientific research in 

 Great Britain. He said that the British Associ- 

 ation ha/1 contributed 60.000 to aid research 



's foundation. In conclusion, he called 

 attention to the fact that those who nearly half 



.i-ya-o directed the movement of national 

 education were trained in early life in the uni- 

 versities, in which the value of scientific meth- 

 ods wasnot at that time fully recognized. I 

 the schools neglected for a long time to encour- 

 age the spirit of investigation which develop^ 

 feet i> diminishing rapidly. 



-r cause is the want of appreciation of sci- 

 ence by the Government. It aids it with r: 

 but science is not fashionable, and it* students 



ot received the same measure of r> 

 tion which the state accords to services ret 

 by its own officials, by politicians, and by the 

 army and navy, Ho closed by expressing full 

 confidence " that the future records of the Mrit- 

 ish Association will chronicle a still greater prog- 

 reel than that already achieved, and that the 



bHpwl to win the battle of evolution and 

 re for ns the right to discuss questions of 

 religion and science without fear and without 

 favor." He then said: M A bout forty-six years 

 ago I began to attend the meetings of the Itnt- 

 Ui Association, and I was elected one of your 

 general secretaries about twenty-five years ago. 

 It is not unfitting, therefore, that I should recall 

 to your tfiH*lt tne conditions under which sci- 

 ence was panned at the formation of the associ- 

 ation, es well as the very remarkable position 

 which the eeeociaUoo ha< occupied in Ma- 

 in th- absence of railways communi- 

 parts of the country was 

 ience was localised, and 

 this condition the Britfcl 

 Uon was formed to September. 1881, holding its 

 Em msstmg to YorkTwith 858 members. The 

 OBjlets of the founders were : To give a stronger 

 toipnlst and a more systematic direction to sci- 

 promote the intercourse of 

 1 science to different parts of 



, ..-.: -.1 ' 



to obtain a more general 

 attMtiontotheobjecUofsoiei^e.andaretnoval 

 of any disadvantage of a public Irind which im- 



-mT At the third meeting, held 



m 1W. it wan already lirong 

 aer .. : . 



'tWredaotioooftbeaetrooomicalob- 

 of Baily." Then, taking the condi- 

 tion of cettaia seiences at the foundation of the 



to the faot thai at Ha first meeting the ajeocia- 

 Uoo initiated a Mice of reports upon the condi- 

 tk at that time of the varioos sciences. A 

 > of the*, reports shows the 



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