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BRITISH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 

 FOUNDED DURING THE PAST 

 FIFTY YEARS. 



1869. 



Edinburgh Field Naturalists' and Microscopical Society. 

 Iron and Steel Institute. 



1871. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers. 

 Mathematical Association. 



Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and 

 Ireland. 



1873. 



Institution of Municipal and County Engineers. 



1874. 



Physical Society of London. 



Society of Public Analysts and other Analytical Chemists. 



1875. 



Incorporated Sanitary Association of Scotland. 



1876. 



Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Mineraloglcal Society. 

 Physiological Society. 

 Royal Sanitary Institute. 



1877. 



Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. 



1878. 



Folk-Lore Society, 



Mining Institute of Scotland. 



1879. 



Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. 



1880. 



Aristotelian Society. 



The ()nhthalmological Society of the United Kingdom. 



Scottish Microscopical Society. 



1881. 



Scottish Natural History Society. 

 Society of Chen-ical Industry. 



1882. 



Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. 

 Royal English Arboricultural Society. 

 Society of Psychical Research. 



1883. 



Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 



1884. 



Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Junior Institution of Engineers (Incorporated). 

 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 

 North-East Coast institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. 

 Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 

 Society of Dyers and Coiourists. 



1886, 



Institute of Brewing. 



Royal Institute of Public Health. 



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1889. 



Institute of Marine Engineers (Incorporated). 

 Institution of Mining Engineers. 

 Museums Association. 



1890. 



British Astronomical Association. 



1891. 



British Pteridological Society. 



1892. 



Geographical Associaiion. 



Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 



Japan Society. 



West of Scotland iron and Steel Institute. 



1893. 



Malacological Society of London. 



Child-Study Society. 



1894. 



1896. 



British Mycological Society. 

 Institution of Water Engineers. 



1897. 



Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (Incor- 

 porated). 



1907. 



Royal Society of Medicine. 



Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 



1908. 



Concrete Institute. 

 Institute of Metals. 



1909. 



Zoological Society of Scotland. 



1910. 



India Society. 



Society of Engineers (Incorporat 



Textile Institute. 



Biochemical Society. 



1911. 



1913. 



Institution of Petroleum Technologists. 



1916. 



Association of British Chemical Manufacturers. 



