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hydrogen was presented to the Society by Mr. William 

 Purser Geoghegan and Mr. Samuel Geoghegan ; it is a 

 valuable acquisition for the purposes of research, as 

 well as for lecture illustration. 



A recent addition to the laboratory is an outfit for 

 dealing with radium emanation under the supervision 

 of the Radium Institute referred to at p. 377. This 

 includes provision for the storage of the radium, 

 mercury air pumps for removing the emanation, 

 apparatus for purifying the gas with the aid of liquid 

 air, and apparatus for sealing it in minute capillary 

 tubes for therapeutic purposes. 



Musical Recitals 



In a report laid before the Society on March the 

 4th, 1 886, the Council reported that " Since the transfer 

 to the Government of the Art School, which the Royal 

 Dublin Society maintained for upwards of 130 years, 

 the Council have had under their consideration to 

 what other work, for the promotion of Art, the 

 Society could most usefully apply itself. After much 

 consideration the Council have directed, as a tentative 

 measure, that weekly recitals from the works of some 

 of the best composers of instrumental music shall be 

 performed in the Society's theatre during the rest of 

 the present season : such as, if continued in future 

 years, will enable music as an art to be systematically 

 brought before the public as effectually as painting and 

 sculpture now are in our public galleries. In taking 

 this step, the Council have had the advice of musicians, 

 both professional and amateur, who have expressed 

 their opinion that, by undertaking this work, the 

 Royal Dublin Society will do important service to the 

 cause of Art." 



Three months later, the Chamber Music Committee 



