FOR THE HUNDREDTH YEAR OF THE LITERARY AND 

 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER (1881) 



A CENTENARY 



OF 



SCIENCE IN MANCHESTER 



(IN A SERIES OF NOTES) 



BY 



R. ANGUS SMITH, F.R.S., Pn.D, LL.D. 

 ^ 



OF GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH 



CORK. MEM. OF THE ROYAL BAVARIAN ACADEMY 

 F.C.S. ETC. 



LONDON 

 TAYLOR AND FRANCIS 



1883 



