LIST OF EVENING LECXUEES. 



lix 



1872. Brighton 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 



Bradford .. 

 Belfast 



Bristol .... 

 Glasgow . 

 Plymouth . 



1878. Dublin 



1879. 

 1880. 



Sheffield 

 Swansea 



1881. York. 



1882. 

 1883. 



Southamp- 

 ton. 

 Southport 



Lecturer 



J. Beete Jukes, F.E.S. 



William Huggins, F.R.S. ... 



Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.K.S 



Archibald Geikie, F.R.S 



Alexander Herscliel, F.K.A.S. 



J. Fergusson, F.E.S 



Dr. W. Odling, F.E.S 



Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D.,F.E.S. 

 J. Norman Lockj'er, F.R.S 



Prof. J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.E.S. 

 Prof .W. J. Macquorn Eankine, 



LL.D., F.R.S. 

 F. A. Abel, F.R.S 



E. B. Tjdor, F.E.S 



Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., 



Prof. W." K. Clifford 



Prof. W. C.Willfamson, F.R.S, 

 Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S. 

 Sir John Lubbock,Bart.,M.P., 



F.R.S. 

 Prof. Huxley, F.R.S 



W.Spottiswoode,LL.D.,r.R.S. 



F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S 



Prof. Tait, F.E.S.E 



SirWyville Thomson, F.E.S. 

 W. Warington Smyth, M.A., 



F.R.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.E.S 



G. J. Eomanes, F.L.S 



Prof. Dewar, F.R.S 



W. Crookes, F.R.S 



Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S. 

 Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 F.R.S. 



Francis Galton, F.R.S 



Prof. Huxley, Sec. E.S 



W. Spottiswoode, Pres. E.S. 



Prof. Sir Wm. Thomson, F.E.S. 

 Prof. H. N. Moseley, F.R.S. 

 Prof. R. S. Ball, F.R.S 



Prof. J. G. McJKendrick, 

 F.R.S.E. 



Subject of Discourse 



Probabilities as to the position and 

 extent of the Coal-measures be- 

 neath the red rocks of the Mid- 

 land Counties. 



The results of Spectrum Analysis 

 applied to Heavenly Bodies. 



Insular Floras. 



The Geological Origin of the present 

 Scenery of Scotland. 



The present state of knowledge re- 

 garding Meteors and Meteorites. 



Archffiology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Reverse Chemical Actions. 



Vesuvius. 



The Physical Constitution of the 

 Stars and Nebulas. 



The Scientific Use of the Imagination . 



Stream-lines and Waves, in connec- 

 tion with Naval Architecture. 



Some recent investigations and ap- 

 plications of Explosive Agents. 



The Relation of Primitive to Modern 

 Civilization. 



Insect Metamorphosis. 



The Aims and Instruments of Scien^ 



tific Thought. 

 Coal and Coal Plants. 

 Molecules. 

 Common Wild Flowers considered 



in relation to Insects. 

 The H3-pothesis that Animals are 



Automata, and its History. 

 The Colours of Polarized Light. 

 Railway Safety Appliances. 

 Force. 



The CJiallenffcr Expedition. 

 The Physical Phenomena connected 



with the Mines of Cornwall and 



Devon. 

 The new Element, Gallium. 

 Animal Intelligence. 

 Dissociation, or Modern Ideas of 



Chemical Action. 

 Radiant Matter. 

 Degeneration. 

 Primeval Man. 



Mental Imagery. 



The Rise and Progress of Palaeon- 

 tology. 



The Electric Discharge, its Forms 

 and its Functions. 



Tides. 



Pelagic Life. 



Recent Researches on the Distance 

 of the Sun. 



Galvani and Animal Electricity. 



