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Dr. Bell, Dr. (late Sir) Henry Cooper, Rev. J. Selkirk, James 

 Oldham, J. G. Kemp, J. D. Sollitt, W. Lawton, and J. A. 

 Forster— a truly magnificent array — all good men, but all, alas, 

 no longer with us. Of the three papers selected to be printed 

 in extenso in the report, two were by James Oldham, viz., 'On 

 the Physical Features of the Humber' and ^ On the Rise, 

 Progress, and Present Position of Steam Navigation in Hull' — 

 both exceedingly valuable contributions. J. D. Sollitt, an ardent 

 microscopist, wrote ' On the composition and figuring of the 

 Specula of Reflecting Telescopes,' * On the Chemical Constitu- 

 tion of the Humber Deposits' (a paper having some bearing on 

 the recent discussion on the origin of the Humber mud) ; 

 also a paper — in conjunction with R. Harrison — ^ ' On the 

 Diatomacea found in the Neighbourhood of Hull.' Sollitt, 

 like Robert Harrison and George Norman, was greatly interested 

 in diatoms, and at least one species [Aulacodiscus Sollitianus 

 Arnott'") was named after him. It should be stated that the 

 local microscopists at that time were exceptionally active and 

 paid particular attention to the manufacture of their lenses, 

 obtaining much more successful results with their instruments 

 than was achieved by workers in other parts of the kingdom. 



William Lawton, Hull's greatest Clerk of the Weather, 

 contributed a paper ' On the Meteorology of Hull,' in which he 

 refers to the observations taken by Dr. Fielding and the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society. This excellent work is now carried 

 on in Pearson's Park. 



F. J. Pearsall, F.C.S., the first salaried curator to the 

 Hull Museum, read three papers to the chemical section, viz., 

 *■ On changes observed in wood from the Submerged Forest at 

 Wawne, in Holderness,' ' On Crystals from the sea coast of 

 Africa,' and ' On Lime Flowers, or peculiarly-formed substances 

 from the brickwork of one of the Reservoirs of the Hull Water- 

 works before final completion for use.' G. G. Kemp wrote 

 'On the Waste of the Holderness Coast,' and fifty years later 

 the same subject forms the title of numerous papers and articles 

 of varying worth. 



In the Zoological section Dr. Horner read notes ' On some 

 Discoveries relative to the Chick in 0\o and its liberation from 

 the Shell.' Ethnology was represented by Charles Beckett, 

 who discoursed ' On the Dialects north and south of the Humber, 

 compared.' 



*A specimen of this has recently been taken by Mr. R. H. PhiHp, in the 

 river Hull, near Haworth Hall. 

 1903 July I. 



