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EEPOKT — 1887. 



Date and Place 



1874. Belfast Jsir John Lubbock,Bart.,M.P.. 



F.E.S. 

 Prof. Huxley, F.K.S 



1875. Bristol i W.Spottiswoode,LL.D.,F.K.S 



F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S 



1876. Glasgow ... Prof. Tait, F.E.S.E 



SirWyville Thomson, F.R.S. 



1877. Plymouth... W. Warington Smyth, M.A., 

 F.R.S. 



1878. Dublin 



1879. 



1880. 



Sheffield ... 

 Swansea ... 



1881. York. 



Subject of Discourse 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



G. J. Romanes, 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. R.S 



W. Spottiswoode, Pre.s. R.S. 



1882. Southamp- i Prof. SirWm. Thomson, F.R.S. 



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



1883. Southport , Prof. R. S. BaU, F.R.S 



1884. Montreal. 



{Prof. J. G. McKendrick, 

 I F.R.S.E. 



I Prof. 0. J. Lodge, D.Sc 



I Rev. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S. 



1885. Aberdeen... Prof. W. G. Adams, F.R.S. ... 



John Murray, F.R.S.E 



1886. Birmingham A. W. Rucker, M.A., F.R.S. 



IProf. W. Rutherford, M.D. ... 



1887. Manchester jProf. H. B. Dixon, F.R.S. ... 



Col. Sir F. de Winton, 

 I K.C.M.G. 



Common Wild Flowers considered 



in relation to Insects. 

 The Hypothesis that Animals are 



Automata, and its History. 

 The Colours of Polarized Light. 

 Railway Safety Aj^pliances. 

 Force. 



The Challenger Exjaedition. 

 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 Palason- 



tology. 

 The Electric Discharge, its Forms 



and its Functions. 

 Tides. 



Pelagic Life. 

 Recent Researches on the Distance 



of the Sun. 

 Galvani and Animal Electricity. 



Dust. 



The Modern Microscope in Re- 

 searches on the Least and Lowest 

 Forms of Life. 



The Electric Light and Atmospheric 

 Absorption. 



The Great Ocean Basins. 



Soap Bubbles. 



The Sense of Hearing. 



The Rate of Explosions in Gases. 



Explorations in Central Africa. 



LECTURES TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES. 



1867. Dundee.. 



1868. Norwich 



1869. Exeter .., 



1870. Liverpool. 



1872. Briffhton 



1873. Bradford 



1874. Belfast... 

 ]«7.5. Bristol ... 



j Prof. J. Tj-ndall, LL.D., F.R.S, 

 jProf. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 ! Prof. Miller, M.D., F.R.S. ... 



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

 I F.R.S. 



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

 C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., F.K.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



iDr. W. B. Caruenter. F.R.S. 



Matter and Force. 



A Piece of Chalk. 



Experimental illustrations of the 

 modes of detecting the Composi- 

 tionof the Sun and other Heavenly 

 Bodies by the Spectrum. 



Savages. 



Sunshine, Sea, and Sky. 



Fuel. 



The Discovery of Oxygen. 



A Piece of Limestone. 



