Ixiv 



REPORT — 1889. 



Date and Place 



1853. Hull. 



18.54. 

 1855. 

 1856. 



1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 



Lirerpool... 

 Glasgow ... 

 Cheltenham 



Dublin 



Leeds 



Aberdeen... 



1860. Oxford 



1861. Manchester 



1862. Cambridge 



1863. Newcastle 



1864. Bath 



1865. Birmingham 



1866. Nottingham 



1867. Dundee 



1868. Norwich ... 



1869. Exeter 



1870. Liverpool... 



1871. Edinburgh 



Lecturer 



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

 F.G.S. 



Robert Hunt, F.R.S 



Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. 

 CoL E. Sabine, V.P.R.S 



Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S. 

 Lieut.-Col. H. Rawlinson ... 



Col. Sir H. Rawlinson 



W. R. Grove, F.R.S 



Prof. W. Thomson, F.R.S. ... 

 Rev. Dr. Livingstone, D.C.L. 

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

 Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Sir R. L Murchison, D.C.L... . 



Rev. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S. ... 



Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S. ... 

 Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N. 

 Prof.W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S. 

 G.B.Airy,F.R.S.,Astron.Royal 

 Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



Prof. Williamson, F.R.S 



James Glaisher, F.R.S... 



Prof. Roscoe, F.R.S 



Dr. Livingstone, F.R.S. 

 J. Beete Jukes, F.R.S.... 



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



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



Archibald Geikie, F.R.S.. 



Alexander Herscbel, F.R.A.S. 



J. Fergusson, F.R.S 



Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S 



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

 J. Norman Lockyer F.R.S. .. 



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

 Prof.W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 



LL.D., F.R.S. 

 F. A. Abel, F.R.S 



E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. 



Subject of Discourse 



Some peculiar Phenomena in the 



Geology and Physical Geography 



of Yorkshire. 

 The present state of Photography. 

 Anthropomorphous Apes. 

 Progress of researches in Terrestrial 



Magnetism. 

 Characters of Species. 

 Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities 



and Ethnology. 

 Recent Discoveries in Assyria and 



Babylonia, with the results of 



Cuneiform research up to the 



present time. 

 Correlation of Physical Forces. 

 The Atlantic Telegraph. 

 Recent Discoveries in Africa. 

 The Ironstones of Yorkshire. 

 The Fossil Mammalia of Australia. 

 Geology of the Northern Highlands. 



Electrical Discharges in highly 

 rarefied Media. 



Physical Constitution of the Sun. 



Arctic Discovery. 



Spectrum Analysis. 



The late Eclipse of the Sun. 



The Forms and Action of Water. 



Organic Chemistry. 



The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat- 

 tery considered in relation to 

 Dynamics. 



The Balloon Ascents made for the 

 British Association. 



The Chemical Action of Light. 



Recent Travels in Africa. 



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. 



ArchiBology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Reverse Chemical Actions. 



Vesuvius. 



The Physical Constitution of the 

 Stars and Nebulfe. 



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 Modem 

 Civilization. 



