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REPORT—1890. 
Date and Place 
1887. Manchester 
1888. Bath......... 
1889. Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
1890. Leeds ...... 
Presidents Secretaries 
Prof. A. H. Sayce, M.A. ......]@. W. Bioxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr.. 
A. M. Paterson. f 
Lieut.-General  Pitt-Rivers,|G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, J. 
D.C.L., F.R.S. Harris Stone. 
Prof. Sir W. Turner, M.B.,}G. W. Bloxam, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. 
LL.D., F.R.S. R. Morison, Dr. R. Howden. 
Dr. J. Evans, Treas.R.S.,|G. W. Bloxam, Dr. C. M. Chadwick, 
F.S.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Dr. J. G. Garson. 
LIST OF EVENING LECTURES. 
Date and Place 
Lecturer Subject of Discourse 
1842. Manchester 
1843. Cork ......... 
1844. York ......... 
1845. Cambridge 
1846. Southamp- 
ton. 
1847. Oxford...... 
1848. Swansea ... 
1849. Birmingham 
1850. Edinburgh 
1851. Ipswich 
1852. Belfast...... 
Charles Vignoles, F.R.S...... |The Principles and Construction of 
Atmospheric Railways. 
Sire Tebrunel 32438 scsscees The Thames Tunnel. 
el MnrchisOnterr.ss<ac.scese0 The Geology of Russia. 
Prof. Owen, M.D., F.R.S.......]The Dinornis of New Zealand. 
Prof. E. Forbes, F.R.S.......... The Distribution of Animal Life in 
the Aigean Sea. 
Dy ROBINSON)... co s-cbenesevesers The Earl of Rosse’s Telescope. 
Charles Lyell, F.R.S. ......... Geology of North America. 
Dr. Falconer, F.R.S........000.. The Gigantic Tortoise of the Siwalik 
Hills in India. 
G.B.Airy,#.R.S.,Astron.Royal| Progress of Terrestrial Magnetism. 
R. I. Murchison, F.R.S. ......|Geology of Russia. 
Prof. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. ...| Fossil Mammaliaof the British Isles. 
Charles Lyell, F.R.S. .........] Valley and Delta of the Mississippi. 
Wants GROVE: MLN: .ccssvearess Properties of the Explosivesubstance 
discovered by Dr. Schénbein; also: 
some Researches of his own on the 
Decomposition of Water by Heat.. 
Rev. Prof. B. Powell, F.R.S. |Shooting Stars. - 
Prof. M. Faraday, F.R.S....... Magnetic and Diamagnetic Pheno- 
mena. 
Hugh E. Strickland, F.G.S....|The Dodo (Didus ineptus). 
John Percy, M.D., F.R.S.......] Metallurgical Operations of Swansea 
and its neighbourhood. 
W. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S....] Recent Microscopical Discoveries. 
Dre Paraday, FOR-S. .22..5.606s Mr. Gassiot’s Battery. 
Rey. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.8.|Transit of different Weights with 
varying Velocities on Railways. — 
Prof. J. H. Bennett, M.D.,|Passage of the Blood through the 
F.R.S.E. minute vessels of Animals in con- — 
nection with Nutrition. 
Dr, Mantel WRG. csccscccacus Extinct Birds of New Zealand. 
.| Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. | Distinction between Plants and Ani- 
mals, and their changes of Form. 
G.B.Airy,F.R.S.,Astron. Royal} Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. 
Prof. G. G. Stokes, D.C.L.,] Recent Discoveries in the properties. 
E.R.S. of Light. 
Colonel Portlock, R.E., F.R.S.]Recent Discovery of Rock-salt at 
Carrickfergus, and geological and 
practical considerations connected — 
with it. 
