LIST OP EVENING DISCOURSES. 



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Date and Place 



1877. Plymouth. 



1878. Dublin ... 



1879. Sheffield 



1880. Swansea 



1881. York 



Lecturer 



1882. Southamp- 



ton. 



1883. Southport 



1884. Montreal... 



1885. Aberdeen... 



1886. Birmingham 



1887. Manchester 



1888. Bath 



W. Warington Smyth, M.A., 

 F.R.S. 



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, Pres. E.S.... 



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

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

 Prof. R. S. BaU. F.R.S 



Subject of Discourse 



1889. Newcastle- 



upon-Tyne 



1890. Leeds 



1891. CardiflE 



1892. Edinburgh 



1893. Nottingham 



1894. Oxford 



189C. Ipswich .,, 



1896. Liverpool... 



1897. Toronto ... 



Prof. J. G. McKendrick 



Prof. O. J. Lodge, D.Se 



Rev. W. H. DaUinger, F.R.S. 



Prof. W. G. Adams, F.E.S. ... 



John Murray, F.E.S.E 



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

 Prof. W. Rutherford, M.D. ... 

 Prof. H. B. Dixon, F.R.S. ... 



Col. Sir F. de Winton 



Prof.W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S. ... 



Prof. T. G. Bonney, D.Sc, 



F.E.S. 

 Prof. \V. C. Roberts- Austen, 



F.R.S. 

 Walter Gardiner, M.A 



E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S.... 

 Prof. C. Vernon Boys, F.R.S. 

 Prof.L. C. Miall,F.L.S.,r.G.S. 



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

 Prof. A. M. Marshall, F.R.S. 

 Prof. J. A.Ewing,M.A., F.R.S. 

 Prof. A. Smith ells, B.Sc. 

 Prof, Victor Horsley, F.R.S. 



J. W. Gregory, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



Prof. J.Shield Nicholson, M.A. 



Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S 

 Prof. Percy F. Frankland, 



F.E.S. 



Dr. F. Elgar, F.E.S 



Prof. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L. 

 Prof. W. C. Eoberts-Austen, 



F.R.S. 

 J, Milne, F.R.S 



Physical Phenomena connected with 



the Mines of Cornwall and Devon, 

 The New Element, Gallium. 

 Animal Intelligence. 

 Dissociation, or Modern Ideas ot 



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. 

 Galvanic 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. 

 The Electrical Transmission of 



Power. 

 The Foundation Stones of the Earth's 



Crust. 

 The Hardening and Tempering of 



Steel. 

 How Plants maintain themselves in 



the Struggle for Existence. 

 Mimicry. 



Quartz Fibres and their Applications. 

 Some Difficulties in the Life of 



Aquatic Insects. 

 Electrical Stress. 

 Pedigrees. 



Magnetic Induction. 

 Flame. 

 Th*e Discovery of the Physiology of 



the Nervous System. 

 Experiences and Prospects of 



African Exploration. 

 Historical Progress and Ideal So-. 



cialism. 

 Magnetism in Rotation. 

 The Work of Pasteur and its various, 



Developments. 

 Safety in Ships. 

 Man before Writing. 

 Canada's Metals. 



Earthquakes and Volcanoes. 



