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EVENING DISCOURSES. 



Date and Place 



1863, Newcastle 



1864. Bath. 



Lecturer 



1865. Birming- 

 bam. 



1866, Nottingham 



1867. Dundee 



1868. Norwich ,, 



1869. Exeter 



1870. Liverpool.. 



1871. Edinburgh 



1872. Brighton „ 



1873. Bradford .. 



1874. Belfast 



Prof. Williamson, F.K.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 Herschel,F,R.A.S. 



J. Fergusson, F.R.S 



Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S 



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

 I 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 



Subject of Discourse 



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



Prof. P, Martin Duncan, M.B., 

 Prof". W.K. CliflEord... 



1875. Bristol ..,, 



1876. Glasgow , 



1877. Plymouth. 



1878. Dublin 



1879. Sheffield 



1880. Swansea 



1881. York 



Prof. W. C.Williamson, F.R.S. 

 Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S. 

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



F R S 

 Prof. Huxley, F.R.S 



W.Spottis woode,LL. D. ,F. R. S . 



F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S 



Prof. Tait, F.R.S.E 



SirWyville Thomson, F.R.S. 

 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. R.S.... 



The Chemistry of the Galvanic 

 Battery 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 Anal}'si9 

 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. 



Archieology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Reverse Chemical Actions, 



Vesuvius. 



The Physical Constitution of the 

 Stars and Nebulas. 



The Scientific Use of the Imagi- 

 nation. 



Stream-lines and Waves, in connec- 

 tion with Naval Architecture. 



Some Recent Investigations and Ap- 

 plications of Explosive Agents. 



The Relation of Primitive to Modern 

 Civilisation. 



Insect Metamorphosis, 



The Aims and Instruments of Scien- 

 tific Thought. 



Coal and Coal Plants. 



Molecules. 



Common Wild Flowers considered 

 in relation to Insects. 



The Hypothesis that Animals are 

 ! Automata, and its History. 

 [ The Colours of Polarised Light, 

 I Railway Safety Appliances. 



Force. 



The ' Challenger ' Expedition. 



Physical Phenomena connected wit h 

 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 Palseour 

 tology. 



The Electric Discharge its Forms 

 ' and it« Functions. 



