EVENING DISCOURSES. 



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Date and Place 



1877. 



1878. 



1879. 

 1880. 

 1881. 



1882. 

 1883. 



Plymouth . 

 Dublin ... 



Sheffield .. 

 Swansea .. 

 York 



Lecturers 



Southamp- 

 ton. 

 South port . 



W. Warington Smyth, M.A., 

 F.R.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



G. J. Romanes, F.L.S. .• 



Prof. Dewar, F.R.S 



VV. Crookes, F.R.S 



Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S. 

 Prof .W.P.oyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 



Francis Galton, F.R.S 



Prof. Huxley, Sec. R.S 



VV. Spoltisvvoode, Pies. R.S... . 



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

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

 Prof. R. S. Ball, F.R.S 



1884. Montreal, 



1885. Aberdeen. 



188G. 

 1887. 

 1883. 



1889. 



1890. 

 1891. 



1892. 

 1893. 



Prof. J. G. McKendrick 



Prof. O. J. Lodge, D.Sc 



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



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



John Murray, F.R.S. E 



Binning- A. W. Riicker, M.A., F.R.S. 



ham. Prof. \V. Rutherford, M.D. ... 



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



Col. Sir F. de Winton 



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



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

 F.R.S. 

 Newcastle- Prof. W. C. Roberts- Austen, 

 upon-Tyne F.R.S. 



Walter Gardiner, M.A 



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



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

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



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

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



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

 Nottingham Prof. A. Smithells, B.Sc 



Prof. Victor Horsley, F.R.S. 



1891. Oxford 



1895. Ipswich 



1896. 

 1897. 



Liverpool... 

 Toronto ... 



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, 



Dr. F. Elgar, F.R.S 



Prof. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L. 

 Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, 



F.ll.S. 

 J. Milne, F.R.S 



Subject of Discourse 



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 Palaeon- 

 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. 



The 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. 



