LIST OF EVENING LECTURES, xli 
Date and Place. Lecturer, Subject of Discourse, 
1846. Southampton} W. R. Grove, F.R.S, ..........+ Properties of the Explosive substance 
discovered by Dr. Schénbein ; also 
some Researches of his own on the 
Decomposition of Water by Heat. 
1847. Oxford ...... Rey. Prof. B. Powell, F.R.S. ...| Shooting-stars. 
Prof. M. Faraday, F.R.S. ...... Magnetic and Diamagnetic Pheno- 
mena. 
Hugh E. Strickland, F.G.8. ...| The Dodo (Didus ineptus). 
1848. Swansea ...| John Percy, M.D., KES. oe Metallurgical operations of Swansea 
and its neighbourhood. 
W. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S. ...| Recent Microscopical Discoveries. 
1849. Birmingham} Dr. Faraday, F.R.S................ Mr. Gassiot’s Battery. 
Rey. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S. | Transit of different Weights with 
varying velocities on Railways. 
1850. Edinburgh. | Prof. J. H. Bennett, M.D.,| Passage of the Blood through the 
F.R.S.E. minute vessels of Animals in con- 
nexion with Nutrition. 
Dr. Mantell, F.RB.S. ......ss0eseees Extinct Birds of New Zealand. 
1851. Ipswich......| 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. Roy.| Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. 
1852. Belfast ...... Prof. G.G. Stokes, D.C.L., F.R.S.| Recent discoveries in the properties 
of Light. 
Colonel Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. | Recent discovery of Rock-salt at Car- 
rickfergus, and geological and prac- 
tical considerationsconnected with it. 
1853. Hull ......... Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S.,|Some peculiar phenomena in the Geo- 
FE.G.S. logy and Physical Geography of 
Yorkshire. 
Robert Hunt, F.R.S. ............ The present state of Photography. 
1854. Liverpool ...| Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. ...| Anthropomorphous Apes. 
Col. H. Sabine, V.P.R.S. .........] Progress of researches in Terrestrial 
Magnetism. 
1855. Glasgow...... Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S. ...| Characters of Species. 
Lieut.-Col. H. Rawlinson ...... Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities 
and Ethnology 
1856. Cheltenham | Col. Sir H. Rawlinson............ Recent discoveries in Assyria and 
Babylonia, with the results of Cunei- 
form research up to the present 
time. 
W. R. Grove, F.R.S. ............| Correlation of Physical Forces, 
1857. Dublin ......| Prof. W. Thomson, F.R.S8. ......] The Atlantic Telegraph. 
Rey. Dr. Livingstone, D.C.L. ...! Recent discoveries in Africa. 
1858. Leeds......... Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.8.| The Ironstones of Yorkshire, 
: Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S. ...) The Fossil Mammalia of Australia, 
1859. Aberdeen ...| Sir R.I. Murchison, D.C.L. ......) Geology of the Northern Highlands. 
Rey. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S. ......| Electrical a ee in highly rare- 
fied Media. 
1860. Oxford ...... Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S. ......| Physical Constitution of the Sun, 
Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N. .| Arctic Discovery. 
1861. Manchester .| Prof. W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S.| Spectrum Analysis. 
G.B. Airy, F.R.8., Astron. Roy. .| The late Eclipse of the Sun. 
1862, Cambridge .| Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. ...| The Forms and Action of Water. 
Prof. Odling, F.R.S.......000....4. Organic Chemistry. 
1863. Newcastle- | Prof. Williamson, F.R.S. ...... The chemistry of the Galvanic Bat- 
on-Tyne. | . tery considered in relation to Dy- 
namics. 
James Glaisher, F.R.S, ......... The Balloon Ascents made for the 
British Association. 
1864. Bath ......... Prof. Roscoe, F.R.S............066 The Chemical Action of Light. 
Dr. Livingstone, F.R.S. .........! Recent Trayels in Africa, 
