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REPORT — 1875. 



Date and Place. 



Lecturer. 



Subject of Discourse. 



1863. Newcastle- 



on-Tyue. 



1864. Bath 



1865. Birmingham 



1866. Nottingham. 



1867. Dundee 



1868. Norwich .... 



1869. Exeter 



1870. Liverpool ... 



1871. Edinburgh 



1872. Brighton ... 



1873. Bradford ... 



1874. Belfast 



1875. Bristol 



James Glaisher, F.R.S. 



Prof. Roscoe, RR.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, P.E. S 



Dr. W. Odling, F.R.S 



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

 J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S 



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

 Prof. W. J. Maequorn Rankine, 



LL.D., F.R.S. 

 F. A. Abel, F.R.S 



E. B. Tylor, F.R.S 



Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.D., 



F R S 

 Prof. W. K Clifford 



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



Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S 



Sir John Lubbock, JBart., M.P., 



F R S 

 Prof. Huxley, F.R.S 



William Spottiswoode, LL.D., 



F.R.S. 

 F. J. Bramwell, F.R. S 



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 beneath 

 tlie red rocks of the Mijjland Coun- 

 ties. 



The results of Spectrum Analysis 

 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. 



Archreology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Reverse Chemical Actions. 



Vesuvius. 



The Physical Constitution of the 

 Stars and NebulfE. 



The Scientific Use of the Imagination. 



Stream-lines and Waves, in connexion 

 with Naval Ai'chitecture. 



Some recent investigations and appli- 

 cations of Explosive Agents. 



The Relation of Primitive to Modem 

 Civilization. 



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 Ajiimals are 

 Automata, and its History. 



The Colours of Polarized Light. 



Railway Safety Appliances. 



Lectures to the Operative Classes. 



1867. Dundee.. 



1868. Norwich 



1869. Exeter .. 



1870. Liverpool . 



1872. Brighton , 



1873. Bradford , 



1874. Belfast.... 



1875. BristQl..,. 



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

 Prof. Huiey, LL.D., F.R.S. .. 

 Prof. Miller, M.D., F.R.S 



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



F.R.S. 

 William Spottiswoode, LL.D., 



C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., F.R.S... 



Professor Odliug, F.R.S 



Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S. ... 



Matter and Force. 



A piece of Chalk. 



Experimental illustrations of the 

 modes of detecting the Composi- 

 tion of the Sun and other Heavenly 

 Bodies by the Spectrum. 



Savages. 



Sunshine, Sea, and Sky. 



Fuel. 



The Discovery of Oxygen. 



A piece of Limestone, 



