LIST OF EVENING LECTURES. 



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Date and Place. 



Lecturer. 



Subject of Discourse. 



1865. Birmingham 



1866. Nottingham. 



1867. Dundee 



1868. Norwich ... 



1869. Exeter 



1870. Liverpool .. 



1871. Edinburgh 



1872. Brighton ... 



1873. Bradford ... 



1874. Belfast... 



1867. Dundee.... 



1868. Norwich .. 

 I860. Exeter .... 



1870. Liverpool . 



1872. Brighton . 



1873. Bradford . 



1874. Belfast.... 



1875. Bristol.... 



1876. Glasgow . 



1877. Plymouth. 



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. 

 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 



E. B. Tylor, F.R.S 



Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.D, 



Prof. W. K Clifford 



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 



William Spottiswoode, LL.D, 



F.R.S. 



F. J. Bramwell , F.R. S 



Prof. Tait, F.R.S.E 



Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. .. 

 W. Warington Smyth, M.A 



F.R.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S. 



Probabilities as to the position and 

 extent of the Coal-measures beneath 

 the red rocks of the Midland 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. 



Archaeology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Reverse Chemical Actions. 



Vesuvius. 



The Physical Constitution of the 

 Stars and Nebula). 



The Scientific Use of the Imagination. 



Stream-lines and Waves, in connexion 

 with Naval Architecture. 



Some recent investigations and appli- 

 cations of Explosive Agents. 



The Relation of Primitive to Modern 

 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 Animals are 

 Automata, and its History. 



The Colours of Polarized Light. 



Railway Safety Appliances. 



Force. 



The ' Challenger ' Expedition. 



The Physical Phenomena connected 



with the Mines of Cornwall and 



Devon. 

 The new Element, Gallium. 



Lectures to the Operative Classes. 



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

 Prof. Huxley, 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, 



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



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



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

 Commander Cameron, C.B,R.N. 

 W. H. Preece 



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. 



A Journey through Africa. 



Telegraphy and the Telephone. 



