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REPORT — 1895. 



Date and Place 



Lecturer 



Prof. W. Thomson, F.E.S. ... 

 Rev. Dr. Livingstone, D.O.L. 

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

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

 Sir R. L Murchison, D.C.L.... 

 Rev. Dr. Robinson, F.R.S. ... 



Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N. 

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

 G. B. Air3', F.R.S., Astron. 



Roval. 

 Prof."Tyndall, LL.D., F.E.S. 



Prof. Odling, F.R.S 



Newcastle Prof. Williamson, F.R.S 



Subject of Discourse 



1864. 

 1865. 



1866. 

 1867. 



1868. 

 1869. 

 1870. 



Bath 



Birmingliam 



Nottingham 

 Dundee 



Norwich ... 



Exeter 



Liverpool... 



James Glaisher, F.E.S. 



1871. Edinburgh 



1872. Brighton 



1873. 

 1874. 



1875. 

 1876. 



Bradford ... 

 Belfast 



Bristol .. 

 Glasgow 



Prof. Eoscoe, F.R.S 



Dr. Livingstone, F.R.S. 

 J. Beete Jukes, F.R.S.., 



William Huggins, F.R.S 



Dr. .L D. Hooker, F.R.S 



Archibald Geikie, F.R.S 



Alexander Herschel, F.E.A.S. 



J. Fcrgusson, F.R.S 



Dr. W. Oaiing, F.R.S 



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

 J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. .. 



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



Prof . W. J. Jlacquorn Rankine, 



LL.D., F.E.S. 

 F. A. Abel, F.R.S 



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



Prof. P.Martin Dimcan, M.B., 



Prof. W.' K. Clifford 



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

 Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.E.S. 

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



F.R.S. 

 Prof. Huxley, F.E.S 



W.Spottiswoode,LL.D.,F.E.S. 



F. J.'Bramwell, F.E.S 



Prof. Tait, F.E.S. E 



SirWyville Thomson, F.E.S. 



The Atlantic Telegraph. 

 Eecent Discoveries in Africa. 

 The Ironstones of Yorkshire. 

 The Fossil Mammalia of Australia. 

 Geology of the Northern Highlands. 

 Electrical Discharges in highly 



rarefied Media. 

 Physical Constitution of the Sun. 

 Arctic Discovery. 

 Spectrum Analysis. 

 The late Eclipse of the Sun. 



The Forms and Action of Water. 



Organic Chemistry. 



The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat- 

 tery considered in relation to 

 Dynamics. 



The Balloon Ascents made for the 

 British Association. 



The Cliemical Action of Light. 



Eecent 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 Siaectrum 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. 



Archfcology of the early Buddhist 

 Monuments. 



Eeverse Chemical Actions. 



Vesuvius. 



The Phj'sical Constitution of the 

 Stars and Nebulte. 



The Scientific Use of the Imagina- 

 tion. 



Stream-lines and Waves, in connec- 

 tion with Naval Architecture. 



Some Recent Investigations and Ap- 

 plications of Explosive Agents. 



The Eelation 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 H3fpothesis that Animals are 

 Automata, and its History. 



The Colours of Polarised Light. 



Railway Safety Appliances. 



Force. 



The Challe7}ger Expedition. 



