List of Popular Science Lectures. 



21. — "THB HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND." 



Delivered on Tuesday, July isf, by E. C. Luard, Manager, 

 Plantation La Bonne Intention, 



[HE lefture consisted of explanatory information 

 of a series of more than fifty views of the 

 most noteworthy places of interest in the 



Highlands, shewn by means of an optical lantern with 



the oxy-hydrogen light. 



22. — "THE TELEPHONE : ITS INVENTION AND USE." 



Delivered on Thursday, July, 31st, by S- Vyle, A. Inst. T,B., 

 Government Electrician. 



The lefturer began by tracing the early history of 

 the Telephone, special mention being made of the 

 various steps in its development brought about by Sir 

 Charles Wheatstone, Dr. Page, Edison and Hughes, etc. 

 An account of its introdu6lion into praftical service in 

 the United States was then given, together with its 

 introdu6lion into the colony. Detailed mention was 

 then made of the new telephones just introduced and of 

 the method of manipulation ; and an explanation was 

 given of the various transformations of energy that took 

 place during the transmission of vocal sounds. 



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