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possible, he asked, that a thing like this, with a diameter of the 

 1/144,000 in. only, could be seen ? 



Mr. Crisp said that was simply a repetition of the difficulty with 

 which they had started. The spicule was merely a question of visi- 

 bility, and not of resolution, and it could be seen with almost any 

 aperture. All that was here required was sufficient power and de- 

 finition in the objective, as well as appropriate illumination. A 

 series of such objects, however, could not be seen except with large 

 aperture. 



Notice was given that the next Meeting would be made Special, 

 for the purpose of enabling Dr. Dallinger to be elected as President 

 for a third year. 



The List of Nominations for Council and Officers for the ensuing 

 year was read. Mr. Curties and Mr. Hembry were elected Auditors 

 of the Treasurer's accounts. 



The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited:— 



Mr. C. Beck :— (1) " Star" Petrological Microscope ; (2) Electric 

 Incandescence Lamp and Battery. 



Mr. Bolton : — Vaginicola ? 

 ^ Messrs. Coxeter and Nehmer : — Silico-carbon Battery and Elec- 

 tric Lamp. 



Mr. Crisp : — (1) Martins' Microscopic Stroboscope ; (2) Zenger's 

 Slides. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson : — Zeiss's 1 in. Aplanatic Lens. 



Dr. Ondaatje : — Cuticle of Leaf of Talipot Palm, Ceylon. 



Mr. M. Wilmersdorffer : — Album of Forty European Woods. 



New Fellows : — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. Charles Fletcher, E. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A., James Morgan, 

 and Maitland L. Mallory, M.D. 



