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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 14th October, 1885, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 THE President (the Eev. Dr. Dallinger, F.E.S.) in the 

 Chair. 

 The Minutes of the meeting of 10th June last were read and con- 

 firmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) re- 

 ceived since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the 

 Society given to the donors. 



Bauscli, E., Manipulation of the Microscope. 96 pp. and From 



27 figs. (8vo, Kochester, N.Y., 1885) .. .. '.. .. TJie Author. 



Braithwaite, E., The British Moss Flora. Part IX., Tortu- 



lacese. pp. 213-44, 4 pis. (8 vo, London, 1885) .. .. The Author. 



Bell, F. Jeffrey, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. 



555 pp. and 229 figs. (8vo, London, 1885) .. " .. .. The Author. 



Klein, E., Microbes et Maladies. Guide pratique pour I'etude 

 des MicToorganismes traduit par Fabre-Domergue. iii. 

 and 291 pp., 116 figs. (8vo, Paiis, 1885) Mr. Crisp. 



Mantou, W. P., Beginnings with the Microscope. 73 pp. 



and 6 figs. (8vo, Boston and New York, 1884) . . . . The Author. 



Ketzius, G., Das Gehororgan der Wirbelthiere. II. Das 

 Gehororgan der Reptilien, der Vogel und der Sauge- 

 thiere. viii. and 368 pp., 39 pis. (4to, Stockholm, 1884) The Author. 



Transactions of the Sei-I-Kwai, or Society for the Advance- 

 ment of Medical Science in Japan. Nos. 41, 42, and 43 The Society. 



Six Slides of Material taken from the intestines of one of the (" Mr. C. E. Ailing and 

 victims of the Greeley Arctic Expedition \Dr. F.A. Mandeville. 



Slide of Navicula Durrandii n. sp Mr. F. Kitten. 



Mr. Crisp called special attention among the donations to the 

 second part of Prof. Eetzius' magnificent work on the organ of hear- 

 ing of the vertebrates ; also to the Japanese publications, mostly 

 printed in the Chinese character. 



Mr. Crisp exhibited D' Arsonval's Water Microscope. He said he 

 did not know that they were bound to notice every instrument which 

 any one chose to devise ; but the one before them had been designed 

 by an eminent Frenchman, and had been recorded in their Proceed- 

 ings by high authorities in France, and he thought, therefore, they 

 were entitled to criticize it (^supra, p. 1054). 



Dr. Anthony, in commenting upon the instrument, said that the 

 simplest method of giving a last touch to the adjustment of the focus 

 was by gently pulling out the eye-piece, by which means a very 

 delicate focusing was obtained. 



Mr. J. Mayall, jun., said that the plan of focusing by the eye- 

 piece by means of a specially-devised rack was applied by Prof. 

 Amici some 50 years ago, and consequently long before Prof. Ean- 

 vier's suggestion, which was noted and figured in the Journal two or 

 three years ago. He also remembered some time ago seeing a plan 

 adopted by M. Prazmowski for obtaining a cover-glass correction, 



