June I St, 1887.] 



SCIENTIFIC NE^A^S. 



95 



RECORD OF SCIENTIFIC AND 

 TECHNICAL SOCIETIES. 



*,* Tht whole of Ike papers of the Societies referred to are not included 

 in this list. 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



April 28. — Papers read, Note on Dr. G. J. Hinde's Paper on "Beds of 

 Sponge-remains in the Lower and Upper Greensand of the South 

 of England, by Professor E. Hull ; " Report of the Observations 

 of the Total Solar Eclipse, of August 29th, 1886, made at the 

 Island of Carriacou," by Rev. S. J. Perry. 



May 5. — Papers read, " Note on the Microscopic Structure of Rock 

 Specimens from Three Peaks in the Caucasus," by Professor T. 

 G. Bonney ; " On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust 

 resulting from Secular Cooling, with special reference to the 

 Growth of Continents, and the Formation of Mountain Chains," 

 by Mr. C. Davison ; " Note on some Experiments on the Vis- 

 cosity of Ice," by Dr. J. F. Main. 



THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. 

 April 30. — Paper read, "The Australian Alps and the Origin of the 



Australian Fauna," by Professor R.'Von Lendenfeld. 

 May 3 and 10. — Lectures, " Electricity," by Professor Ayrton. 

 May 5, 12, and 19. — Lectures, " The Chemistry of the Organic World," 



by Professor Dewar. 

 May 7. — Lecture, " Recent Researches in Sponges," by Professor R. 



Von Lendenfeld. 

 May 13. — Paper read, "Some Electrical Fishes," by Professor J. S. 



Burdon Sanderson. 

 May 20. — Paper read, " Biidging the Firth of Forth," by Mr. B. Baker. 



THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. 

 April 26. — Paper read, " Ornamental Glass," by Mr. J. H. Pollen. 

 April 27. — Paper read, " Appliances for Saving Life from Fire," by Mr. 



A. W. C. Shean. 

 May 2, 9, i6, and 24. — Cantor Lectures, " The Chemistry of Substances 



taking part in Putrefaction and Antisepsis," by Mr. J. M. 



Thomson. 

 May 4. — Paper read, " Agricultural Education," by Mr. J. C. Morton. 

 May 17. — Paper read, " The West Indies at the Colonial and Indian 



Exhibition," by Sir Augustus Adderley. 

 May 18. — Paper read, " Progress in Telegraphy," by Mr. W. H. 



Preece. 

 May 24. — Paper read, " The Importance of the Applied Arts and their 



Relation to Common Life," by Mr. W. Crane. 



ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ARTS. 

 April 25. — " Report on Mr. Moore's Marine Compass Adjustments " ; 

 "Report on Mr. Stephen's Tele-Barometer and Automatic 

 Replacement Indicator." Paper read, "On Booth's Automatic 

 Emergency Brake for Tramway Cars," by Mr. H. Booth. 



THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. 



May 10. — Paper read, " The Conversion of Timber by Circular and 

 Band Saws in the Saginaw Valley, U.S.A.," by Mr. L. H. 

 Ransome. 



May 17. — Paper read, "On the Manufacture of Salt, near Middles- 

 brough," by Sir Lowthian Bell. 



May 24. — Paper read, "Accidents in Mines," by Sir Frederick Abel. 



STUDENTS MEETINGS. 

 April 29. — Paper read, " Flour Mills and their Machinery," by Mr. A. 

 Chatterton. 



INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF IRELAND. 

 May 4th. — Paper read, " On the Manufacture of Portland Cement in 

 Dublin," by Mr. A. G. Ryder. 



ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 May 18. — Papers read, " Brocken Spectres and the Bows that often 

 accompany them," by Mr. H. Sharpe ; " Results of Thermo- 

 metrical Observations made at 4 ft., 170 ft., and 260 ft. above 

 ground at Boston, Lincolnshire, 1882-86," by Mr. W.Marriott; 

 " Snow Storm of March 14th and 15th, 1S87, at Shirenewton Hall, 

 near Chepstow," by Mr. E. J. Lowe. 



SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS AND 

 ELECTRICIANS. 

 April 28th and May 12th. —Papers read, " Measuring the Coefficients 

 of Self and of Mutual Induction," by Professors W. E. Ayrton and 

 J. Perry. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 April 27. — Papers read, "The London Clay and Bagshot Beds of 



Aldershot," by Mr. H. G. Lyons; ".Supplementary Note on the 



Walton Common Section," by Mr. Hudleston. 

 May II.—" The Rocks of Essex Drift," by Rev. A. W. Rowe ; " The 



Remains of Fishes from the Keuper of Warwick and Nottingham," 



with Notes on their Mode of Occurence, by Rev. P. B. Brodie and 



Mr. E. Wilson. 



ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY. 

 May 17. — Paper read, " The Inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets (School 

 Board Division), their Condition and Occupations," by Mr. C. 

 Booth. 



ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 

 May II. — Paper read, " On the different Tissues found in the Muscle of 

 a Mummy," by Dr. Maddox. 



SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. 

 May 2. — Paper read, " Recent Bacteriological Research in cornection 

 with Water Supply," by Dr. P. F. Frankland. 



THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 May loth.— Papers read, "Microscopical Studies on some Eruptive 

 Rocks from the Caucasus and Armenia," by Dr. Hjalmar Gylling ; 

 " Note on some Specimens of Glaucophane Rock from the Isle de 

 Groix," by Professor Bonney ; " On the Crystalline Form of Krea- 

 tine," by Mr. L. Fletcher ; " Note on Francolite," by Mr. F. 

 Butler ; " On the Meteoric Iron seen to fall in tlie district of 

 Nejed, in Central Arabia, in the Spring of 1S65," by Mr. L. 

 Fletcher ; " On a Granite containing Andalusite from the Cheese- 

 wring, Cornwall," by Mr. J. J. H. Teall. Professor J. W. Judd ex- 

 hibited some specimens and sections of Tabasheer and other forms 

 of Opal, and made some observations thereon. 



THE MINING ASSOCIATION AND INSTITUTE OF 

 CORNWALL. 

 April 28. — Paper read, " The Softening and Purification of Water for 

 Boiler and other purposes," by Mr. C. H. Fitzmaurice. 



INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. 

 May 17. — Papers read, "On the Construction of Canadian Locom- 

 otives," by Mr. F. R. F. Brown ; " Experiments on the Distribu- 

 tion of Heat in a Stationary Steam-Engine," by Major T. English ; 

 " On Irrigating Machinery on the Pacific Coast," by Mr. J, 

 Richards. 



G. 



UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTE. 

 April 29 — Paper read, " Accuracy of Artillery Fire," by Majo 



Mackinlay. 

 May II. — Paper read, " Coating Ships of War at Sea," by Lieut. C. 



Bell. 

 May 18. — Paper read, " The Interior Economy of a Large Fleet," by 



Commander Charles Campbell. 



VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 

 May 2. — ^Paper read, " The Rock Hewn Capital of Idumota," by 

 Professor Hall. 



The Royal Institution. — At the general monthly meeting, held 

 on May 9th, 18S7, the Right Hon. Earl Percy, Manager and Vice- 

 President, in the chair, the following Vice-Presidents for the ensuing 

 year were announced :--The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, F.R.S., 

 F.R.A.S. ; Warren de la Rue, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.; William 

 Huggins, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. ; The Right Hon. Earl Percy ; 

 Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., M.A. ; Edward Woods, Esq.. Pres. Inst. 

 C. E. ; Henry Pollock, Esq., Treasurer; Sir Frederick Bramwell, 

 D.C.L., F.R.S., M. Inst. C.E., Hon. Secretary. John Tyndall, Esq., 

 D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., was elected Honorary Professor of Natural 

 Philosophy, and the Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., was elected Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



Institution of Mechanical ENciNEERs.^The summer meeting 

 of this Institution will be held in Edinburgh, and will commence on 

 Tuesday, the 2nd of August. For organising the arrangements of the 

 meeting an influential local committee has been formed, of which the 

 Marquess of Tweeddale is Chairman ; and St. John V. Day, Esq., C.E., 

 F.R.S.E., has undertaken to act as Honorary Local Secretary. A 

 similar committee in Dundee has also been formed, of which Provost 

 Ballingall is Chairman ; and Professor Ewing, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., has 

 kindly undertaken the duties of Honorary Local Secretary. 



