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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Jan. 20, iS88. 



Professor of German in the Royal Military Academy, 

 Woolwich. 



Mathematics.— H. M. Taylor, M.A., Fellow and Mathe- 

 matical Lecturer of Trinity College, Cambridge. 



Philosophy and Political Economy. — -W. R. Sorley, M.A., 

 Professor of Philosophy in University College, Cardiff. 



Physics. — William Garnett, M.A., D.C.L., Principal and 

 f*rofessor of Mathematics, Durham College ot Science, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne. 



Anatomy. — G. D. Thane, M.D., Professor of Anatomy in 

 University College, London. 



Forensic Medicine and Hygiene. — G. V. Poore, M.D., 

 F.R.C.P., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in University 

 College, London. 



Obstetrics.— G. Ernest Herman, M.B., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., 

 Obstetric Physician and Lecturer on Midwifery in the London 

 Hospital. 



Pathology.— Victor Horsley, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S., Professor 

 of Pathology in University College, London. 



Physiology. — Augustus D. Waller, M.D., Lecturer on 

 Physiology in St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. 



Surgery.— A. Pearce Gould, M.B., M.S., F.R.C.S., Assis- 

 tant Surgeon and Surgical Tutor in Middlesex Hospital, 

 London. 



Weditesday, jfan, 25.- 

 Thursday, Jan. 26.- 



Friday, Jan, 27.- 



DIARY FOR NEXT WEEK. 



Monday, Jan, 23. — London Institution, at 5 p.m. — Alexander 

 the Great ; Rev. William Benham, B.D. 



Aristotelian Society, at 8 p.m. — The Philo- 

 sophical Importance of a True Theory of 

 Identity ; Mr. Bernard Bosanquet. 

 Tuesday, Jan. 24. — Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — Before atid 

 After Dayioin ; Mr. G. J. Romanes. 



Photographic Society, at 8 p.m. — Technical 

 Alee ting. 



Mining Association and Institute of Corn- 

 wall, Redruth, at 2 p.m. — Annual General 

 Meeting. 

 —Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. — Theatres and Firc- 



protf Construction ; Mr. Walter Emden. 

 -London Institution, at 6 p.m. — Architectural 



Mouldings ; Mr. H. H. Statham. 



Camera Club, at 8 p.m. — A Tour through 

 Southern Spain ; Mr. Andrew Pringle. 



Society of I'elegraph Engineers and Elec- 

 tricians, at 8 p.m. 



Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — My Visits to 

 America; Mr. II. Herkoraer. 

 -Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. — The Public 

 Health in India; Mr. Justice Cunning- 

 ham. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, at 7.30 p.m. — 

 Pumping Mctchinery in the Fenland and 

 by the Trentsidc ; Mr. Lawrence Gibbs. 



Royal United Service Insiitulion, at 3 p.m. 

 — The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun; Capt. 

 H. de H. Haig, R.E. 



Royal Institution, at 9 p.m. — The Explora- 

 tion of Masai Land ; Mr. Joseph Thom- 

 son. 



British Museum, at 2.30 p.m. — The Hittites ; 

 Mr. T. Tyler. 

 -Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — Exferime?ital 

 Optics ; Lord Rayleigh. 



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Saturday, Jan. 28.- 



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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Commonhealth," Richardson (Longman and Co.). — " The 

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 — "Journal of the Camera Club." — "The Analyst." — "Auto- 

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 — " First Year of Scientific Knowledge," Madame Paul Bert 

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 " Year Book of Photography," T. Bolas (Piper and Carter). 



