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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Feb, 17, 1888. 



DIARY FOR NEXT W^EEK. 



Monday, Feb. 20. — Society of Chemical Industry, at 8 p.m. — The 

 Bromine Absorption of Mineral Oils ; Mr. 

 James B. McArthur. Notes on Camphor 

 Oil and Oil of Sunflower; Mr. C. T. 

 Kingzett. 



Falmouth Literary and Scientific Society. — 

 Sun Spots ; Rev. A. Rogers. 



Victoria Institute, at 8 p.m. — Mystical Bud- 

 dhism in connection with the Yo^a sysievi 

 of Philosophy; Sir Monier Monier Williams, 



Aristotelian Society, at 8 p.m. — The Real 

 Essence of Religion ; Rev. E. P. Scrymgour. 



London Institution, at 5 p.m. — Contemporary 

 Novelists; Rev. H. C. Shuttleworth. 



Society of Arts. — Cantor Lecture, at 8 p.m. 

 — Yeast, its Morphology and Culture ; Mr. 

 A. Gordon Salamon, F.I.C. 



Tuesday, Feb. 21. — Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8 p.m. — 

 Manganese in its application to Metallurgy, 

 and some Novel Properties of Iron and 

 Manganese ; Mr A. R. Hadfield. 



Royal Victoria Hall. — Insects as Florists and 

 Fruit-makers ; Mr. F. R. Cheshire. 



Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — Before and 

 After Darwin ; Professor G. J. Romanes. 



Photographic Society, at 8 p.m. — Technical 

 Meeting. 



-Vlednesday, Feb. 22. — Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. — The Technical 

 Edtuation Bill ; Mr. Swire Smith. 

 Royal Dublin Society, at 4 p.m. — Ores, 

 Earths, and Stones ; Professor W. Noel 

 Hartley, F.R.S. 

 Thursday, Feb. 23. — Royal Society, at 4.30 p.m. 



Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — Early Secular 

 Choral Music ; Professor C. H. H, Parry. 

 Society of Telegraph Engineers and Elec- 

 tricians, at 8 p.m. — On the Present State of 

 Fire Tel egraphy ; R. Von Fischer, Freven- 

 feld. 

 London Institution, at 7 P'™- — Historical 

 Development of Music from- Bach to Liszt ; 

 Mr. Carl Ambruster. 

 Ji'riday, Feb, 24. —Royal Institution, at 9 p.m. — Westminster 

 Abbey ; The Very Rev. Dean Bradley. 

 Royal United Service Institution, at 3 p.m. 

 — How to secure our Coast-line generally 

 against sudden attack, with the means of 

 defence at present available, or with such 

 means as might be viade available at a few 

 weeks^ notice ; Colonel Sir Charles 

 Nugent, K.C.B., late R.E. 

 Royal Dublin Society, at 4 p.m. — Gloi.uing 

 Gases and Glowing Solids ; Professor W. 

 Noel Hartley, F.R.S. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers. — Students' 

 Meeting, at 7.30 p.m. — On the Erection 

 of the Superstructure of the Forth Bridge ; 

 Mr. Arthur J. Knowles. 

 Society of Arts. — Indian Section, at 9 p.m. — 

 Facts regarding the religions of India and 

 their influences on the moral progress of 

 the people; Sir William W. Hunter, 

 K.C.S.L, etc. ■ 

 Saturday, Feb. 25.— Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — Experimental 

 Optics ; Lord Rayleigh. 

 Physical Society, at 3 p.m. — Note on the Ef- 

 ficiency of Incandescent Lajnps with direct 

 and alternate currents ; Professors W. E. 

 Ayrton, F.R.S., and John Perry, F.R.S. 

 Observations on the Height and Length of 

 Ocean Waves ; Hon. Ralph Abercrombie. 

 Experiments on Electrolysis: W. W. 

 Haldane Gee. On the Temperature at 

 which Nickel begins to suddenly lose its 

 Magnetic Properties ; Herbert Tomlinson. 



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