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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Mar. 16, I E 



the 7th inst., Mr. J. Eric Erichsen, F.R.S., president, in the 

 chair. In moving the adoption of the report, the chairman 

 alluded to the proposed Albert University of London, and 

 said it should be fully understood that University College 

 was not in any way animated by hostility to the existing 

 University of London ; that the object of the college was to 

 provide that residents in London who have sought instruction 

 within their walls might not have to apply to an entirely 

 distinct institution for their degrees. The following were 

 admitted life governors of the college : — Sir F. Leighton, 

 P.R.A., Professor E. S. Beesly, Professor H. S. Foxwell, 

 Professor D. Oliver, F.R.S., Sir. J. N. Douglas, F.R.S., Mr. 

 W. H. Perkin, Ph.D., F.R.S., Mr. H. H. S. Cunynghame, Mr. 

 L. H. Courtney, M.P., and Mr. E. Maunde Thompson, LL.D. 

 The following were elected fellows of the college ; — Mr. 

 Walter Asburner, B.A., Miss Louisa Macdonald, M.A., Miss 

 Alice L. S. Riding, M.A., Mr. J. J. Powell, M.D., Mr. S. 

 Rideal, D.Sc, Mr. R. D. Roberts, D.Sc, and Mr. P. D. 

 Turner, M.D. 



Geological Society. — At the annual general meeting, 

 held on the 17th ult., the following were duly elected the 

 council and officers for the ensuing year : — President: W. T. 

 Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents : John Evans, D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.R.S. ; Prof. T. M'Kenny Hughes, M.A. ; Prof, J. 

 Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S. ; Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 Secretaries: W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.; J. E. 

 Marr, Esq., M.A. Foreign Secretary : Sir Warington W. 

 Smyth, M.A., F.R.S. Treasurer: Prof. T. Wiltshire, M.A., 

 F.L.S. Council: W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S. ; John Evans, 

 D.C.L,, LL.D., F.R.S, ; L. Fletcher, Esq., M.A. ; A. Geikie, 

 LL.D., F.R.S. ; Henry Hicks, M.D., F.R.S.; Rev. Edwin 

 Hill, M.A. ; W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. ; J. W. 

 Hulke, Esq.. F.R.S., ; Prof. T. M'Kenny Hughes, M.A. ; Prof. 

 T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S. ; Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S. ; R. 

 Lydekker, Esq., B.A. ; Lieut.-Col. C. A. McMahon ; J. E. 

 Marr, Esq., M.A. ; E. T. Newton, Esq. ; Prof J. Prestwich, 

 M.A., F.R.S. ; Prof. H. G. Seeley, F.R.S. ; Sir Warington W. 

 Smyth, M.A., F.R.S. ; W. Topley, Esq. ; 'Rev. G. F. Whid- 

 borne, M.A. ; Prof. T. Wiltshire, M.A., F.L.S. ; Rev. H. H. 

 Winwood, M.A. ; Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 



DIARY FOR NEXT WEEK. 



Monday, March 19. — Society of Arts, Cantor Lecture — Alloys ; 

 Professor Chandler Roberts-Austen. 



Aristotelian Society, at 8 p.m. — Attention; 

 Mr. G. F. Stout. 



Society of Chemical Industry, at 8 p.m. — 



The PolariscopCy and its application to 



Brewing ; Mr. J. Heron. 



Tuesday, March 20. — Royal Institution, at 3 ^.■a\.— Before and 



After Darwin ; Professor G. T. Romanes. 



Society of Arts, Applied Art Section, at 8 

 p.m. — What Style of Architecture should 

 ~oe FoUo'lv ? Mr. William Simpson. 

 Wednesday, Mar. 21. — Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. — The Evils of 

 Canal Irrigation in India, and their Pre- 

 vention ; Mr. T. H. Thornton. 



Royal Dublin Society, at 4 p.m. — An Elec- 

 tric Light Installation, (I.) How the 

 Electricity is produced ; Rev. G. Molloy. 



Royal United Service Institution, at 3 p.m. 

 • — Land and Water Transport in the 

 Soudan and on the Nile ; Major E. A. 

 de Cosson. 



Royal Meteorological Society, at 7 p.m. — 

 Atmospheric Electricity ; Dr. W. Marcet, 

 The Non-existence of Thunderbolts ; eluci- 

 dated by Accounts of Searches after them, 

 and the Exhibition of Specimens ; Mr. G. 

 J. Symons. 

 Tktirsday, March 22.— KoyaX Institution, at 3 p.m. — Microscopical 

 Work of the least and simplest Forms of 

 Life; Rev. W. H. Dallinger. 



Camera Club, at 8 p.m. — Reduction of Nega- 

 tives ; Mr. Lyonel Clark. 



Society of Telegraph Engineers and Elec- 

 tricians, at 8 p.m. — Elecirical Stress ; Pro- 

 fessor A. W. Rusher and Mr. C. V. Boys, 



Friday, March 23. — Royal Institution, at 9 p.m. ; Sir F. Bram- 

 well.' — A Lecttire with — and without — 

 Point. 

 Camera Club, at 8 p.m. — Intensification ; 



Mr. Lyonel Clark. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers,Students' Meet- 

 ing at 7.30 p.m. — Principal Types of 

 American Swing Bridges; Mr. H. W. 

 Hodge. 

 Royal Dublin Society, at 4 p.m. — An Elec- 

 tric Light Installation — How the Elec- 

 tricity is Converted into Light ; Rev. G. 

 Molloy. 



Saturday, March 2i,. — Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — The Modern 

 Drama ; Tilr. W. Archer. 



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