Art. V. — Notes on the Electroscope. 

 By Professor Andrew. 



[Read 8th May, 1884.] 



Art. VI. — On a Recent Shower of Mud-stained Rain. 

 By R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., F.R.A.S. 



[Read 8th May, 1884.] 



Art. VII. — Suggestions for Reducing Excessively High 

 Temperature in Ships and Buildings. 



By J. Lockhart Morton, Esq. 



[Read by the Hon. Secretary, 12th June, 1884.] 



IN the present age, -when applied science is being so much 

 directed to mitigate human suffering or to benefit the race, 

 it may be worth while to consider what new direction may 

 be given to any of the recent discoveries, in the hope that 

 something, however little, may be done to make life more 

 enjoyable to those in health, and to reduce the suffering and 

 distress of invalids, and of the sick and the dying. 



About twelve or fifteen years ago I took occasion to sug- 

 gest, through a London paper, how pure air might be 

 supplied to houses in large cities by compressing air in the 

 country and forcing it through pipes to the chambers of sick 



