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of Dr. Bealey, but presented by him at the suggestion of Mr. 

 Francis Nicholson to the Society. The President made reference 

 to a silhouette portrait of Dalton given to the Society that same 

 evening by Mr. Arthur McDougall, B.Sc, the Hon. Treasurer, 

 and mentioned further that it was a happy coincidence that this 

 meeting took place on the anniversary of the date (October 21st, 

 1803) when Dalton communicated to the Society his paper " On 

 the Absorption of Gases by Water," in which the first hint of 

 the Atomic Theory was given. 



The book containing the minutes for 1803, which records 

 the communication of the paper and its acceptance for publica- 

 tion, and also the volume of the Memoirs published in 1805 in 

 which the paper was printed, were passed round for inspection. 



Mr. Henry Sidebottom read a paper entitled, " Recent 

 Foraminifera from the Coast of the Island of Delos," 



in which he enumerated some 70 species of Miliolidse, including 

 four new species and several interesting variations. The new 

 species and variations were fully described, and drawings both 

 of the specimens and their sections exhibited. Mr. Sidebottom 

 stated that the dredgings from this locaHty were extraordinarily 

 rich in Foraminifera and that he hoped to complete the description 

 of the whole series. 



General Meeting, November 3rd, 1903. 



Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, D.Sc, F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. S. H. Capper, M.A., Professor of Architecture in 

 the Victoria University of Manchester ; Mr. H. S. Newbould, 

 B.A., Assistant Master at the Manchester Grammar School, 

 were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



