72 Proceedings. 



General Meeting, February 18th, 1896. 



Henry Wilde, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected ordinary members : 

 George Bowman, M.D., Old Trafford, Manchester; David 

 Spence, chemical manufacturer, Manchester. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 18th, 1896. 

 Henry Wilde, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors 

 of the books upon the table. 



Mr. Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S., read a paper on 

 photographing the solar corona without an eclipse. It 

 was followed by a paper on the same subject by Mr. 

 D. E. Packer, who, by means of a pin-hole camera, had 

 obtained the photograph in question. This was exhibited 

 on the screen by the electric light, with a series of previous 

 photographs and drawings, taken during eclipses, for 

 comparison. The sensitive plate in Mr. Packer's photo- 

 graphic apparatus was covered with a thin sheet of copper 

 to shut off the full sunlight. A discussion ensued, in 

 which Dr. Schuster and Professor Lamb took part. 



Mr. Thomas Kay read a paper on an earthen vessel 

 found in the boulder clay at Stockport. The boulder clay 

 there overlies a bed of "wind-blown" sand, which is being 

 excavated from below as valuable for moulding purposes. 

 A block of clay fell from a height of ten feet, and a portion 

 of the jar became visible on the side of the clay. 



