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The Wilde Lectures. 



THE WILDE LECTURES. 



1897. (July 2.) " On the Nature of the Rontgen Rays." By 



vSir G. G. Stokes, Bart., F.R.S. (28 pp.) 



1898. (Mar. 29.) " On the Physical Basis of Psychical Events." 



By Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., F.R.S. (46 pp.) 



1899. (Mar. 28.) "The newly discovered Elements; and their 



relation to the Kinetic Theory of Gases." By Professor 

 William Ramsay, F.R.S. (19 pp.) 



1900. (Feb. 13.) " The Mechanical Principles of Flight." By 



the Rt. Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. (26 pp.) 



1901. (April 22.) " Sur la Flore du Corps Humain." By Dr. 



Elie Metschnikoff, For.Mem.R.S. (38 pp.) 



1902. (Feb. 25.) " On the Evolution of the Mental Faculties 



in relation to some Fundamental Principles of Motion." 

 By Dr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S. (34 pp., 3 pis.) 



1903. (May 19.) " The Atomic Theory." By Professor F. W. 



Clarke, D.Sc. (32 pp.) 



1904. (Feb. 23.) " The Evolution of Matter as revealed by the 



Radio-active Elements." By Frederick Soddy, M.A. 

 (42 pp.) 



1905. (Feb. 28.) " The Early History of Seed-bearing Plants, 



as recorded in the Carboniferous Flora." Dr D. H, 

 Scott, F.R.S. (32 pp., 3 pis.) 



1906. (March 20.) " Total Solar Eclipses." By Professor H. 



H. Turner, D.Sc, F.R.S. (32 pp.) 



1907. (Feb. 18.) " The Structure of Metals." By Dr. J. A, 



Ewing, F.R.S., M.Inst. C.E. (20 pp., 5 pis., 5 text-figs.) 



1908. (March 3.) " On the Physical Aspect of the Atomic 



Theory." By Professor J. Larmor, Sec.R.S. (54 pp.) 



