Address of Mr. Fairbairn the President. 865 
likely to follow, in the improvement of the condition of societ 
.. “In attempting to notice those branches of science with which I am 
but imperfectly acquainted, I shall have to claim your indulgence. This 
Association, as you are aware, does not confine its discussions and inves- 
tigations to any particular science; and one great advantage of this is, 
that it leads to the division of labor, while the attention each department 
receives, and the harmony with which the plan has hitherto worked, afford 
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fiquid photosphere is seen through an atmosphere containing iron, sodium, 
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of Sir John Herschel, so ably employed by Mr. Warren De ue, Mr. 
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branch of natural knowledge, or of the specific recommendations which, 
made in conjunction with the Royal Society, have been productive of such 
Various and important results. To refer but to a single instance: we 
