Bath in its relation to Science. 



and Ichthyosauri seem to, be basking on the shallow waters 

 of the lagoons of those times, or lumbering along over the 

 mud flats left by the receding waters." 

 ^ ^ ^ . The collection was deposited at the Institu- 



Otner Sciences, ^ 



tion during Mr. Moore's life and purchased 

 after his death. Facility for its enlargement was generously 

 given by Mr. Handel Cosham, M.P., who put up a gallery 

 around the spacious room. While Geology has been thus 

 promoted, other sciences have received attention. The ob- 

 servatories of Mr. Lawson, Mr. Weston, and Mr. Stothert 

 have aided the study of Astronomy. Papers have been 

 read on this and many other subjects at the meetings of 

 the Field Club and at the Literary and Philosophical Insti- 

 tution. Notes of the weather, especially of the rain-fall, 

 have been regularly recorded during more than forty years. 

 These have been aided since 1854 by a small observatory 

 erected in the Institution Garden, and furnished with suitable 

 instruments. There is also a Microscopical Society, which 

 as long ago as the time of the first meeting of the British 

 Association in Bath gave proof of its efficiency at a beautiful 

 soirke, and is now preparing to do so again. There is a 

 Botanic Garden in the Park, admirably laid out by Mr. 

 Morris, F.L.S., enriched at the beginning with 2,000 speci- 

 mens collected and catalogued by the late Mr. Broome, 

 F.L.S., and generously presented by his family. There are 

 associations, legal and medical, for the sciences of law and 

 medicine. Both the British Medical Association and the 

 Incorporated Law Society have held interesting rrieetings 

 in Bath. There is also the School of Science connected 

 with South Kensington, at present numbering 117 pupils. 

 For the last examination conducted by the Science and Art 

 Department, 72 entered, with the result that 54 obtained 



