ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 



LECTURE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1871-72. 



Subscribers of Two Guineas are admitted to all the Courses. A Single Course, 

 One Guinea, or Half-a-Guinea. 



(Lecture Hour, Three o'clock.) 



CHRISTMAS LECTURES 



(adapted to a Juvenile Auditory). 



Professor Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. — Six Lectures, * On Ice, Water, Vapour, 

 and Air,' on December 28, 30, 1871 ; January 2, 4, 6, 9, 1872. 



BEFORE EASTER, 1872. 



Dr. W. Rutherford, F.R.S.E.— Ten Lectures, 'On the Nervous and Circula- 

 tory Systems,' on Tuesdays, January 16 to March 19. 

 Professor Odling, F.R.S. — Ten Lectures, ' On the Chemistry of Alkalies and 



Alkali Manufacture,' on Thursdays, January 18 to March 21. 

 W. G. Clark, M.A., Vice-Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, late Public 



Orator. — Six Lectures, ' On the History of Dramatic Literature, Ancient and 



Modern/ on Saturdays, January 20 to February 24. 

 Moncure D. Conway, Esq. — Four Lectures, 'On Demonology/ on Saturdavs, 



March 2 to 23. 



The Friday Evening Meetings will commence on January 13th. 



The Friday Evening Discourses before Easter will probably be given by Mr. 

 W. R. Grove, Q.C., The Archbishop of Westminster, Professors Odling and 

 Humphry, Dr. Gladstone, Messrs. C. W. Siemens, R. Liebreich, John Evans, and 

 Professor Tyndall. 



To the Friday Evening Meetings Members and their Friends only are admitted. 



AFTER EASTER, 1872. 

 Dr. Wm. A. Guy, F.R.S.— Three Lectures, 'On Statistics, Social Science, and 



Political Economy/ on Tuesdays, April 9, 16, and 23. 

 Edward B. Tylor, Esq., F.R.S.— Six Lectures, 'On the Development of Belief 



and Custom amongst the Lower Races of Mankind/ on Tuesdays, April 30 to 



June 4. 

 Professor Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. — Nine Lectures, on Thursdays, April 11 to 



June 6. 

 R. A. Proctor, Esq., B.A., F.R.A.S.— Five Lectures, « On Star Depths/ on Sa- 

 turdays, April 13 to May 11. 

 Professor Roscoe, F.R.S. — Four Lectures, 'On the Chemical Action of Light/ 



on Saturdays, May 18 to June 8. 



To Non-Members the Admission to all these Courses of Lectures is Two 

 Guineas; to a Single Course of Lectures, One Guinea or Half-a-Guinea, accord- 

 ing to the length of the Course. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming Members are requested to apply to the 

 Secretary. 



New Members can be proposed at any Monthly Meeting. When proposed, they 

 are admitted to all the Lectures, to the Friday Evening Meetings, and to the Li- 

 brary and Reading Rooms ; and their Families are admitted to the Lectures at a 

 reduced charge. Payment : — First year, Ten Guineas ; afterwards, Five Guineas a 

 year; or a composition of Sixty Guineas. 



Prospectuses (when prepared) may be had in the Hall. 



H. BENCE JONES, Hon. Sec. 



Now ready, Price 6d. 



TAYLOR'S CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 



OF 



TEE SCIENTIFIC BODIES OF LONDON 

 FOR 1871-72. 



Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, E.C. 



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