ROTAli INSTITUTION OF GEEAT BEITAIN, 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 



LECTURE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1872-73. 



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



One Guinea, oiiHalf-a-Guinea. 



Lecture Hour, Three o'clock.) 



CHRISTMAS LECTURES 

 (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory). 

 Professor Odling, M.A., F.R.S.— Six Lectures, *0n Air and Gas,' on Decem- 

 ber 28 (Saturday), December 31, 1872 ; January 2, 4, 7, 9, 1873. 



BEFORE EASTER, 1873. 



Professor Rutherford, M.D., F.R.S.E.— Twelve Lectures, ' On the Forces and 

 Motions of the Body,' on Tuesdays, January 14 to April 1. 



Dr. Debus, F.R.S.— Three Lectures, * On Oxidation,' on Thursdays, January 16, 

 23,30. 



Dr. H. E. Armstrong, F.C.S. — Four Lectures, *0n the Artificial Formation of 

 Organic Substances,' on Thursdays, February 6 to February 27. 



A. Vernon Harcourt, Esq., F.R.S. — Five Lectures, ' On the Chemistry of 

 Coal and its Products,' on Thursdays, March 6 to April 3. 



Edward A. Freeman, Esq., D.C.L. — Six Lectures, * On the Comparative Po- 

 litical Institutions of Different Nations,' on Saturdays, January 18 to Fe- 

 bruary 22. 



Professor W. K. Clifford, M.A. — Three Lectures, 'On the Philosophy of the 

 Pure Sciences,' on Saturdays, March 1, 8, 15. 



Professor Max Muller, LL.D. — Three Lectures, ' On Darwin's Philosophy of 

 Language,' on Saturdays, March 22, March 29, and April 5. 



The Friday Evening Meetings will commence on January 17. 



Friday Evening Discourses during the Season will probably be given by Wil- 

 liam Spottiswoode, Esq., the Rev. Professor T. R. Birks, Edward Dannreuther, 

 Esq., Robert Sabine, Esq., Sir H. Rawlinson, K.C.B., Professor Clerk Maxwell, 

 James Dewar, Esq., E. J. Reed, Esq., C.B., J. Emerson Reynolds, Esq., Professor 

 W. K. Clifford, Professor Tyndall, Lord Lindsay, Professor Odling, and others. 



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

 AFTER EASTER, 1873. 

 John Morley, Esq. — Three Lectures, * On the Limits of the Historic Method, 



on Tuesdays, April 22 to May 6. 

 J. H. Parker, Esq., C.B. — Four Lectures, 'On the Evidence for the Traditional 



History of Rome from Existing Architectural Remains,' on Tuesdays, May 13, 



20, 27, and June 3. 

 Professor Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. — Six Lectures, on Thursdays, April 24 to 



June 5. 

 Professor Odling, M.A., F.R.S.— Lour Lectures, on Saturdays, April 26 to 



May 17. 

 Edward Dannreuther, Esq. — Three Lectures, *0n the Development of 



Music in connexion with the Drama/ on Saturdays, May 24, 31, and June 7. 



In January the New Laboratories for research will be open for the inspection 

 of the Members of the Institution. ^■ 



Those who wish to promote Original Discovery, either by leaving to the Insti- 

 tution bequests for this object, or by becoming Members of the Institution, 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. 



