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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
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AN ORDINARY MEETING 
of the Society was held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on 
Wednesday, March 15th, 1922, Professor F. J. Cheshire, 
President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the preceding Meeting were read, confirmed, and 
signed by the President. 
The nomination papers were read of seven Candidates for Fellowship. 
New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 
Mr. Archie Adcock. 
Mr. Frank E. Challis. 
Mr. Edward E. Ellis. 
Dr. R. Ruggles Gates, M.A., F.L.S. 
Mr. Leonard G. Hulls, F.C.S. 
Mr. P. H. Johnson, B.A., B.Sc., etc. 
Mr. Edward K. Maxwell, B.A. 
Mr. Joseph S. Preston. 
Mr. Harry B. Price. 
The Death was reported of Professor Benjamin Moore, who was 
elected a Fellow of the Society in 1916. 
Mr. W. E. Watson Baker gave a description of the small Swift 
Pocket Microscope recently presented to the Society by Mr. Ernest 
Keevil. He said that Mr. Powell Swift had given him the following 
information regarding its history : — 
“ The instrument in question was made specially for the late Sir 
Frank Crisp in 1878 or 1879, and was actually made by Mr. Swift, 
Senior. Mr. Crisp, as he was then, was delighted with the ingenuity 
and good workmanship displayed, and on his suggestion the late John 
Mayall, Junior, wrote a description of the outfit which was published in 
the ‘ English Mechanic.’ The conical upright of the small stand 
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