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January 8 th, 1878. — “On a Large Meteor Observed on the 31st 
of December, 1877,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 
“ Note on the Decomposition of Water by Iron-pyrites,” by C. 
A. Burghardt, Ph.D. 
“On a Remarkable Japanese Picture,” by R. D. Darbishire, F.G.S. 
“ On the Microscopic Conditions of a Slab from the Mountain 
Limestone of Bolland,” by Professor W. C. Williamson, F.R.S. 
January 14 th, 1878. — “The Mollusca of Cymmeran Bay, Part 
IV. by John Plant, F.G.S. 
January llnd, 1878. — “ On the Cubic Integral 
aa dx 
u — / j . — — — / ’ 
J Pv (a - x)(b - x)(c - x) 
by Robert Rawson, Esq., Assoc. I.N.A., Hon. Member of the 
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society ; Mem. of the 
London Math. Society. 
“ Notice of a Fossil Plant found at Laxey, in the Isle of Man,” 
by F. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 
“ On Ptolemy’s Geography, with Reference to the Coast from 
Caernarvon to Cumberland,” by Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, Esq. 
Communicated by Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S., &c. 
February 6th, 1878. — “On an Improved Method of Projecting 
Lissajous’ Figures on the Screen,” by J. Dixon Mann, L.K.Q.C.P. 
February 1 \th, 1878. — “On the Best Method of Collecting and 
Preserving Plants for Herbarium Purposes, when gathered in 
Tropical or Subtropical Climates,” by H. A. Hurst, Esq. 
February 19 th, 1878. — “Note on a Method for Determining the 
Coefficients in Chemical Equations,” by James Bottomley, D.Sc. 
February ‘16th, 1878. — “Results and Deductions of Rain-gauge 
Observations made at Eccles, near Manchester, during the year 
1877,” by Thomas Mackereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
March 6th, 1878. — “On the Decomposition of Ultramarine by 
Carbonic Acid,” by M. S. Sugiura (student in the Chemical 
Laboratory of the Owens College). Communicated by Professor 
Roscoe, F.R.S,, &c. 
“On Silicious Fossilization,” by J. B. Hannay, F.R S.E., Assistant 
Lecturer on Chemistry in the Owens College. Communicated by 
Professor Roscoe, F.R.S., &c. 
