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October %§tli, 1872. — On a Peculiar Fog in Iceland, and on 
Vesicular Vapour,’’ by R. Angus Smith, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P. 
November ith, 1872. — “On the Flora of Alexandria (Egypt),” 
by H. A. Hurst, Esq. 
“On the Destruction of the Rarer Species of British Ferns,” 
by Joseph Sidebotham, F.R.A.S. 
November 1 2th, 1872. — “Additional Notes on the Drift Deposits 
near Manchester,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., V.P. 
“An Account of some Experiments on the Melting Point of 
Paraffin,” by Professor Balfour Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S. 
November ‘Noth, 1872. — “On the action of Town Atmospheres on 
Building Stones,” by R. Angus Smith, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P. 
“ On some points in the Chemistry of Acid Manufacture,” by 
H. A. Smith, F.C.S. 
December 10 th, 1872. — “Observations of the Meteoric Shower 
of November 27th, 1872,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S . ; 
Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. ; and Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S. 
“ On some remarkable Forms of Stalagmites from Caves near 
Tenby,” by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 
“ On the date of the Conquest of South Lancashire by the 
English,” by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 
“ On some Human Bones found at Buttington, Montgomery- 
shire,” by W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S. 
“On the Electrical Properties of Clouds and the Phenomena of 
Thunder Storms,” by Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A. 
December 11 th, 1872. — “On a Collection of Natural History and 
other Objects from Venezuela,” by James M. Spence, Esq. 
December %ith, 1872.-— “On the increase in the number of cases 
of Hydrophobia,” by J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., 
President. 
January 1th, 1873. — “On the Action of Sulphuric and Hydro- 
chloric Acids on Iron and Steel,” by William H. Johnson, B.Sc. 
January 21 st, 1873. — “On an Apparatus for producing a high 
degree of Rarefaction of Air,” by J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 
&c., Presiden 
“On some Specimens of Anachoropteris,” by E. W. Binney, 
F.R.S., F.G.S. 
