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Prof. W. F. Barrett 
Dr. Lionel S. Beale, F.R.S. 
Dr. G. M. Beard 
Thomas Belt 
A. W. Bennett 
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E. W. Binney, F.R.S. 
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James Croll, F.R.S. 
William Crookes, F.R.S. 
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Dr. Henry Draper 
Colonel Drayson, R.A. 
Sir William Fairbairn, 
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Frederick Field, F.R.S. 
Rev. O. Fisher 
Camille Flammarion 
Sir Charles Fox 
Prof. Frankland, F.R.S. 
Dr. Gladstone, F.R.S. 
James Glashier, F.R.S. 
George Gore, F.R.S. 
A. Vernon Harcourt, 
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Prof. W. Noel Hartley 
Rev. S. Haughton, F.R.S. 
Prof. F. V. Hayden 
Sir John Plerschel, F.R.S. 
Rev. H. H. Higgins 
J. R. Hind, F.R.S. 
Prof. Hofmann, F.R.S. 
William Huggins, F.R.S. 
Prof. Hull, F.R.S. 
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G. H. Kinahan 
Prof. W. King 
Sir Francis Knowles, 
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Dr. Lankester, F.R.S. 
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J. Norman Lockyer, 
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j Robert Mallet, F.R.S. 
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Prof. Henry Morton 
J. Chalmers Morton 
Prof. M. M. Pattison 
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Dr. A. E. Sansom 
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R. H. Scott, F.R.S. 
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J. W. Slater 
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Prof. Balfour Stewart, 
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Prof. Silvanus Thompson 
William Topley 
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Dr. Voelcker, F.R.S. 
Alfred Russel Wallace 
Dr. Wallich 
Dr. W. M. Watts 
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