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CONTENTS OF VOLUME L 
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Officers and Council for 1866-67 
... ... ... V 
Objects of the Victoria Institute ... 
vi 
Terms of Membership, &c. 
... vii 
Introduction 
... ... xi 
PRELIMINARY AND INAUGURAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Scientia Scientiarum ; being some Account of the Origin and 
Objects of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of 
Great Britain. By a Member (with Preface to Third Edition) ... 1 
Circular, 24th May, 1865 30 
Postscript to Third Edition of Scientia Scientiarum ... ... ... 32 
JOURNAL OE TRANSACTIONS. 
First General Meeting, 24th May, 1866 
Report of Provisional Committee and Council 
Inaugural Address of Vice-President 
Inaugural Dinner 
First Ordinary Meeting, 4th June, 1866 
A Sketch of the existing Relations between Scripture and 
Science. By George Warington, Esq., F.C.S., M.V.I. 
Discussion on Mr. Warington’s Paper 
Ordinary Meeting, 18th June, 1866 
On the Difference between the Scope of Science and that 
of Revelation as Standards of Truth. By Charles 
Mountford Burnett, Esq., M.D., Vice-President 
Discussion on Dr. Burnett’s Paper ... 
Ordinary Meeting, 2nd July, 1866 
On Comparative Philology, with Reference to the Theories 
of Man’s Origin. By the Rev. Robinson Thornton, D.D., 
Head Master of Epsom College, Mem. Viet. Inst. 
Discussion on the Rev. Dr. Thornton’s Paper ... 
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