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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. [November 25,1S7L 
Medical Herald and Journal of Pharmacy informs 
its readers that at the late meeting of the Ameri¬ 
can Pharmaceutical Association at St. Louis, 
“ The Executive Committee sent in the following 
names as honorary members of the Association: Prof. 
Bedford, of London; Prof. H. B. Brady, of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, England ; Prof. Attfield, London; Prof. De 
"Whig, Hague, Netherlands ; Leon Lourteman, Augusta 
Delamaitre, A. Chavallier, Paris, France; Prof. Adolph 
Duplous, Germany; H Ludwig, Jena, Germany; An¬ 
thony Yon Waldhein, Yiena, Austria.” 
A key to the above riddle, with the exception of 
the fourth name, which appears to be meant for Dr. 
J. E. De Yuy, may he found in a previous number 
of this Journal, p. 390. 
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. 
The following lecture arrangements at the Eoyal 
Institution for 1871-72 are announced:— 
Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.—Six Christmas lec¬ 
tures (adapted to a juvenile auditory) 11 On Ice, Water, 
Yapour and Air,” on December 28, 30, 1871; January 2, 
4, 6, 9, 1872. 
Dr. W. Rutherford, F.R.S.E.—Ten lectures “On the 
Nervous and Circulatory Systems,” on Tuesdays, Janu¬ 
ary 16 to March 19. 
Prof. Odling, F.R.S.—Ten lectures u On the Chemis¬ 
try of Alkalies and Alkali Manufacture,” on Thursdays, 
January 18 to March 21. 
W. G. Clark, M.A., Vice-Master of Trinity College, 
Cambridge, late Public Orator.—Six lectures “On the 
History of Dramatic Literature, Ancient and Modern,” 
on Saturdays, January 20 to February 24. 
Moncure D. Conway, Esq.—Four lectures “ On De¬ 
monology,” on Saturdays. March 2 to 23. 
Dr. W. A. Guy, F.R.S.—Three lectures “ On Sta¬ 
tistics, Social Science and Political Economy,” on Tues¬ 
days, April 9, 16 and 23. 
Ed. B. Tylor, Esq., F.R.S.—Six lectures “ On the 
Development of Belief and Custom amongst the Lower 
Races of Mankind,” on Tuesdays, April 30 to June 4. 
Professor Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.—Nine lectures, on 
Thursdays, April 11 to June 6. 
R. A. Proctor, Esq., B.A., F.R.A.S.—Five lectures 
“ On Star Depths,” on Saturdays, April 13 to May 11. 
Prof. Roscoe, F.R.S.—Four lectures “ On the Che¬ 
mical Action of Light,” on Saturdays, May 18 to June 8. 
The Friday Evening Meetings will commence on 
January 13th. 
The Friday Evening Discourses before Easter will 
probably be given by Mr, W. R. Grove, Q.C., the Arch¬ 
bishop of Westminster, Professors Odling and Humphry, 
Dr. Gladstone, Messrs. C W. Siemens, R. Liebreich and 
John Evans and Professor Tyndall. 
We have great pleasure in recording some further 
additions to the list of honours that have been 
conferred upon gentlemen more or less intimately 
connected with pharmaceutists. At the Court of 
Common Council of the City of London held on 
Thursday last, Mr. Deputy Elliott, in proposing a 
resolution that the thanks of the Court should be 
awarded to Mr. Alderman Dakin, the retiring Lord 
Mayor, read a letter that had been received from 
Mr. .Gladstone, offering him, in the name of her 
Majesty, the honour of knighthood. At Richmond 
(Yorkshire), Mr. T. Thomas Thompson, Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Chemist and Local Secretary, has been re¬ 
elected Mayor. 
Among the subjects announced for the Wednes¬ 
day Evening Meetings of thfe Society of Arts before 
Christmas are, “ Sewage as a Fertilizer of Lanl 
and Sand as a Purifier of Sewage,” by Mr. J. Bailey 
Denton, on December 0 ; “ Observations on the 
Esparto Plant,” by Mr. Robert Johnston, on De¬ 
cember 13; and the “ Study of Economic Botany, 
and its Claims Educationally and Commercially 
Considered,” by Mr. James Collins, on December 20. 
An experiment in illumination is now being made 
at the Crystal Palace, which it is said bids fair to 
exercise an important influence upon our present 
methods of obtaining artificial light. In the oxy- 
liydric light advantage is taken of a new method of 
obtaining oxygen, from manganate of soda, by heat¬ 
ing it alternately in an atmosphere of steam and air. 
It is stated that by this means oxygen can be pro¬ 
duced very cheaply. Novel arrangements of burners, 
are used, and the light produced by them is of great 
brilliancy and steadiness. 
The Lancet mentions a rumour that in the ap¬ 
proaching session of Parliament Mr. Muntz will in¬ 
troduce a Bill on the Adulteration of Food, which 
will be free from the objections of the unsuccessful 
Bill of last session. It is also said that the Home 
Secketaby will propose legislation upon the same- 
subject. 
The Hoyal Society’s gold medal has been awarded 
to Dr. Stenhouse, a chemist whose name is well 
known for his investigation of several drugs amongst 
other important contributions to science. 
I)rataial 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Third General Meeting of the Society was held, 
on November 9th; the President, Mr. E. Davies, F.C.S., 
in the chair. 
The following donations were announced:—current 
numbers of the Pharmaceutical Journal, and Liverpool 
Medical and Surgical Reports, October 1871, by Drs. 
Braidwood and Harrison. 
The President called attention to formulae for coloured 
fires, by J. R. Bramschweiger, published in the Journal 
of the Chemical Society for October, which he had pre¬ 
pared and tried. They were free from the danger of 
spontaneous combustion and obnoxious smells. The- 
shellac used in the preparation only required to be very 
coarsely powdered. The following are the forms: — 
Red Fire, 9 parts Nitrate of Strontia. 
3 parts Shellac. 
1| parts Chlorate of Potash. 
Green Fire, 9 parts Nitrate of Baryta. 
3 parts Shellac. 
H pai-ts Chlorate of Potash. 
Blue Fire, 8 parts Ammonio-Sulphate of Copper. 
6 parts Chlorate of Potash. 
1 part Shellac. 
Mr. Alfred H. Mason, F.C.S., observed that before- 
the reading of the paper for the evening, he wished to 
call attention to the name of one intimately associated 
with the subject, he meant Dr. Richardson. He stated 
that this eminent man, who has done so much to relieve 
human suffering, is now engaged trying to prevent, if 
possible, pain to animals when being slaughtered. Mr. 
Mason described the experiments Dr. Richardson had 
