THE EARL OF HARROWBY, F.Il.S. 
Gentlemen of the British Association, 
tolvl 1 first . set m L selfi the task of preparing to address you on the 
»eforl t ,° CC - aSI ° n> my ! n,,mls<! was . t0 begin with an apology for appearing 
he , Vn ;K U !•" S °- pror ^ nent . ? Potion—Inr assuming apparently a station in 
10 ld .° f f sc,ence f°F wh,ch 1 liai1 no pretensions. On second thought*, 
houJh itli, ap ^ rCd . bel , ter “ more r 08 P ectful in fact - b «vi»g consented, 
hatf'J r: iC, r, d wlu . ct “ ce ! to ***** the office-tosayuo more on 
*k S* dUlm aS bGSt 1 wi * Ut ' Tht* howeve r. I must 
( « you, not to expect from mo what you have had from many ufn.y 
f i ecessors a Uu | nnous review of the state of Physical Science-a recital 
hat I «? ,, V . an 1 °, u3 tnu,n phs, and suggestions for their further extension ; 
1 should, in the words of the poet, though in a different sense, 
p AI,ure t0 brighter worlds, and point the way. 
^lr l JZZ*\ e l' n Z stator of that rapid and triumphant 
f'rid.i, [ p " 1 ,lcl1 .’ n ’ ,tla . Jn . , ie l ast fifty y cars - ,j as been extending and 
d ° ma,n f ° f , knavv,et, Se» and planting, as it were, new 
; s l«‘ctator-mv t av Une r- 11 ° re u and ‘‘''trodden regions, yet 1 have been only 
!' :iri wiih the busv ^lT! been lc ! 9 . ' vitU the Properties of matter 
*c ri,ue*tJit» nhilna K- S ° ^° n , : aud ^ attempted now to assume for 
a ‘ l Would soon ifpir, ,C f^ rb) * am a * ra iJ that the awkwardness of my 
wlS - e * ll,Vrt : arC ! however » points of high and 
Reeled and in votr '* i*? a ,™ eetu lg' like the present, cannot be entirely 
11,1 4m matter nnf t<M, : l,ldl p ll 'e kindness of friends has supplied me 
’ r ! *Cc TtL iL JV** ° f bei,1S to Jour notice! IIow, 
°r aItl I neglect AsSnrl ? nd in t,ie S roatest «>aport of the world. 
I Ur Uish me wit h a ^ lerft ^ l o ^* Tallis has been good enough 
h and rJnt ^ 
“Notes on the present State of Astronomy. 
“ $■ _ “ Memorandum by Prof. Challis. 
e the Meeting of the British Association last year, four planets and 
