List of Papers read at Ordinary Meetings of the Society. (1880-1896)
[Only two original copies of guidance notes for a lecture, written by the author of the paper, have been found in the archives for this period. Where a link has been provided below, it will detail any reference to the lecture that occurs in the minute books, or from paper cuttings that are pasted within the minute books. Some may be quite brief, whilst others may be very detailed. e.g. ‘Bees and their work’.]
1880
3 Mar 1880 – The Microscope and how to use it – M.H. Stiles
7 Apr 1880 – The Origin of Chalk as shown by the microscope – Mr. F. Milner
5 May 1880 – Animal Life in its Lower Form (part 1) – J.M. Kirk
2 Jun 1880 – The Structure of the Organs of Locomotion in Man – W. Walker
20 Oct 1880 – Mounting Microscopic Objects – M.H. Stiles
17 Nov 1880 – Germs – Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
15 Dec 1880 – Foraminifera – F. Milner (cancelled due to Mr. Milner being absent)
1881
19 Jan 1881 – Lower Forms of Animal Life (part 2) – J.M. Kirk
16 Feb 1881 – The Structure of the Blow-fly – Walter Roberts (cancelled due to illness of Mr. Roberts)
16 Mar 1881 – Cellular Tissue of Plants – Rev. W. Smith
20 Apr 1881 – The preparation & Staining of Wood Sections – M.H. Stiles
19 Oct 1881 – Electricity – Mr. Cowley
2 Nov 1881 – Leaves of Plants – Rev. W. Smith
14 Dec 1881 – Climate and Disease – Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
1882
11 Jan 1882 – Physical Characters of Water – Mr. W. Walker M.R.C.S.
8 Feb 1882 – God & Science – Rev. Canon Brock
8 Mar 1882 – Diatoms – Mr. J.M. Kirk
4 Apr 1882 – Cell-life – Mr. J.W. Smith L.R.C.P.
3 May 1882 – The Application of Photography to the Microscope – Mr. M.H. Stiles
1 Nov 1882 – Science in its relation to Education – Rev. G. Smith
15 Nov 1882 – Geological History of Coal – (Supplement) – Mr. Ballinger
29 Nov 1882 – The Electric Light – What it is How it is Produced – Mr. Cuttriss
1883
19 Dec 1883 – Flowers & Insects – W.H. Stott
1884
6 Feb 1884 – Glacial Action & its Connection with the Geology of the Neighbourhood – T.H. Easterfield
27 Feb 1884 – Coral & Coral Islands (part 3 of Lower Forms of Animal Life) – J.M. Kirk
19 Mar 1884 – Tea & its Allies – Mr. T. J. Hasselby
9 Apr 1884 – The Chemistry of the Candle – M.H. Stiles
12 Nov 1884 – An Analysis of Water – J. Mitchell Wilson
10 Dec 1884 – Plant Life – W. H. Stott
1885
7 Jan 1885 – The Geology of Doncaster – T. H. Easterfield
25 Feb 1885 – Food and its Varieties and value – T. J. Hasselby
8 Apr 1885 – Animal Life in its Lower Forms – Specimens found near Doncaster (part 4)– J.M. Kirk
18 Apr1885 – Pork & its Parasites – Dr. J.M. Wilson & W. Walker
29 Apr 1885 – Will and Law – Rev. W. R. Weston
1886
13 Jan 1886 – Heat, what it is & what it goes – T.H. Easterfield.
27 Jan 1886 – Roche Abbey & the Cistercian Order – Dr. F.R. Fairbank M.D.
10 Feb 1886 – Perfumes; pleasant & otherwise – T. J. Hasselby
24 Feb 1886 – Insect Life – W.H. Stott (supplement)
10 Mar 1886 – Our Iron Roads & how they are made – J.G. Walker
24 Mar 1886 – Photo Micrographs – J.M. Kirk & M. H. Stiles
7 Apr 1886 – The Transformation of Insects – Walter Roberts
3 Nov 1886 – Short papers and notes on various subjects [all missing]
Polarized Light – J.M. Kirk
Photomicrography – M.H. Stiles
The Wings of Insects – Walter Roberts
The Anthrax Bacillus – Dr. J.M. Wilson
The circulation of the Blood in the Foot of a Frog – Mr. Furnival
24 Nov 1886 – Milk, its Chemical and Microscopical Examination – M.H. Stiles
15 Dec 1886 – The Eye and how we see – Mr. Furnival
1887
5 Jan 1887 – Coal Gas – T.H. Easterfield
26 Jan 1887 – Light, with special reference to the Spectroscope and Polariscope – Rev. A.C.E. Blomfield
16 Feb 1887 – Bees and their Work – Walter Roberts
16 Mar 1887 – Vivisection – Dr. Mitchell Wilson
30 Mar 1887 – Medusae, part 5 of Lower Forms of Animal Life – J.M. Kirk
30 Nov 1887 – A Piece of Chalk – Rev. Canon Faber
21 Dec 1887 – Photography by artificial Light – M.H. Stiles
1888
11 Jan 1888 – Combustion, spontaneous and otherwise – T.H. Easterfield
1 Feb 1888 – The Microscope, its history and Use – J.M. Kirk
6 Mar 1888 – Coal and its Products – T.H. Hasselby
21 Mar 1888 – Astronomy – Rev. A.C.E. Blomfield
25 Apr 1888 – Development – W. Delaney
16 May 1888 – The Doncaster Microscopical & General Scientific Society, its Work – Past, Present & Future – Rev G. Smith
1889
16 Jan 1889 – Lantern Slides and how they are made – M.H. Stiles
30 Jan 1889 – Insects Injurious to Agriculture – Walter Roberts
13 Feb 1889 – The Migration of Birds – Thos. Bunker (President of the Vertebrate Section of YNU)
27 Feb 1889 – Landscape Photography – Geo. Bisat
13 Mar 1889 – The Lower Forms of Animal Life (part 6) – J.M. Kirk
27 Mar 1889 – Chalk – Rev. T.E. Lindsay
10 Apr 1889 – Rings of Saturn – Thomas Lovel Atkinson (Solicitor)
24 Apr 1889 – Three Forms of Bacilli – Dr. J. Mitchell Wilson
13 Nov 1889 – Protective Mimicry – H.H. Corbett
11 Dec 1889 – A Piece of Clay – J.T. Hasselby
1890
19 Feb 1890 – Improvements in Photomicrography – M.H. Stiles
12 Mar 1890 – British Mustelidae – George Chouler
26 Mar 1890 – A Photographic Tour in North Wales – George Bisat
30 Apr 1890 – Ants – Walter Roberts
26 Nov 1890 – The First Principles of Entomology – H.H. Corbett
17 Dec 1890 – The Rise and Development of Gothic Architecture in Britain (part 1.) – W.D. Watson
1891
14 Jan 1891 – The Rise and Development of Gothic Architecture in Britain (part 2.) – W.D. Watson
4 Feb 1891 – The Loves of the Atom – Rev. T.E. Lindsay
2 Mar 1891 – Meteorites – T.L. Atkinson
8 Apr 1891 – The Art of Moulding & Casting in Metal – J.G. Walker [missing]
26 Nov 1891 – The Natural History & Habits of some of our smaller moths – H.H. Corbett
17 Dec 1891 – Notes on Lantern & Lantern Slides – M.H. Stiles
1892
19 Oct 1892 – The Snail, its Natural History & Allies – H.H. Corbett
2 Nov 1892 – Gravitation – L. Lovell Atkinson
16 Nov 1892- Animals Extinct within Historic Times – J.M. Kirk
no date – Notes on Photographic Printing – M.H. Stiles
14 Dec 1892 – The Life of Michael Faraday – J.M. Wilson [missing]
1893
1 Nov 1893 – Gulf Stream – H. Culpin
21 Nov 1893 – The Field Naturalist – an Animal in Danger of Extinction – H.H. Corbett
6 Dec 1893 – Improvements in Bromide Printing – M.H. Stiles
20 Dec 1893 – The Steam Engine – J.B. Prosser
1894
9 May 1894 – Platinotype Printing – G.B. Bisat [missing]
23 May 1894 – Composition Printing – F. Whaley
6 Jun 1894 – Negative Making – S.J. Barton
7 Nov 1894 – Lantern Slides – M.H. Stiles
28 Nov 1894 – Ammonites – H.H. Corbett
19 Dec 1894 – Photographic Transparencies – J.R. Thompson
1895
1 May 1895 – The Retouching and General Improvements of Negatives – F. Whaley
15 May 1895 – Mounting of Chloride Prints – H. Moat & Bromide Enlargements – Bellamy
6 Nov 1895 – The New Photography – S. J. Barton
4 Dec 1895 – The Metrical System – Dr. Mitchell Wilson
18 Dec 1895 – Intensification of Negatives – H. Percy
1896
15 Jan 1896 – Sound – T. Cuttriss
29 Jan 1896 – Carbon Process – L. Bagshaw
12 Feb 1896 – Warmsworth Crags – H.H. Corbett
26 Feb 1896 – Photo-micrography – M.H. Stiles
25 Mar 1896 – Economics – H. Culpin
15 Apr 1896 – Bromide Paper and some of its uses – John Athron jun.
28 Oct 1896 – Field Excursions by H. H. Corbett
11 Nov 1896 – Timing Developments by Mr. Woodby
1997
27 Jan 1897 – The Churches round Doncaster by Mr. Ord (report appears in ‘The Doncaster Review’)
10 Feb 1897 – Diatoms and their sources by M. H. Stiles
10 Mar 1897 – Astronomy by Mr. Edgar (not read, an alternate paper was read)
The Polariscope & Polarization of Light, by M. H. Stiles
24 Mar 1897 – The Study of Statistics by Mr. Culpin
14 April 1897 – Architecture by Mr. Beck