List of Papers read at Ordinary Meetings of the Society. (1880-1901)
[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 are 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
9 Dec 1896 – Hints on Winter Photography by S. J. Barton [missing]
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 Geology of Cusworth & Cadby
The Polariscope & Polarization of Light, by M. H. Stiles
24 Mar 1897 – The Study of Statistics by Mr. Culpin
14 Apr 1897 – Architecture by Mr. Beck
28 Apr 1897 – Chess – Historical & Anecdotal by C. G. Bennett [missing]
10 Nov 1897 – A Holiday in Yoredale with a Hand Camera by R. A. Bellamy
24 Nov 1897 – Electricity in Vacuo by Mr. Cuttiss
15 Dec 1897 – Bromide Enlargements by Luke Bagshaw [details not given]
1898
27 Jan 1898 – The Natural History of Askern Bog by H. H. Corbett
9 Feb 1898 – The Migration of Birds by Mr. Cordeaux (a guest lecturer)
23 Feb 1898 – The Constitution of Matter by Mr. A. Abbott (a guest lecturer)
9 Mar 1898 – Process Work and Illustrations by Geo. B. Bisat
13 Apr 1898 – The History of a Flower by Mr. Dimaline (in the absence of Mr. Lawson)
20 Apr 1898 – An Hour with a Microscope by George Winter
27 Apr 1898 – The History & Construction of the Telescope by Mr. Gledhill
23 Nov 1898 – Diatoms in the Town Water by M. H. Stiles
14 Dec 1898 – The Life & Works of Charles Darwin by Mr. Hewett of York
1899
18 Jan 1899 – Pre-historic Man in North Notts by W. K. Spencer
8 Feb 1899 – ???? by Mr. Roberts [no details]
22 Feb 1899 – The Rise of Photography by Mr. Percy
8 Mar 1899 – Our Solar System by Mr. Harrison
22 Mar 1899 – A Few Days Geologising on the Yorkshire Coast by Mr. Jordan
5 Apr 1899 – The life & Works of Louis Pasteur by Dr. English
26 Apr 1899 – The Various Methods of Detecting Impurities in Drinking Water by W. G. Young
25 Oct 1899 – A Naturalist at Spurn by Mr. Bayford
8 Nov 1899 – What is Science by Mr. Clarkson
22 Nov 1899 – Geothe, as a Precursor of Recent Science by Halliwell Thomas
22 Dec 1899 – The Eye, its Sight & its Power by W. H. White
1900
14 Mar 1900 – A Holiday at Knaresboro’ by Mr. Bellamy
28 Mar 1900 – Cave Hunting in Yorkshire by Mr. W. Cuttriss
11 Apr 1900 – A Method of Making Lantern Slides by Mr. White (as substitute for Mr. Burgess) [no details]
24 Oct 1900 – What is a Species by H. H. Corbett
14 Nov 1900 – Mushrooms & Toadstools by J. Gibbs of Sheffield
28 Nov 1900 – The Structure of Agates by Mr. E. Moor
12 Dec 1900 – A series of short essays & exhibition of Lantern Slides
1901
23 Jan 1901 – Arsenic in Beer[?], its Work[?] & its detection by M. H. Stiles [no details]
13 Feb 1901 – Early Man in East Yorkshire by T. Sheppard of Hull Museum
23 Feb 1901 – Yorkshire Caves by W. Cuttriss & Coal and the Plants that Made It by H. H. Corbett.
13 Mar 1901 – Topographical Botany of the District by H. H. Corbett
9 Oct 1901 – Presidential Address on Popular Education by Samuel Edgar, J.P.
23 Oct 1901 – Why we breathe & how by Mr. Fairly of Barnsley [no details]
7 Nov 1901 – Insectivorous Plants by Mrs. Manning of Sheffield.
27 Nov 1901 – Short essays – Averages by H. Culpin, Speculation in Science by Mr. Williamson, Mimics & Shams by Mr. Gledhill. [no details]
11 Dec 1901 – The Glacial & Post Glacial Geology of Doncaster by H. H. Corbett.
1902
23 Jan 1902 – Bird Life by the Stream by Kenneth McLean of Harrogate [no details]
19 Feb 1902 – Stereoscopic Photography by Mr. Bellamy
19 Mar 1902 – Fossils by Dr. Finnemore (Rev.)
15 Oct 1902 – A Glimpse at some places of Prehistoric Interest by Alma Jordan (Presidential Address)
29 Oct 1902 – M. Rateau’s theory of Terrestrial Formation by E. Moor [no details]
12 Nov 1902 – Notes on some recent research into the composition & mode of origin of the Magnesian Limestone by A. R. Dwerryhouse, Yorkshire College
26 Nov 1902 – The Life-history & Structure of the Common Garden Snail by Mr. Taylor of Leeds
17 Dec 1902 – Short Essays : A Holiday on a North Sea Trawler by Mr. Robinson; The Annual Meeting of the Y.N.U. by E. Moor; The life history of the common Gnat by Mr. Mapleton; Specimens of volcanic dust & powdered basalt for comparison were exhibited by M. H. Stiles [no details]
1903
21 Jan 1903 – Protective Colouration & Mimicry by Mr. Whittaker of Barnsley
11 Feb 1903 – Some Problems in Bird Life by S. E. Evans, B.A. [no details]
25 Feb 1903 – The Geographical Distribution of Animals by W. Hewitt, F.E.S. of York [no details]
11 Mar 1903 – Short Essays etc.: Trucks with the Past by Mr. Williamson; Yeast by Mr. Gledhill; The Marconi System of Wireless Telegraphy by Mr. Cuttriss; Why I am a Evolutionist by Mr. Clarkson [no details]
14 Oct 1903 – Presidential Address by A. A. Clarkson on Local Museums
28 Oct 1903 – Radium by Messrs. Thomas & Cuttriss (read by Mr. Clarkson)
11 Nov 1903 – The Secret of the Pyramids by T. W. Plant
26 Nov 1903 – Conversazione (Thornley on Gnats & Malaria)
9 Dec 1903 – The Solar System by J. Cuttriss
1904
13 Jan 1904 – The Discovery of the Constituent gases of the Atmosphere by Robert Watson
27 Jan 1904 – St. Kilda by Mr. Newstead
10 Feb 1904 – Short Essays etc.
24 Feb 1904 – Plant Diseases by Mr. English
9 Mar 1904
23 Mar 1904
13 Apr 1904
Local Educational Matters by Councillor Gilgas (to be added)
Roche Abbey by Mr. Ballan (to be added)
1 Mar 1906 – The Borderland between Plant and Animal Life by Harold Wager