Minute Book 3 (1894-1901)
Summary
1894
18 Oct YNU Annual Meeting in the Mansion House
7 Nov Ordinary Meeting
John Maw Kirk’s death
14 Nov Ordinary Meeting
Death of Alice Dorothy Stiles, daughter of M. H. Stiles
28 Nov Ordinary meeting
paper – Ammonites by H. H. Corbet
19 Dec Ordinary meeting (3)
Paper – Photographic Transparencies by J. R. Thompson
1895
10 Apr Ordinary meeting (4)
Paper – none
1 May Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Retouching and General Improvements of Negatives by Mr. Whaley
15 May Ordinary Meeting (6)
Paper – Mounting of Chloride Prints by H. Moat
Paper – Bromide Enlargements by Mr. Bellamy
3 Oct Annual General Meeting (16th)
President – H. Culpin
Vide-Presidents – H. H. Corbett, J. B. Prosser, W. E. Atkinson, Dr. J. M. Wilson
Committee – F. Whaley, G. R. Bisat, J. R. Thompson, T. Cuttriss, W. Roberts, and Mrs. Corbett
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – M. H. Stiles
6 Nov Ordinary meeting
Paper – The New Photography by S. J. Barton.
20 Nov Exhibition Meeting in Free Library
4 Dec Ordinary meeting
Paper – Metrical System by Dr. J. Mitchel Wilson
18 Dec Ordinary meeting
Paper – The Intensification of Negatives by H. Percy
1896
15 Jan Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Sound by Mr. Cuttriss
29 Jan Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Carbon Process by L. Bagshaw
12 Feb Ordinary meeting
Paper – Warmsworth Crags by H. H. Corbett
26 Feb Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Photo-micrography by M. H. Stiles
11 Mar Lantern Exhibition
25 Mar Ordinary meeting
Paper – Economics by H. Culpin
15 April Ordinary meeting
Paper – Bromide Paper and some of its Uses by John Athron Jun.
21 May Excursion (1) – not in minute book
Edlington Wood
18 Jun Excursion (2)
Conisbro’, Warmsworth cliffs & Levitt Hagg to Sprotborough
26 Jul Excursion (3) – not in minute book
Burghwallis & Askern
14 Oct General Meeting (17)
Stiles retires as Hon. Sec. & Treasurer
Title becomes Doncaster Scientific Society
President – M. H. Stiles
Vide-Presidents –
Committee –
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – H. H. Corbett
28 Oct Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Field Excursions by H. H. Corbett
11 Nov Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Timing Developments by Mr. Woodby
25 Nov Exhibition Meeting
9 Dec Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports (the first instance)
Geology by Mr. Culpin
Zoology by (absent) Corbett stands in
Micro-botany by M. H. Stiles
1897
27 Jan Ordinary Meeting
Paper – The Churches round Doncaster by Mr. Ord
Not included in minute book, but posted in ‘The Doncaster Review’
10 Feb Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Diatoms & their Sources by M. H. Stiles
24 Feb Lantern Exhibition
10 Mar Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports
Botany – Mr. Townsend
Geology – H. H. Corbett
Paper – Polariscope & polarised light
24 Mar Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports
Botany – H. H. Corbett
Zoology – H. H. Corbett
Micro-zoology – M. H. Stiles
Paper – The Study of Statistics by Mr. Culpin.
14 April Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Architecture by Mr. Beck
28 Spr Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Chess – Historical & Anecdotal by C. G. Bennitt
20 May Excursion
Cusworth & Sprotbrough
7 Jun Excursion
Wentdale & Smeaton
17 Jun Excursion
Roche Abbey & Sandbeck
26 Jun Excursion
Stainforth, Kirk Bramwith & Barnby Dun
8 Jul Excursion
Wheatly Wood & Sandal Beet
24 Jul Excursion
Rossington, Nutwell & Armthorpe
2 Aug Excursion
Hatfield Chase
13 Oct 1897 General Meeting (18)
Sections Recorders
Archaeology Messrs. Beck & Ord
Botany Mr. Corbett
Geology Mr. Culpin
Micro-biology & Zoology Mr. Stiles
Photography Mr. Bisat
Zoology (Invertebrates) Mr. Corbett
Zoology (Vertebrates) Mr. Bennitt
Compilation of ‘Phanerogamic Flora of Doncaster & its Vicinity’ by Corbett & Lawson
President – Geo. B. Bisat
Vide-Presidents – M. H. Stiles
Committee – Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Ord, (+ 2 others)
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – H. H. Corbett
27 Oct Exhibition Meeting at the Mansion House
10 Nov Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports
Geology – H. H. Corbett
Paper – A Holiday in Yoredale with a Hand Camera by R. A. Bellamy
24 Nov Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Electricity in Vacuo by Mr. T. Cuttriss.
15 Dec Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Bromide Enlargements by Luke Bagshaw
1898
27 Jan Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Natural History of Askern Bog by H. H. Corbett
9 Feb Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Migration of Birds by John Cordeaux
Feb 23 Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports
Botany – H. H. Corbett
Microscopy – M. H. Stiles
Photography –
Zoology – H. H. Corbett
Paper – The Constitution of Matter by A. Abbott, B. A.
9 Mar Extraordinary General Meeting
Rule 5 amended
John Cordeaux elected Hon. Mem.
9 Mar Ordinary Meeting
Paper – Process Work by Geo. B. Bisat
23 Mar Lantern Exhibition
13 Apr Ordinary Meeting
Sectional Reports
Geology – Corbett & Culpin
Microscopy – M. H. Stiles
Paper – The History of a Flower by W. Lawson but read by Mr. Dimaline
20 Apr Ordinary Meeting
Paper – An Hour with a Microscope by Geo. Winter
27 Apr Ordinary Meeting
Paper – The History & Structure of the Telescope by E. Gledhill
12 May Excursion
Conisbro’ Cadeby & Sprotbro’
14 Jul Excursion
Maltby & Roche Abbey
28 Jul Excursion
Hatfield & Hatfield Woodhouse
18 Aug Excursion
Blythe
12 Oct Annual General Meeting (19)
President – Geo. Winter
Vide-Presidents – Geo. Bisat
Committee – Dr. Wilson, Gledhill & White (+ 2 others)
Hon. Sec. & Treasurer – H. H. Corbett
Auditor – F. J. Clarke