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N. Hutchinson, F. Jenkin, G. S. Mathews, Prof. H. J. S. Smith, Fleeming Jenkin, Prof. H. J. S. Smith, Rev. G. Buckle, Prof. G. C. Foster, Prof. G. C. Foster, R. B. Hayward, Prof. W. G. Adams, W. K. Clifford, Prof. W. G. Adams, J. T. Bottomley, Prof. A. S. Herschel, G. F. Rodwell. 1874. Belfast...... Rev. Prof. J. H. Jellett, M.A., J. W. L. Glaisher, Prof. Herschel, Randal Nixon, J. Perry, G. F. Prof. W. F. Barrett, J.W.L. Glaisher, Prof. W. F. Barrett, J. T. Bottomley, |