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MANY of the exhibits of scientific apparatus and objects at the second, or ladies', conversazione held at the Royal Society on June 20 were the same as those shown at the gentlemen's conversazione on May 9. As these have already been described (May 17, p. 59), it is only necessary to refer now to the new exhibits. During the evening demonstrations, with lantern illustrations, were given by Dr. Tempest Anderson, Sir William Crookes, and Mr. Fred. Enock. Dr. Tempest Anderson described the recent eruption of Vesuvius, his photographs showing the phenomena during the later stages of the eruption, as well as some of the results. In several cases the views afforded a comparison with the conditions of the same places as previously observed. Sir William Crookes gave a short address with experiments in illustration of some properties of the diamond; and Mr. Fred. Enock described slides showing by means of colour photography (Sanger Shepherd process) the adaptability of lepidopterous insects to their environment.
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The Royal Society Conversazione . Nature 74, 203–204 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/074203a0
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