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into six editions and was translated into French. He was President of the Royal Institution 1856-57 and again in 1886-7-8. He was knighted in 1872 and became a Privy Councillor in 1887. In the year of his Presidency of the Royal Institution 1856-57, he worked with or assisted Henry Fox Talbot on a new project in photography which they called Photogalvanography a process which produced engravings on a plate by the action of light and electricity. Unexpectedly again in 1858, Henry Fox Talbot patented the process which he called the Photoglyptic Process by which light actually etched a picture on a plate from which prints could be and were taken. THE WAY TO DO IT— My sole reason for purchasing the land was to ensure that it did not get into the hands of 'racketeers' it will never under any circumstances be exploited." Dr. Gordon Thomas, one of our members, on his acquiring, last September, of more than 100 acres of the foreshore, burrows and land of Delvid farm, near Llangenydd. We assure Dr. Thomas, who hates publicity that his generous gesture has won the delight, approbation and gratitude of all those who love Gower. Gower Society publications still available Gower II Is. 6d. Gower IV Is. 6d. SWANSEA BAY TO WORMS HEAD (members) 4s. Od. (non-members) 5s. Od. (over 80 photographs and drawings) PLANT LIFE IN Gower (Gordon Goodman) 3s. 6d. TEN WALKS IN Gower (Stephen Lee and Bernard Morris) 2s. 6d. CARAVANS IN GOWER Is. Od. Picture Map of Gower 3d. Lights visible from Gower 3d. Geographia Map of Gower 2s. Od. Gower Society badges, 2s. 6d. (Postage extra). All above are obtainable from Sidney Heath, Beau Nash House, Swansea, or indoor meetings of the Society.