Sir Thomas Moncreiffe proposes the building of a museum and meeting rooms for the PSNS (Proc i (1880-6), 37)
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1871 Support for networking eg. Cryptogamic Society of Scotland founded
PSNS instrumental in founding the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland (cryptogam) whose first meeting was held in Perth (T&P i, xxx)
1871 Civic Involvement eg PSNS meeting resulted in a great extension of the water supply
A meeting of the PSNS on the water supply of Perth resulted in a great extension of the supply (Transactions and Proceeding of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, xxx)
1870 Meeting-room was hired in St Ann’s Lane
Meeting-room was hired in St Ann’s Lane (Proc i (1880-6), 36)
1869 DNA discovered?
Swiss researcher Friedrich Miescher, who was originally trying to study the composition of lymphoid cells (white blood cells). Instead, he isolated a new molecule he called nuclein (DNA with associated proteins) from a cell nucleus.
1869 The Beginnings of a Museum and Natural History Library
In 1869 a room was secured in Kirkside as a store-room and library. It was the start of a museum and, perhaps, the most complete Victorian natural history library outside of a university or a national library. Today there are around 5,500 books in the collection, mostly 19th century. The Library remains in the possession of the Society and is housed in Perth Museum and Art Gallery.
1867 PSNS founded by 14 men in a golf club
On 28th February PSNS 
was founded in King James VI Golf Club at 6 Charlotte Street, Perth.
Francis Buchanan White (1842–1894), an eminent scientist from Perth and a Fellow of both the Linnean Society of London (1788 onwards) and the Royal Entomological Society (1833 – onwards) was elected President.