PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The annual election will be held at the 218th regular meeting, to be 

 held at the Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m., Thursday, November 14. The 

 usual smoker will follow the election. 



BUREAU OF STANDARDS 



The current meetings of the Physics Club of the Bureau of Standards 

 are being devoted to the discussion of the application of the electron 

 theory classes of phenomena. The papers in this series are as follows: 



October 14 and 21, Determinations of — and of e, Dr. P. G. Agnew; 



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October 28, Conduction in gases, Mr. A. Marcus; November 4, The 

 Zeeman effect, Mr. L. B. Olmstead; November 11 and 18, Metallic 

 conduction and thermo-electric effects, Dr. W. P. White, of the Geophysi- 

 cal Laboratory; November 25, The index of refraction, Mr. E. C. Crit- 

 tenden; December 2, Nature and properties of the electron, . 



For the remaining meetings in December the following papers have 

 been arranged: December 9, Radiation pressure, Mr. P. D. Foote; 

 December 16, Measurements of wave-length, Mr. I. G. Priest. 



The later dates are provisional since it is expected that a popular 

 lecture will be given during November, in which case the regular program 

 will be displaced one week. 



The meetings are held in the lecture room of the Bureau of Standards 

 from 4.30 to 5.30 and are open to anyone interested. Further informa- 

 tion regarding them may be obtained from the secretary, Mr. E. C. 

 Crittenden. 



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