December 2nd, 19 19.] PROCEEDINGS. ix. 



and "habitual" was emphasised, and means were described 

 by which the more efficient methods may increase interest 

 in life both directly through their own nature and indirectly 

 through the increased leisure, husbanding of energy and 

 higher wages which they make possible. 



In the discussion which followed, Dr. William Cramp, 

 M.I.E.E., pointed out the dehumanising tendencies of ex- 

 periments designed to achieve maximum output, and 

 questioned the desirability of extreme specialisation from the 

 point of view of the development of the individual. He 

 suggested also that it was better to encourage individuals by 

 lectures such as those of Professor Pear to take a pride in 

 finding their own most efficient methods than to attempt to 

 force upon them methods similarly deduced by the manage- 

 ment. 



General Meeting, December 2nd, 19 19. 



Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S. {Deputy Chairman), 

 in the Chair. 

 Professor GEORGE UNWIN, M.A. (Oxon.), Professor of Economic 

 History in the Victoria University of Manchester, and 47, Heaton Road, 

 Withington, Manchester; Mr. ALFRED ERNEST STEINTHAL, M.A., 

 B.Sc, Treasurer of the Victoria University of Manchester, 19, Lady- 

 bam Road, Fallowfield, Manchester ; The Reverend F. G. 

 CHEVASSUT, M.A. (Cantab), F.R.A.S., Warden of St. Anselm's Hall', 

 St. Anselm's Hall, Victoria Park, Manchester ; The Reverend T. 

 NlCKLIN, M.A., Warden of Hulme Hall. Hnlme Hall, Victoria Park, 

 Manchester ; and Mr. A. E. HEATH, M.A., Lecturer in Education in 

 the Victoria University of Manchester, The University, Manchester ; 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Socity. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 2nd, 19 19. 



Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.L.S. (Deputy Chairman), 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. C. L. Barnes, M.A., drew attention to the following 

 book on the table : — " Che?nical Abstracts, Decennial Index Vols. 

 1-10 (1907-1916), Subject Index L-Z," published by The 

 American Chemical' Society (8vo., Easton, Pa., 1919), purchased. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.M.E., explained 

 a method by which roots of numbers can be easily and rapidly 

 found by division sums. Let A" be the number whose «th root 

 is to be found, let G be a convenient number near to the 

 probable value of A, then the approximate root is 



(«+i) A" + (*-i)G* 

 ^(« + i)G" + (n-i) A" 



