640 



the reaction being completed in 12-13 hnt • 

 100 c.c. of ketone. Highly I.Tjvo-rotatory 

 piperitonc yielded menthonc of high dextru . 

 the scmicarba/one of which melted at 113' C. 



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-- '"-• ' TrtlaliMl SvMir- 



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ItaUrto. 

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liottmm. 

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Diary of Societies. 



MUSDA y, OfTuBBK 29. 



lMrriT«T»or ACTijAMirs, at r.. W. Paliii Eid^rton and II. J- P. Oaklry 



Notes on the Iiit< , 



R'lVAi, Coi.i.wie (.1 



AclinoiiiyeoNis : M 



' Scl«ct " IUt«« of MorUlity. 

 '>¥ Bkoijiiid, at &. — Prof. Shattock 



rUKSOA Y, OcTOiiKR 80. 



In8TIT|;TK of MaHINK ENUIXeEIM, Ixc, at <J.80 ■ \ li.roi:lil ( ir/on; 



PrfsidentinI AddieBs. 

 RoYAi. PiioT.KiKAi-Hic 8<icirTr or Orbat Britain 



Moos : Amateur Kinematogntphy. 

 Royal Socirrv ok Mkdici.vk, at 9.— Preientation of tioia Mr»i« 



Oowlind Hopkins, who will lecture on Stiinalants of Orowth- 



WKDNESDAY, Octobkr 31. 



SonoLooicAL SoaETv (at Royal Society), at K\U. ■ . Kllndera 



Petrie : The Growth and Decay of Couiiuunities (\.<<\uf >■). 



THURSDAY, Novkmbbr 1. 



Rovai. Societv, at 4.80.— E. <i. T. Lid<)ell :i< 



A Comparison b<ftween ciTtnin Fwitures of ' 



of the Decerebrate Extensor Rellex resiwi ■ 



Barcroft : The BIckkI Pl>;ment of Arenicola.— T. 



Metal>olism of a (irowiii>: Pig. 

 Rovai. Aeronaiitkal Sociktv (.it Hi.v.il Smi.tv i.r 



Major Wimperis : Some Recfi/ 



IN.ST1TUTI0!J of El.r.CTKICAI. En 



Research, with special referenci: ,. 



Chemical Sociktt, at 8. 



FRIDAY, NovEMBEn 

 Institution or Mechanical Enoineers, at »>.— S i 

 The Mechanical Problems of the Safety of Li ■ 

 Hawksley Lecture.) 



ROVAL PHOTlKIRAPniC SOCIETT Or GREAT BRITAIN, at 



Photographic Perspective. 

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Propulsion. 

 Philolooical Society- (at University ColIegeX at 8.— Prof. F. Newtm 



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 RovAL Society of Mepicine (Aniesthetics SectionX at 8.IOt— Dr. H. 



Featherstone : A Critical Report on 100 cases of Spinal Anmlgesia with 



Tropacocaine. 



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RoTAL Society or Medicine (Otology Section), at 10 a.m. 

 Gilbert White Fellowship (at 6 Queen Square, W.C.I), at t.— DUM 

 Helen Gwynno-Vaiighan : The Mechanism of InlieriUnce. 



■^ Sherrin^tOQ : 



. tor Reflnaad 



liarcroftRBd H. 



D«ii$hton : The Ba«al 



I- i,r Art^V at 5.80u— 



■runcota. 

 iiidiutitat 



.— a J. Tayier: 



PUBLIC LECTURES. 



SATURDAY, October ir. 



HoRNiMAN MrsEDM (Forest Hill), at 8.80.— l 

 Folklore of the 8«R. 



MOSDAY, October Jy. 

 Miss Iza Thompson : 



The LcgvwUry 



University College, at 6, 



to Deaf Children. 

 Medical Society of London, at 5.15. 



of the Dead. (Chadwick Lecture.) 



The TflRching of Speech 



NO. 2817, VOL. I 12] 



Dr. C. K. .Millard : The DiiqMMl 



WEDSESDAY, October 31. 



ROTAL Instttdte of Public Health, at 4.— Mfjor H. G. Anderson : Air 



Accidents and the Hygiene of Aviation. 

 University CoLLEiiE,"at 6.15.— H. Higgs : Tlie Part of Statistic* in 



Civic Education (Newmarch Lectures). (Succeeding Lectures on 



November 7, 14, 21, 28, and December 5.) 



THURSDAY, November 1. 



Royal Society or Medicine, at 5.— Dr. A. Logan Turner : The Aid««aoe> 

 ment of I.aryngology : A Plea for Adequate Training and CloMT Oo- 

 opetative Action. (Semon Lecture.) 



Kino's Collboe, at 5.S0-— R. Aitken : The Geography of Spftin and 

 Typical Spanish Institutions. (Succeeding Lectures on November S, 



15, 22, and 29.) 



FRIDAY, November 2. 



UNivERsrrv Oollboe, at 8.— Prof. G. Dawes Hioks : The Fundamental 

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16, 23, 30, and December 7.) 



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