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j»ul»lic. Ill X\w^ arr the ' 

 tnmotny \ Sundials, a.Htrol.n 

 inontJi, transit instnnncnts, ctpiiiton 

 photographs, tclcHtopcjt. original 



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instruments made or usctl by the Hcrschds. Survey- 

 ing : Instruments illustrating the development of 

 the the<Klolite unci level, including Kams<lcn's thrcc- 

 ' ' ' "lolitc. Melforohgy'- Almost the whole 

 iH previously exhibitc<l, with a recent 

 aiquiMtion — a plaster cast of an early Korean 

 rain gauge. Chemistry: Historical apparatus and 

 : linens, including apparatus of Faraday and 

 i.i.iham; Hartley's original spectrograph; replica 

 of Priestley's original oxygen apparatus ; models of 

 chemical works. Optics : Microscopes, telescopes, 

 spectacles, polariscopes, early moving-picture devices. 

 Sound : Early talking machines, including Edison's 

 original phonograph ; instruments used in sound- 

 ranging. Botany : Models of flowers. About eighty 

 per cent, of the Science Collections will be in storage 

 until more space becomes available. 



It is announced in the Times that 13,000,000 francs 

 (more than 160,000/.) was collected for the benefit 

 of French scientific laboratories on the occasion of 

 " Pasteur Day." 



Dr. F. W. Willwav. J. P.. Newfoundland, provides 

 an interesting running comment on the film pro- 

 duction " Nanook of the North " at the Polytechnic 

 Hall, London. His talk, based upon personal ex- 

 perience, takes the place of the customary captions 

 and makes more real this untouched and nnrehearsed 

 picture story of the actual life of the Eskimos on the 

 west side of Ungava. The musical accompaniment 

 to the closing scene, an Arctic blizzard, enhances the 

 effect so strongly that the impression of desolate 

 brutality lasts long after the vision ceases. Mr. 

 Flaherty's picture is assuredly one to see. 



Recent additions to the National Portrait Gallery 

 include the portraits of three former fellows of the 

 Royal Society, namely : — Sir George Howard Darwin, 

 K.C.B. (1845-1912) ; Sir Henry Charles Englefield, Bt. 

 (1752-1822) ; and Mr. Philip Metcalfe (1735-1818). 



The Huxley medal of the Royal Anthropological 

 Institute for the year 1923 has been awarded by the 

 Council to Dr. E. Sidney Hartland, the well-known 

 authority on folklore and the author of " Primitive 

 Paternity " and other pioneer works on social 

 anthropology. Unfortunately, the state of Dr. 

 Hartland 's health in the earlier part of the year has 

 precluded him from preparing the Huxley memorial 

 lecture, which it is usual for the recipient to deliver 

 on the occasion of the presentation of the medal. 

 The Huxley medal for the year 1924 has been awarded 

 to Dr. Henri Vemeau, of Paris, by whom the Huxley 

 memorial lecture for 1924 will be delivered in Novem- 

 ber next. 



Mr. Joseph Barcroft has been elected Fullerian 

 professor of physiology at the Royal Institution in 

 succession to Sir Arthur Keith. M. le Due de Broglie, 

 Dr. C. L. Guillaume, and Profs. Debye, Einstein, 

 Groth and von Laue have been elected honorary 

 members of the Institution. 



NO. 2823, VOL. I 12] 



The British and I'oreign Sailors' Society, 

 corporated. The Pai'^more Edwards Sailors' Pai 

 680 Commcn , E14, su- 



mas parcels r than 6<>< 



and lightships ; in addition it maintains <* 

 libraries afloat, and parcels of literature and n: 

 are regularly placed by the Society on outgon 

 Gifts of literature, books, magazines, cXr 

 welcomed at the Society's headquarters. 



The following officers and committee of the I 

 versity of Durham Philosophical Society for xw 

 Session 1923-24 have been elected : President : 

 Rt. Hon, Earl of Durham; Vice-Presidrnts : Hon. 

 Sir Chas. A, Parsons, Sir Theo. Morison, Dr. T. H. 

 Havelock, Dr. H. Stroud, Prof. H. I>ouis, and Mr. 

 W. Hall ; Committee : Commander C. J. Hawkes, 

 Dr. H. V. A. Bri.scoe, Dr. G. R. Goldsbrough. Dr. 

 J. A. Smythe, Mr. S. H. Collins, and Mr. Rhys 

 Thomas ; Editor : Dr. G. W. Todd ; Librarian : 

 Dr. F. Bradshaw; Secretaries: Mr. J. W. Bullerwell 

 and Mr. B. Millard Griffiths. The second edition of 

 the " Dr. Theodore Merz " Memnri.-il Xiitnh«T of the 

 Proceedings is now in the Press 



At a meeting held in June last, it was (Uxuied to 

 establish a memorial to the late Prof. A. D. Waller 

 and Mrs. Waller in the form of a fund for scientific 

 research to be administered by the Council of the 

 London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for 

 Women (Nature, June 16, p. 818). Prof. Waller 

 was also lecturer in physiology at St. Mary's Hospital 

 Medical School for nineteen years, and it is now 

 proposed to establish an additional memorial in the 

 form of a research room, to be knowTi as the Waller 

 Research Laboratory, in connexion with the Physio- 

 logical Department. A large and distinguished 

 committee of British and foreign scientific workers 

 has been formed to carrv' out the memorial schemes. 

 Subscriptions marked accordingly if they are intended 

 for the St. Mary's Hospital Medical School memorial, 

 should be sent to the hon. treasurer of the fund. 

 Prof. J. Mellanby, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical 

 School, London, S.E.i. 



Mr. W. H. Hoffert has been appointed 

 Council of the University of Leeds to be research 

 chemist to the Joint Research Committee of the 

 National Benzole Association and the University in 

 succession to Prof. E. C. Williams, who resigned his 

 appointment on September 30. on his election to the 

 Ramsay memorial chair of chemical engineering in 

 the University of London. Mr. Hoffert took a t;;-" 

 class at Oxford in 191 4, in the final honour school of 

 natural science (chemistn,-) . and was also awarded a 

 research scholarship at Jesus College. In 1919 he 

 was appointed to a research fellowship of the Salters* 

 Institute of industrial chemistrv'. More recently, he 

 has worked as research chemist to a I^ncashire fir-n 

 engaged in tlie coal tar industry-, and has also li. 1 

 experience at H. M. Fuel Research Station, Greenwi( ; 

 Mr. Hoffert will work in the Department of Coal (> - 

 and Fuel Industries of the University of Leeds, uuil r 

 the supervision of Prof. J. W. Cobb, particular!) ; 1 

 connexion with the p)ossibilities of increasing t;,- 

 home supplies of motor spirit from coal. 



