November 20, 1919] 



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scientific men throughout the world, especially to those 

 of the English-speaking lands." 



The second annual general meeting of the British 

 Association of Chemists was held on November 15 

 in Manchester, Prof. J. W. Hinchley, the president, 

 presiding. The council is giving much thought to the 

 important question of the representation of chemists 

 and technical workers generally on the joint industrial 

 councils formed under the Whitley scheme, and was 

 able to report that, as a result of the labours of its 

 special sub-committee, a federation of scientific and 

 technical organisations has been formed for the pur- 

 pose of advancing the claims of brain-workers to 

 representation alongside capital and labour. 



Applications are invited by St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital Medical School for election to the Rose 

 research fellowship, which is of the yearlv value of 

 600/., exclusive of laboratory expenses. The subject 

 of the research is "The Pathology and Treatment of 

 Lymphadenoma." The person appointed must devote 

 the whole of his time to the fellowship. Applications, 

 with not more than three testimonials, the names of 

 three referees, and particulars of the lines upon which 

 the applicant's proposed research is to be carried out, 

 must reach the Dean of the school not later than 



The retirement of Mr. George A. Macmillan from 

 the honorary secretaryship of the Society for the 

 Promotion of Hellenic 'Studies should not be allowed 

 to pass without notice in these columns. It was on 

 Mr. Macmillan 's initiative, due to the enthusiasm for 

 Greek art and archeology kindled by a visit as a 

 young man to Greece, that the society was founded 

 forty years ago, and during those forty years he has 

 acted as its secretary and been the mainspring of 

 its activities. He has worked in close partnership 

 with all the leading Greek archaeologists of this 

 generation, encouraged numberless young men, 

 and afforded generous financial assistance to 

 many enterprises. He is a shining example of 

 one who, having put his hand to a task, does not 

 weary in well-doing, but carries it on through the 

 working years of a lifetime. Even now Mr. Mac- 

 millan is not wholly withdrawing from the work of 

 the society, for in vacating the secretaryship he has 

 t accepted the honorary treasurership, and his counsel 

 \ will still be available for the cause for which he has 

 done so much. 



Baron Roland von Eotvos, Hungary's greatest 

 man of science, died on -April 8 last in Budapest. 

 The son of the Hungarian writer and politician, Baron 

 Josef von Eotvos, he was born at Buda on July 27, 

 1848. He began his university career at the Univer- 

 sity of Budapest, and continued his studies under 

 Kirchhoff, Helmholtz, and Bunsen at the Universitv 

 of Heidelberg. He also spent a short time at Konigs- 

 berg under Franz Neumann. Having obtained the 

 degree of doctor of philosophy at Heidelberg, von 

 Eotvos became a Dozent in ohysics at Budapest Uni- 

 versity, and in 1872 he was elected to the chair of 

 theoretical physics at that university. Some years 

 later he was also elected to the chair in experimental 

 physics, and for a short period was Minister of Educa- 

 tion in Hungary. Von Eotvos occupied the position 

 of president of the Hungarian Academy of Science for 

 many years, and in i8qi he founded the Hungarian 

 Mathematical and Physical Society, the presidency of 

 which he held until his death. He was also the Hun- 

 garian representative of the International Commission 

 for earth measurement. 



NO. 2612, VOL. 104] 



The Hunterian Society celebrated its centenary on 

 November 12 by a dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant. 

 Dr. Langdon Brown, the president, was in the chair, 

 and Sir Norman Moore (the president of the Royal 

 College of Physicians), Dr. Addison, Sir George 

 Newman, Sir Archibald Garrod, and Sir Frank Dyson 

 (the Astronomer Royal) were among the guests. The 

 society's annual silver medal was presented to Mr. 

 John Adams for his work in connection with the Cor- 

 poration of London's Thavies Inn clinic for the treat- 

 ment of expectant mothers and their infants affected 

 by syphilis. The Hunterian Society was founded in 

 1819 by Sir Thomas Blizard, an admirer of the 

 Hunters, and especially of John Hunter, and has 

 numljered among its presidents Dr. Bright (from 

 whom Bright's disease derives its name), John Hilton 

 (the surgeon), Hughlings Jackson, and Sir Thomas 

 Crosby (a former Lord Mayor). In earlier days con- 

 sultants resided mostly within the Citv boundaries, 

 and the society has always kept in touch with the 

 City of London, and resolved to make to Mr. Adams 

 a special centenary award of its medal. 



The British Cotton Industry Research Association 

 was formed some months ago to promote scientific 

 research in connection with the cotton industry, in 

 co-operation with the scheme of the Government 

 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 

 The first problem before the association after its in- 

 corporation was to secure the services of a man of 

 the highest attainments, who would be able not only to 

 undertake the direction of the association's researches, 

 but also in the difficult initial stages to construct 

 sound foundations for the building up of the institute 

 of the future. As mentioned last week, the council 

 has made this appointment, and bv securing the ser- 

 vices of Dr. A. W. Crossley, C.M.G., F.R.S., Daniel 

 professor of chemistry at King's College, London, as 

 director of research, the association is making a very 

 fortunate and promising start. In his new post Dr. 

 Crossley will be responsible to the council for the 

 direction of all the research and for the whole internal 

 management of the institution. It will probably not 

 be possible for him to devote his whole time to the 

 work before Easter, but he will no doubt be able to 

 give the association preliminary assistance before then. 



The President of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries (Lord Lee of Fareham) has now approved 

 of the reorganisation of the Board and the regrouping 

 of its functions into five main Departments, each 

 under an executive head responsible, in the case of 

 the three Agricultural Departments, to the President 

 direct, and in the case of the Fisheries and Welsh 

 Departments to the President through the Parliamen- 

 tary Secretary (Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen, M.P.). Sir 

 A. Griffith-Boscawen, in addition to his duties as Par- 

 liamentary Secretary, has been appointed Deputy- 

 Minister of Fisheries. The following appointments 

 have also been made : — Sir A. Daniel Hall, CBief 

 Scientific .'\dviser to the Board and Director-General 

 of the Intelligence Department ; Mr. Lawrence 

 Weaver, Chief Commercial Adviser to the Board and 

 Director-General of the Land and Supplies Depart- 

 ment ; Mr. F. L. C. Floud, General Secretary to the 

 Board and Director-General of the Finance and 

 Economics Department; Mr. H. G. Maurice, Fisheries 

 Secretary and Principal Assistant Secretary to the 

 Board ; and Mr. C. Bryner Jones, Welsh Secretary, 

 in special charge of the Welsh Office. Mr. R. J. 

 Thompson and Mr. H. L. French have been appointed 

 Assistant Secretaries to the Board to fill the vacancies 

 created by the promotions of Mr. F. L. C. Floud and 

 Mr. H. G. Maurice. 



