CELEBRATION ADDRESSES 101 



GEOLOCUCAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND MUSEUM OF 

 PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, LONDON 



ADDRESS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE MUSEUM 

 OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. The Geological 

 Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology desire to take 

 their part in the congratulations which are being offered by the whole civilized 

 world to the Royal Society of London on the attainment of its two hundred 

 and fiftieth Anniversary. To the influence of the Society in carrying out its 

 vocation of improving Natural Knowledge, the growth of the science of 

 Geology was chiefly due for nearly a century and a half, and though now for 

 upwards of a hundred years geologists have found other homes, they can never 

 forget that the Royal Society is the parent of all scientific institutions in the 

 British Dominions. The Geological Survey and Museum are proud to 

 remember that all their Directors and ma.ny other members of their staff have 

 been Fellows of the Royal Society, and more especially that a former Director 

 General now occupies the Presidential Chair. Being well aware of the great 

 work performed by the Society not only in original research in every branch 

 of science but in advising the State on scientific matters, in administering 

 funds for the furtherance of research, and in investigations leading to the 

 improvement of man's position upon the earth, it is the fervent wish of these 

 Institutions that the Royal Society of London may long continue its eminently 

 distinguished and useful career. 



J. J. H. TEALL, Director 



July, 1912. 



INSTITUTE OF_CHEMISTRY, LONDON 



THE President, Council, and Fellows of the INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF 

 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND have great pleasure in offering to the President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London their sincere and hearty 

 congratulations on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary 

 of the incorporation of the Society. The Institute of Chemistry desires to be 

 associated with Academies, Learned Societies, and all Scientific Institutions in 

 rejoicing that the Royal Society which justly takes precedence as the parent 

 of all our Scientific Societies, has with such marked success upheld the world- 

 wide prestige of Science generally, and that throughout the two and a half 

 centuries of its existence the great objects of its founders have been faithfully 

 maintained to the honour of this country, and to the everlasting benefit of the 

 cause of civilization and humanity at large. In the domain of Chemistry, no 

 less than in other branches of Science, the Royal Society has fostered the 



