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NATURE 



219 



« ith tei resti ial and eel he la 



i form and showing the position of the sun 

 in Hi' ecliptic on, say, the tirst aaj of each month. 

 He suggests alsi th should be used to 



maki clear the transference from the geocentric to 

 the heliocentric point o( view, and thai a 4-in. tele- 

 scope should be provided wherever possible to 

 sun-spots, the li lupiter's satellites, and 



the phases of \ - Such observations, togethei 



with simple lessons on the applications of spectro- 

 scop3 i" elucidate the composition ol the sun, -.tars, 

 ni bulas, 1 tc, illustrated I > \ some of the exc< llenl astro- 

 nomical photographs now available, should do much 

 in remove the reproach that nothing is done in schools 

 pupils in lift theii eyes to the heavens 

 and learn something of the universe around thi m. 



I in endowment fund now being raised for th 

 lishment of .1 University College in Swansea has 

 been augmented b) ol 25,000!. from Mr. 

 and in, Him/, from Mr. \Y. T. Fair, 

 retiring directors oi the Graigola Merthyr Co., Ltd., 

 -.In' former donation to be devoted to scholar- 

 ships "in the firsl placi foi Graigola boys, and, if am 

 npetition." The Universit} College 

 scheme originated in a movemenl in secure for the 

 Swansea Technical Collegi recognition in the faculties 

 nf science and technology as a constituent college ol 

 the University of Wales. The governors and stafl 

 were of opinion that for a full development of the 

 higher work of the college University recognition and 

 association were essential, ["o th - end the governors 

 approached the recent Royal Commission on Univer- 

 -it\ Education in Wales, asking fur a direct recom- 

 mendation thai tin' college should find a place in at 

 least thr above-mentioned faculties in tin- reorganised 

 University. A proof that tin application was backed 

 community was the establishment in the course 

 of a few weeks before the end. ol 1916 of an endow- 

 ment fund exceeding 65,000!., in addition to which the 

 a Town Council undertook to provide all neces- 

 sary land and buildings. The Royal Commission 

 ii ported verj favoural ly, hut laid down that the new 

 University College musl make provision for work in 

 the faculty ill .ni-. I i) assist in fulfilling this condition, 

 S hi-' a Council has agreed, subject to the con- 

 senl ni the Board of Education, to bring in its 

 Training College for Teachers as pari of the scheme. 

 This will enable full provision to i" made in th'' 

 faculty of arts, science, and technology, hut neces- 

 sitated .in appeal foi .1 1 h largei endowment fund, 



a minimum of 150,000/. being tin present aim. 

 Messrs. Corj Yeo's and W. T. Kan's donations an' 

 tin- first-fruits of thi- appeal, ami brings the gifts or 



.' " '"/. Me 1 ollege has also 



of a bequest of tin- residue of the estate 

 of tin late Mr. T. I'. Sim-, assayer, of Swansea, the 

 bequesl being subject to a life-interest. Tin value 

 at more than to.ooo!., and 

 11 is i" I" devoted in scholarships in chemis- 

 try, metallurgy, and modern 1 



SOCIETIES 4ND ACADEMIES. 



I .1 PNDON. 



Royal Society. Novembei 7 Sii I. J. Thomson, 



Pro! G I . Hale ; The natui • 



of sun-spots E. ( ). Hcruis and I. II. I.aby ; | !,, 



thermal conductivity of air. T. K. Chinmayanandam : 



in mica. 



IrUtotelian Souct\. November ;. Dr. G. E. Moore, 



hail I '; < , I Miinre : Some 

 ■ ption. Tie' question of the ri al 

 nature of material things is approached b 

 2559, VOL. 102] 



what we are jud, i make such judgments 



1 his i- a com. Two things -''in to lie certain, 



viz. (1) that we are always making -nine assertion 



about an iiiinn dia el ftven objei an object « hi< h 



imetimi - been di sci ibi 'la the sensation which 



mediate- our perception oi the Coin in question," and 

 which will be 1 ailed ill'- sense-datum which i- the 

 subjeel of nor judgment and (2) that what we a,' 



ting about tin sense-datum i- not, in general, 



that it i- it -elf a coin. What is doubtful is whether 

 we ma\ nut he judging that the sense-datum i- itsell 

 a part of th' surfaci "1 .a coin, in a sense in which 

 this can only he so if it is identical with "this part 

 of the surface of this coin." Thi- i- 1.11K possible if, 



■ hen we seem to perceive thai a sense-datum i- of a 

 certain size, shape, etc., we really only perceive thai 

 i, seems i" he so, in a sense in which it may seem 

 1,. he -u without being either judged or perceived in 

 !„ -.1. Failing this, either (1) there musl I" 

 relation such that we are judging "The thing to which 

 this sense-datum has this relation i- pari of the sur- 

 I a coin," and it seems doubtful whether theri 

 is any such relation, or (2) we must take some view 

 of the type of Mill's. 



Cambridge. 

 Philosophical Society, October jS. -Prof. Marr, presi- 

 dent, in the chair.-- Prof. L. J. Rogers and S. 

 Ramanujan : Proof of certain identities in combinatory 

 analysis. — S. Ramanujan : Some properties of p (n), 

 the number of partitions of it.— Miss D. M. Wrinch . 

 The exponentiation of well-ordered series.— A. L. 

 Jolliffe : Certain trigonometrical series which have a 

 necessary and sufficient condition for uniform cort- 

 vergence. H. W. Turnbull : Some geometrical inter- 

 pretations of the concomitants of two quadrics.— - 

 II. B. <'. Darling: Mr. Ramanujan's congruence pro- 

 perties nf p (n).- B. Sahni : The correct generic posi- 

 tion of Dacrydium bidwillii, Hoo'.c. f. This species, 

 and by inference probably also D. kirkii and !>. 

 bifortne, hitherto regarded as forming an interesting 

 transition to the genus Podocarpus, are really species 

 uf the latter -fiiuv At least in !>. bidwillii the epi- 

 m.itium i- not entirelv free from the integument, nor 

 the integument from the nucellus. The integument, 

 moreover, contains two vascular strands exactly in 

 thi -ime position as in Podocarpus ferrugineus , but 

 not quite reaching the level of the equator. In view 

 of the dry eijimatium and other features, it i- pro- 

 provistonallv to place all these New Zealand 

 species of Dacrydium in a new and distinct section 

 of the genus Podocarpus, allied to section Stachv- 

 carpus. 



Taris. 



Academy of Sciences, October 21. M. I. eon Guignard 

 in the chair. — E. Picard and A. Lacroix : The Inter- 

 Vllied Conference ol Scientific Academies in London. 

 — H. Sebert : Notice on M Marcel Deprez.— C. Richet, 

 P. Hnidin, and Fr. Saint-Girons : Temporary and 

 definite survival after serious bleeding. In previous 

 papers it has been proved that in the case ot dogs, 

 grave loss ol blood, injection into tie' veins of 



suitable fluids would prolong life, but after three or 

 hours liie improvement in the condition of the 

 animal disappears and death ensues. The survival 

 is only temporary. Summarising the results com- 

 municated in this am 1 previoj- paper-, the authors 

 conclude thai the only efficacious treatment afti 



appears t" lie transfusion. P. Appeil : 

 Addition to the note on an ordinary different! 

 tion connected with certain systems nf lie 1 



hi ni". " ie '"'- partial differential equations. II. 



Douville : The eenln-N nf the neighbourhood of 

 thi Pii di G I'. Termier and V. 



