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NATURE 
[JUNE 8, 1899 
BALLIOL COLLEGE, CHRIST 
CHURCH, AND TRINITY COLLEGE, 
OXFORD. 
NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. 
A Combined Examination for Natural Science Scholarships and Exhibi- 
tions will be held by the above Colleges, beginning on TUESDAY, 
NOVEMBER 21, 1899. 
Three Scholarships and Two Exhibitions will be offered, the Scholarships 
being worth £80 a year. 
The Subjects for Examination will be Physics, Chemistry, and Biology ; 
but Candidates will not be expected to offer themselves in more than two of 
these. 
Particulars may be obtained by application to 
Christ Church, Oxford. A. VERNON HARCOURT. 
~ WALSALL SCIENCE AND ART 
INSTITUTE. 
Wanted for September next :— 
1. A Teacher of Evening Classes in Chemistry and Metallurgy. Salary, 
£120 per annum. 
2. A Teacher of Evening Classes in Physics and Mathematics. Salary, 
4120 per annum. 
The selected Candidates will be expected to devote their chief attention 
to the work ; but a limited number of private appointments will be allowed. 
3. A Second Art Master to take charge of the Day Classes and to assist 
in the Evening Work. Salary, £150 per annum. Copies of the duties will 
be forwarded on receipt of a stamped and addressed envelope. 
Apply, stating age and qualifications, and forwarding xo¢ #zove than three 
testimonials, not later than Monday, June 12th, to 
JOHN TURNER, 
Director of Technical Instruction. 
‘UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH 
WALES. 
(A CONSTITUENT COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY 
OF WALES.) 
Applications are invited for the Post of ASSISTANT LECTURER IN 
AGRICULTURE. Salary 4120. Competent knowledge of Forestry 
desirable but not essential. Ability to Lecture in Welsh will be considered 
an additional qualification. 
For particulars apply to the undersigned, to whom applications must be 
sent not later than June 2oth. 
J. E. LLOYD, M.A., Secretary and Registrar. 
Bangor, June rst, 1899. 
COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HAM. 
Applications are invited for the following Appointments on the Teaching 
Staff of the Municipal Technical Institute :— 
ASSISTANT LECTURER in MATHEMATICS (4150 per annum). 
DEMONSTRATOR in ENGINEERING (100 per annum). 
The above are commencing salaries. 
Full particulars can be obtained by sending a fully addressed foolscap 
envelope to the Principat, Municipal Technical Institute, Romford Road, 
West Ham, E., before June 19th, 1899. 
By order of the Council, 
FRED. E. HILLEARY, Town Clerk. 
Town Hall, West Ham, E., May 18th, r8qo. 
BEDFORD COLLEGE, LONDON 
(FOR WOMEN), 
YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, W. 
Principal—Miss ETHEL HURLBATT. 
ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
One Arnott Scholarship in Science, Annual Value £48, and one Reid 
Scholarship in Art, Annual Value 30 Guineas, each tenable for three years, 
will be awarded on the result of the Examination to be held at the College 
on June 27 and 28. 
Names to be sent to the PRINCIPAL not later than June 15. 
F. MABEL ROBINSON, Secretary. 
BEDFORD COLLEGE, LONDON 
(FOR WOMEN), 
YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, W. 
The LECTURESHIP in BACTERIOLOGY will be Vacant at the 
end of this Session. 
Applications, together with thirteen copies of Testimonials, must be sent 
by Monday, June 19, to the SECRETARY at the College, from whom all 
information may be obtained. 
F. MABEL ROBINSON, Secretary. 
BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC, 
BATTERSEA PARK ROAD, S.W. 
The Governing Body require the Services of an ASSISTANT SCIENCE 
MASTER for Day School. 
For particulars send stamped and addressed envelope to the SECRETARY 
not later than June 14. 
B.A., PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC, B.Sc., 
and all other EXAMS. 
QUERNMORE. 
London Branches—(1) 24 CHANCERY LANE, W.C.; (2) 115 EBURY 
STREET, EATON SQUARE, S.W. 
Special Preparation by JOHN GIBSON, M.A. (First Class, Cambridge), 
and G. LOLY, B.A. (First Class, London), assisted by large Staff of 
Specialist Tutors. Practical Laboratories. Write for particulars to Messrs. 
Gisson & Lory, 24 Chancery Lane, W.C. 
THE ELECTRICAL 
AND 
GENERAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 
EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING 
WORKS, 
2 and 4 PENYWERN ROAD, EARL’S COURT, 
LONDON, S.W., 
Trains Students for Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Engineering. 
Develops Electrical and Mechanical Patents. 
Constructs Experimental and Special Machinery and Models to 
Specification. 
ROYAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, 
SALFORD. 
PRINCIPAL W. WILSON, M.A. 
WANTED, an ASSISTANT LECTURER IN PHYSICS, with 
attainments in Mathematics. Salary, £100 per annum. Further particulars 
and forms of application may be obtained up to the 24th inst. upon 
application. 
RICHARD MARTIN, Secretary. 
June 6, 1899. 
RESEARCH. 
CHEMISTRY. PHYSICS. BACTERIOLOGY. 
Well-fitted LABORATORIES can be used for RESEARCH at any hour 
convenient to Workers. Dark Room for PHOTOGRAPHIC and other 
Work. jsimmersion for MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY. Workshop for 
making Apparatus. ELECTRIC MAINS, powerful Constant Currents. 
— T. "9 Heathcote Street, Gray’s Inn Road. 
MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, 
PLYMOUTH. 
WANTED, an ASSISTANT MASTER (Undergraduate in Science 
preferred), mainly for School of Science work. Must have good teaching 
experience. Salary 4100 per annum, rising by annual increments of £10 to 
4120. Full particulars from 
T. W. BYFIELD, Secretary. 
TUITION._ALL EXAMINATIONS 
—MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC. Well-fitted Laboratories.— 
“*R.C.,” 9 Heathcote Street, Mecklenburgh Square. 
For Photography, Unsurpassed for fine definition. 
(COOKE 
TAYLOR, TAYLOR, & HOBSON, 
Slate Street Works, Leicester; 
and18 Berners Street, London, W. 
OPTICAL & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 
Spectrometers, Spectroscopes, Goniometers, Cathetometers, Optical 
Benches, &c., &c. Instruments for special purposes constructed to Clients 
own designs. Price List on application. 
W. WILSON (formerly Foreman at Messrs. ELLIOTT BRos.), 
56 Crogsland Road, Chalk Farm, London, N.W. 
ContTrRAcTOoR TO H.M. GOVERNMENT. 
Sale by Huction, 
TUESDAY NEXT. 
A COLLECTION OF SHELLS FORMED BY 
A. W. LANGDON, Eso., M.A. 
MR. J. C. STEVENS will Sell the above 
by Auction, at his Great Rooms, 38 King Street, Covent Garden, as 
above, at 12.30 precisely. ‘ 
On view the Day prior, 10-4, and Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had 
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