NATURE 



[November 3, 1898 



THE DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH 



LABORATORY OF THE ROYAL 



INSTITUTION. 



DIRECTORS : 



The Right ilon. LORD RAYLEIGII, M.A., D.C.L., 



I I O K R S 



Professor DEWAR, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



Superintendent of the Laboratory: 

 Dr. ALEXANDER SCOTT. M.A., D.Sc. 



This Laboratory, founded by Dr. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S., as a Memorial 

 of Davy and Faraday for the purpose of promoting original research in 

 Pure and Physical Chemistry, will be open during the followinc Terms :— 



yficiiatlmas T'f*-///.— Monday, October 3, lo Saturday, December 17. 

 Lent T'crw/.— Monday, January 9, to Saturday, March 25. Easter Term.— 

 Monday, April 17, to Saturday, July 29. 



Under the Deed of Trust, workers in the Laboratory are entitled, free of 

 charge, lo Gas, Electricity and Water, as far as available, and, at the 

 discretion of the Directors, to the use of the apparatus belonging to the 

 Laboratory, together with such materials and chemicals as may be 

 authorised. 



All persons desiring to be admitted as workers, must send evidence of 

 scientific training, qualification, and previous experience in original 

 research along with a statement of the nature of the investigation they 

 propose to undertake. 



Candidates must apply for admission during the course of the preceding 

 Term. 



Forms of Application can be had from the Assistant Secretary, 

 Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, W. 



BIRKBECK INSTITUTION, 



BREAMS BUILDINGS. CHANCERV LANK, E.G. 



Principal— G. Armitage-Smith, M.A. 



DAY AND EVENING CLASSES. 



The Session co.iimences SEPTEMBER 28, iSgS. 



University of London.— Complete Day Courses for .ill the Examina* 



tions in Science, and complete Evening Courses for all the Examinations 



for Science, Arts, and Law Degrees. 



Science Classes in every Branch, with Practical Work. Well equipped 

 Laboratories. 



Lectures on Political Economy and Commercial Geography. Classes 

 in Languages, Commercial and English Subjects, Common Law, Bank* 

 Tuptcy, Equity and Conveyancing, Logic, Psychology, and Ethics. 



School of Art (Day and Evening): Drawing, Painting, Designing, 

 Modelling, Life Classes. &c. 

 Civil Service : Assistant Surveyor of Taxes, &c., Second Division, &c. 

 Prospectus, Calendar (6rf., Post free 8rf.), and Syllabuses on application 

 to the Secretary. 



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 15, 1898. 



Three Scholarships and Two Exhibitions will be offered, the Scholarships 

 being worth jCZo a year. 



The Subjects for Examination will be Physics, Chemi.stry, 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. 



INSTRUCTION IN 

 PURE CULTIVATION OF YEAST, 



.Vco.r.ii: 



J HANSBN S Methods. 



well as lor .Advanced Students, in Physiology 



Courses for Beginners, as well as lor .Advanced Stuticnts, in 

 and Technology of Fermentations — Biological Analysis of Yeast. 



Manuals:— E. Chr. Hansen: "Practical Studies in Fermentation.' 

 London (Spon), 1896. Alfred Jargensen : '* Micro-organisms and Ferment 

 ation." London (F. W. Lyon), 1893. 



Further Particulars on Application to the Director, Alfred JSrgknsbn 

 The Laboratory, Copenhagen. V. 



MATRICULATION B.A. & B.So. 



rkJ-.l'AR.VllON 1.) COKKKM'llMll.NCK .in.l OKAL TnildV 

 on .. THOKOUlJlll.V INlJl VlDUAl. SYS 1 L.\l. lees ba.sed on success 



The STAFF includes Gr.iduatcs of Oxford, Cambridge. London, and 

 Royal Universities. 



SINGLE SUBJECTS TAKEN; Latin, Greek, French, Germ.-in, 

 Italian, English, Mathematics, Sciences, Logic, Psychology, Politicai 

 Economy, &c. 



For lerms, TcKtimoni.als from successful PupiK, tSic, addrcsji Mr. J. 

 CllAKLBSTON, B.A. (Lond. .ind 0.xon.), The Burlington Cla.sses, 37 

 Chancery Lane, London, W.C. 



GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. 



AI'roiXT.MENT OK HACTKRIOLOGIST. 



The Glamorgan County Council is desirous of engaging a competent 

 I'.aLtcriologist who will work in the Council's Laboratory at CardiflT under 

 ihc direction of the County Medical Officer. 



Candidates must he able to undertake the Chemical, Microscopical and 

 Ilncieriological Examination and Analysis of Water. Air, Soil, Sewage and 

 uthcr effluents. Milk, Tuberculous Meat, Diseased Ti'.-^ues, Pathological 

 Substances, Specimens for the purposes of Diagnosis, Sec, and other examin- 

 ations of a like nature. 



Preference will be given to Candidates with practical experience in the 

 working and man.-igement of a Public Health Laboraior)-, and to those 

 possessing high-class qualifications in the various branches of science that 

 arc requisite in such a department. 



The successful Candidate's whole time will be at the dispssal of the 

 County Medical Officer, and he will not be entitled to hold any other 

 .nppointmenl or engage in private practice without the express written 

 permission of the County Council. II 



The Appointee's duties will include alt such duties under the County 

 Medical Officer as the Council may from time to time direct him to perform. 



The appointment will be terminable at any time by three months' notice 

 on either side. 



The Salar>' is ;C'5o a year. No pension is attached. 



Applications, stating age, qualifications, and previous experience, accom- 

 panied by copies of three recent testimonials, are to be sent to me by the 

 78th day of November, 1898, and the successful candid.ite must be prepared 

 to commence his duties on the ist of Januar>-, 1899. 



Personal canvassing, direct or indirect, of members of the County 

 Council, will be a disqualification. 



CLERK OF THE COUNTV COUNCIL. 



Glamorgan County Offices, CardiflF, 

 31st Ocfober, 1S98. 



CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. 



FORTHCOMING E.\.\MIXATIuX. 



JUNIOR ASSISTANT in the South Kensington Museum (Art Branch). 

 (18-25.) December i. 



The date specified is the latest at which applications can be received. 

 They must be made on forms to be obtained, with particidars, from the 

 Secretary. Civil Service Commission, London. S.W. 



CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, and BIOLOGY. 



— Coaching for all Examinations, Conjoint Roar'l, Durham, Dublin 

 Cambridge, Army, Universiw of London, &c.. Theoretical and 

 Practical. Small Classes or Private Tuition. Well-equipped Labor- 

 atories. Practical Forensic Medicine.— " R. C," q Heathcote Street, 

 Gray's Inn Road, W.C. 



WANTED.— An Experienced Curator to do 



temporary Work in a Local Museum. Good Salary. — Apply, " D ." 

 Nature Office. 



FOR SALE.— Chemical Balance, highest 



quality, by S.irtorius of Gotiingcn. aluminium bc.un. carries 500 ^ams 

 in each p.in, riLver used, turns with i/io mg. ; als-- unused, a Set of 

 Gilt Wt.'i;:ht>. li\ Sartorius, from 200 grams di.iwnwards. — Apply to 

 j. H. Twit,.,, K\.-nsin.:ton Palace Mansions. Dc Vere Gardens. W. 



RESEARCH, CHEMISTRY, & PHYSICS. 



— Well-fuied Laboratories can be used for Research at any hours con- 

 venient to Workers. Worlcshop for making Apparatus. Electric 

 Mains for Experiments. — ''T.," o Heathcote Street, Gray"s Inn Road, 

 W.C. 



TAXIDERMIST WISHES SITUATION 



IN MUSEU.M; Home or Abro.nd. Willing, and well-up in Collecting 

 Specimens, and in other ways handy. — Lewis G. Esson, oo Great 

 Northern Koad, Aberdeen, N.K. 



A small C'lIIt-nion to Ix- tli-sjiosc*! nf ; c:in 1>l' .^een, or pat' 

 ticul.irs (il)taini. .1 truin 



MR. HENSON, 97 RECENT STREET, LONDON, W. 

 Sale t>v^ auction. 



TlEsn.W NKM. 

 CURIOSITIES. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, 



at his Onal K,«ms. ^S King Street, Covenl Garden, on TUESD.W 

 next, NOVEMHEK 8, at half-pa.st u precisely, a v.ilunblc and im- 

 portant Colliilion of Curios and Relics from >ll |>arls of the world, 

 including the Silk Undervesl «orn by Charles I. at his execution, a 

 r.-ire and valuable Herald's Coat, <i:c. ; a Collection of Native Weapons, 

 Dress Implements. Shells, &c.. from New Guinea ; Indian Guns, 

 Swor.ls, Armour, .S:c. : Old China, Ivory C.-vrvings, Antiquities, 

 Paintings, Old Hoi.ks, llenin Mask, &c. 

 On view the I>ay prior, 10-4, and Morning of Sale, anil Catalogues hail. 



