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[November 17, i! 



THE DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH 



LABORATORY OF THE ROYAL 



INSTITUTION. 



DIRECTORS: 



The Right flon. LORD RAVLEIGH, M.A., D.C.L.. 



LL.D., F.R.S. 



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



Dr. ALEXANDER SCOTT. MA., D.Sc. 



This Laboratory, founded by X\x. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S., as a Memorial 

 ■df Davy and Faraday for ihe purpose of promoting original research in 

 •Pure and Physical Chemistry, will be open during ilie following Terms :— 



Michaelmas Term. — Monday, October 3, 10 Saturday, December 17. 

 Meni Term. — Monday, January g, 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, to Gas, Electricity and Water, as far as available, and, at the 

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

 together with such materials and chemicars as may be 



i desiring to be admitted as workers, must send evidence o^ 

 scientific training, qualification, and pre^-ious experience in original 

 •research along with a statement of the nature of the investigation ihey 

 firopose to undertake. 



Candidates must apply for adrntesion during the course of the preceding 



'Laboratop 

 authorises 



the Assistant Secretary, 



Term. 



Forms of Application can be had frorr 

 Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, \V. 



GLAMORGAN COljNTY COUNCIL. 



APPOINTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGIST. 



The Gl.irnorgan County Council is desirous of engaging a competent 

 iJacteriulogisi who will work in the Council's Laboratory at Cardiff under 

 ithe direction of the Couniy Medical Officer. 



Candidates must be able to undertake the Chemical, Microscopical and 

 Bacteriological Examination and Analysis of Water, Air, Soil, Sewage and 

 -other effluents. Milk, Tuberculous Meat, Diseased Tissues, Pathological 

 Substances, Specimens for the purposes of Diagnosis, &c., and other examin- 

 ations of a like nature. 



Preference will be given to Candidates with practical experience in the 

 working and management of a Public Health Laboratorj-, and to th.^e 

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

 are requisite in such a department. 



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

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

 appointment or engage in private practice without the express written 

 permission of the County Council. 



The .\ppointec's duties will include all such duties under the County 

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



The appointment will be terminable at anj- lime by three months' notice 

 on either side. 



The Salary is ^250 a year. No pension is attached. 



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

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

 28th day of November, 1898, and the successful candidate must be prepared 

 to commence his duties on the ist of Januarj*, 1899. 



Persona! c.-in vat- sing, direct or indirect, of members of the County 

 •Council, will be a disqualification. 



T. MANSEL FRANKLEN, Clerk of the County Council. 



NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. 



KEBLt: COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



A SCHOL.ARSHIPof the annual value of ;£6o, together with Laboratory 

 Fees, not exceeding j^ao per annum, will be awarded at this Colleee in 

 March iS*?9. ^ 



The Examination commences Tuesday, ALtrch 14. 



Subjects : Chcmisiry or Biology, with Elementary Mechanics .ind Physics 

 for all Candidates, and Elementary Chcmi^l^y for those who offer Biology. 



For full p.^rticulars apply to W. Haichett Jackson, Keble College, 

 Oxford. 



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