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NA TURE 



[April 6, 1899 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 



BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, \V, 



The NEXT ANNUAL MEETING of the ASSOCLVTION will 



be held at DOVER, commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 



President-elect : 

 Prof. MICHAEL FOSTER, M.D., D.C.L., LI..D., Sec.R.S. 

 Notice of Papers proposed to be read should be sent to the Office. 

 Burlington House, before J ui.v i. 



Information about local arrangements may be obtained from the Local 

 Secketaries, Castle Hill House, Dover. 



G. GRIFFITH, Assistant General Secretary. 



ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. 

 LONDON. 



SESSION 1S9S-99. 

 LECTURES TO WORKING MEN. 



The following Courses will be given during the Session : 

 •L. On PHYSICS. Hy W. Watson, Esq., B.Sc. 

 i. On MECHANICS OR MATHEMATICS. By Professor J. Perrv, 



M.E., D..Sc., F.R.S. 

 3. On ASTRONOMICAL PHYSICS. By Professor Sir Norman 

 LocKVER, K.C.B., F.R.S. 

 The THIRD COURSE will be given in the Lecture Theatre of the 

 Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, commencing on MONl>.\V, 

 the loth .-^PRIL, 1S90, at 8 p.m., and continued on the I7lh and 24th 

 APRIL, and ist MAY, by Professor Sir Norman Lockver, K.C.K, 

 Professor of .\stronomical Physics, Royal College of Science, London, 

 "ON SOME RECENT ADVANCES IN SPECTRU.M 

 ANALYSIS." 

 Tickets for this Course may be obtained at the Museum of Practical 

 Geology, Jermyn Street, by Working Men only, on any ^Ionday Evening 

 during the Course, from bi\ to Eight o'clock — Registration Fee for the 

 Course, (id. Each Applicant is requested to bring a piece of paper with his 

 Name, Address, and Occupation written on it, for which the Ticket will be 

 e.\changed. 



ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT 

 BRITAIN, 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 



TUESD.AY next (April 11). at Three o'clock. Professor J. CossAR 

 Ewakt, M.D., F R.S. First of Three Lectures on " Zebras .and Zebra 

 Hybrids. " Haifa-Guinea the Course. 



THURSDAY (April n), at Three o'clock. Professor Dewar, M.A., 

 LL.D., F.R.S. First of Three Lectures on " The Atmosphere.' Half-a- 

 Guinea the Course. 



SATURDAY (April 15), at Three o'clock, Louis DvER, Esq., M.A. 

 First of Three Lectures on " Machiavelli." Half-a-Guinea the Course. 

 Subscription to all the Courses in the Season, Two Guineas. 



FRIDAY Evening (April 14), at Nine o'clock. Professor A. W. RUcker, 

 M.A., D.Sc Sec.R.S. On " Earth Currents and Electric Traction." 



ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL 

 SCHOOL, 



ALHERT EMBANKMENT, S.E. 



The SUxMMER SESSION will commence on MONDAY, M.-iy i. 

 Students entering in the Summer are eligible to compete for the Science 

 Scholarships of ^150 and /60 awarded in October. . „. 



A Scholarship of .£50, open to University Students, and other Prizes and 

 Scholarships of the value of ^£500, are offered for annual competition. 



AH .Appointments are open to Students without extra payment. 



Special Classes for the Examinations of the University of London are 

 held throughout the year. 



Tutorial Classes are held prior to the Second and Final Examinations of 

 the Conjoint Board in January, April, and July. 



A Register of approved lodgings and of private families receiving Boarders 

 is kept in .Secretary's Office. 



Excellent Day Club accommodation is provided in the School Building, 

 and an .\thletic Ground at Chiswick. 



Prospectuses and all particulars may be obtained from the Medical 

 Secretary, Mr. G. Rendle. 



H. P. HAWKI.NS, M.A.. M.D.Oxon., Dean. 



HERIOT-WATT COLLEGE, 

 EDINBURGH. 



si:ssioN i.sys-99. 



At the CLOSE of this SKSSION llie (iOVERNORS will award a 

 TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP of the value of .£100. This Scholar- 

 ship is open to Present or Former Students who have shown exceptional 

 merit in the Senior Day Classes of the College, and who have previously 

 attended either the Junior Day Classes or a corresponding course in the 

 Evening Classes of tlic College. 



.Applications must be lodged with ihe undersigned not later than 1st May 

 next. Copies of the Regulations may now be obtained here or at the 

 College. 



DAVID LEWIS, Treasurer. 



George Heriot's Trust Chambers, 



=0 York PU-lce, Edinburgh. 



TUITION. ALL EXAMINATIONS 



-MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC. Well lined l.iiboNitories. - 

 "kC.,- 9 Healhcute Street, .Meckknburgli S.iuare. 



BIRKBECK INSTITUTION, 



Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. 



I'kinchal: G. ARM ITAIiF.-SM 1 1 11, M.A. 



DAY AND EVENING CLASSES. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. -Complete r>ay Courses for all the 

 Examinations in Science, and Complete Evening Courses for all the 

 Examinations for the Science, Arts, and Law Degrees. 



SCIENCE CLASSES in every Branch, with Practical Work. Well 

 equipped Laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Botany, 

 Cleology, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy. 



CONJOINT BOARD : Lectures and Practical Work in Chemistry, Physics, 

 Biology, and Practical Pharmacy. NEW TERM for Conjoint Board 

 and Inter. .\LE. Examinations has just commenced. 



Prospectus. Calendar (6d.), ami Syllabuses of Classes on application to the • 

 Secretary. 



b. p. H. 



HEATHCOTK SCIENCE 

 LABORATORIES. 



TheSl'.M.MER Course (lasting ten weeks) will commence on WEDNES- 

 D.W, APRIL 12. Ihe Course comprises Lectures and Pr.actical Work 10 

 meet the requiremenls in the Science Subjects of all the Public Health Ex. 

 aminalions of the various Examining Bodies. Subjects, with fees, as below : 

 Bacteriology, Practical and Theoretical. C^ ^s. \ Chemistry (including 

 Physics where necessary), ji6 6s. ; Vital Statistics and Special Lectures on 

 Sewage treatment, .£2 2^. ; Inclusive Fee for above, ;ti2 i2r. ; Short 

 Revision Course, £2 2i.— HOURS to suit the majority of those attending, 

 but special arrangements can be made in individual cases. For further 

 information apply, TheSui'EKiNTF.NUENT. Heathcote Science Laboratories, 

 9 Heathcole Street. Gray's Inn Road. ; 



INSTRUCTION IN 

 PURE CULTIVATION OF YEAST, 



According to HANSEN S Methods. 



Courses for Beginners, as well as lor .Advanced Students, in Physioloa 

 and Technology o( Fermentations — Biological Analysis of Veast. p 



Manu.als :— E. Chr. Hansen : " Practical Studies in FermenlatioDj 

 London (Spon), 1S96. Alfred JGrgensen : '* Micro-organisms and Fermenfr 

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



Further Particulars on Application to the Director, Alfred JoRGBHsbh, 

 The Laboratory, Copenhagen. V. 



^RESEARChL 



CHEMISTRY. PHYSICS. BACTERIOLOGY. 



Well-fitted LA130U.VTORIES can be used for RESEARCH .at any hj 

 convenient to Workers Dark Room for PHOTOGRAPHIC and otho 

 Work. A immersion for MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY. Workshop for 

 making Apparatus. ELECTRIC .MAINS, powerful Constant Currents. 

 — " T.," 9 Heathcote Street, Gray's Inn Road. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. LONDON . 



FACULTY OF MEDICINE. 

 The Summer Session begins on M.ay i. The work is arranged so that * 

 Student may advant.-igeously begin his Medical Curriculum then. 

 Full inlormation may be obtained from cither of the undersigned. 



R. J. GODLEE, M.S., F.R.C.S., Dean of the Faculty. 

 J. .M. HORSBURGH, .M.A., Secretary. 



DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL. 



INSTRUCTOR IN AGRICULTURE. 



The Technical Education Committee invite APPLICATIONS for tb. 

 above appointment. 



The Salary will commence at ;£2oo per Annum, with travelling expenses 

 Thelnstrucior appointed will be required to devote his whole time to iht 

 duties. 



For further particulars .apply to the Organising Secrktarv, Count\ 

 Education Offices, 9 Silver I'errace, Richmond Road, Exeter, 10 whom al 

 applications must be sent so as to reach him not later than April 18, 1899. 

 H. MICHELMORE. Clerk of the County Council. 



Castle of Eseler, M.irch 16, 1890. 



WANTED, an ANALYTICAITcHEMIST 



of exceplioii;dly high and proved ability and accuracy, with good cM>en 

 ence in te-ling Medical Chemicals, to lake the position of Chit 

 Analyst at tlic Works of a leading London Firm of .Manufacturin. 

 "•^ " - .\ gentleman who has taken University Degrees prefern.i 

 ■'■•'iig age, qualifications, and experience, to " .\n.alysl. 

 Stkwart, & Co., 57 Coleman Street, Londoi, 



Che 



— Addre . 



c/o Messrs. .Maki. 



E.C. 



ALBERT EDWARD JAMRACH 



(Late CHARLES JAMRACH), 



NATURALIST, 

 180 ST. GEORGE STREET EAST. 



Implements of Savage W.arf.aie, Idols. Sacred Ma^ks, Peruvian Potlerj 

 Nelsukis China, Licqucrs, Gongs, Shells, and other Curias. 



