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June 16, 1923] NATURE 825 
: The Liverpool Meeting of the British Association. 
‘TRE preliminary programme and 
tion to be held at Liv 
under the presidency of Sir Ernest Rutherford, have 
just been issued. The Association has met at Liver- 
pool on four previous occasions, the years and the 
a being 1837, Earl of Burlington, afterwards 
ke of Devonshire; 1854, Earl of Harrowby; 
1870, Prof. Huxley ; 1896, Lord Lister. The meeting 
in 1896 was the fourth largest in the history of the 
Association, the attendance being 3181, and it is 
hoped that this number will be exceeded at the forth- 
coming meeting. Arrangements have been made with 
the Railway Companies in Great Britain under which 
members attending the meeting may obtain return 
tickets to Liverpool on payment of single fare and a 
third. 4 
The provisional programme of addresses, discus- 
sions, etc., is given below, the sections being as 
follows :—A, Mathematics and Physics; B, Chem- 
istry; C, Geology; D, Zoology; E, Geography ; 
F, Economic Science and Statistics ; G, Engineering ; 
H, Anthropology; I, Physiology; J, Psychology ; 
K, Botany ; L, Educational Science ; M, Agriculture. 
Wednesday, September 12, 8.30 p.m.—Inaugural 
— meeting: presidential address by Sir Ernest 
utherford, on the electrical structure of matter. 
Thursday, September 13.—Addresses by presidents 
of sections :—D, Prof. J. H. Ashworth, on modern 
zoology, its boundaries and some of its bearings on 
human welfare. E, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, on the 
— and opportunity of the British Empire. 
, Mr. A. G. Tansley, on the present position ‘of 
botany. I, Prof. G. H. F. Nuttall, on symbiosis in 
animals and plants. M, Dr. C. Crowther, on science 
and the agricultural crisis. Discussions (Sections A, 
B, G) on cohesion and molecular forces; (Sections 
F, J) on psychological assumptions underlyin 
economic theory ; and (Sections G, J) on vocation 
tests for engineering trades. 
Friday, September 14.—Addresses by presidents of - 
sections: C, Dr. Gertrude Elles, dealing with some 
aspects of evolutional paleontology. G, Sir H. 
Fowler, on tramsport and its indebtedness to 
invitation — 
circular for the meeting of the British Associa-_ 
1 on September 12-19, 

science. L, Prof. T. P. Nunn, on the education of 
Demos. B, Prof. F. G. Donnan, on the physical 
chemistry ofinterfaces. J, Dr. C. Burt, on the mental 
differences between individuals (with special reference 
to individual psychology in education and industry). 
_ Discussions (Sections E, H) on the methods of anthro- 
| pology in relation to the social sciences ; 
| F, M) on the outlook for British agriculture; and 
(Sections 
(Sections B, I) on the physical chemistry of mem- 
branes in relation to physiological science. Lecture 
| (Section D) by Mr. Julian S. Huxley on the physiology 
of development in the frog; and by Prof. G. Elliot 
Smith on the study of man. 
Monday, September 17.—Addresses by presidents 
of sections :—A, Prof. J. C. McLennan, on the origin 
of spectra ; H, Prof. P. E. Newberry, on Egypt as a 
field for anthropological research; F, Sir W. H. 
Beveridge, on unemployment and population. Dis- 
cussions (Sections J, L) on the delinquent child ; 
(Sections E, L) on geography as a basis for a general 
science course. Lecture (Section K) by Dr. W. L. 
Balls, on cotton. 
Tuesday, September 18.—Discussions (Sections G, 
L) on the teaching of dynamics ; (Sections K, M) on 
virus diseases of plants; and (Sections E, H) on the 
origin of domestic animals. 
Delegates of the Corresponding Societies will meet 
on Thursday, September 13, and on Tuesday, Sep- 
tember 18, to discuss matters of common interest to 
the Societies and the Association. The officers of the 
Conference of the Corresponding Societies are :— 
President: Prof. H. H. Turner. Vice-President : 
Prof. P. G. H. Boswell. Local Secretary: Miss E. 
Warhurst. 
An exhibition of scientific apparatus is being organ- 
ised and will be held in the Central Technical School. 
Leading scientific instrument and scientific apparatus 
makers will be represented, and it is believed that 
this will be the most complete exhibition of its kind 
that has ever been held. It will include the latest 
inventions in instruments and apparatus, as well as 
charts and diagrams, and, in order to make it 
thoroughly representative, every section has been 
asked to submit ideas and suggestions, 
International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry. 
CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 17-20. 
“THE International Union for Pure and Applied 
Chemistry will meet in Cambridge, at the 
invitation of the Vice-Chancellor of the University, 
on June 17—June 20, when about 150 delegates, 
’ representing more than thirty different countries, © 
1 be present. 
The majority of the delegates are expected to 
arrive on Saturday, June 16. On Sunday, June 17, 
there will be visits to colleges and other places of 
interest in the afternoon. 
be a reception of the delegates by Sir William Pope, 
ae of the Union, and the British Federal 
uncil, in the Arts School. 
On Monday, June 18, in addition to the meetings 
of committees, a oe by Prof. J. W. McBain, 
on “ The Nature of Soap Solutions,’’ will be pre- 
sented and discussed. Two receptions will be held 
on this day, one by the master of Gonville and 
Caius College and Mrs. Anderson, and the other 
by the master of Sidney Sussex College and Mrs, 
Weekes. 
On Tuesday, June 19, there will be the usual 
committee meetings, and in addition two reports 
NO. 2798, VOL. 111] 
In the evening there will 
will be presented and discussed. The first will be 
by Dr. E. K. Rideal on “ Recent Developments in 
Contact Catalysis,’’ and the second by Prof. J. F. 
Thorpe on ‘‘ New Aspects of Tautomerism.’’ During 
the afternoon there will be a garden party in the 
gardens of Sidney Sussex College, and in the evening 
the annual banquet of the Union will be held in the 
Hall of Trinity College. 
On Wednesday, June 20, after the committee 
meetings, Prof. F. Gowland Hopkins will present his 
report on ‘‘ Chemical Mechanisms involved in the 
Oxidations which occur in Living Tissues.”’ 
At 4 p.m. the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris 
causa, will be conferred on the following delegates : 
Prof. W. D. Bancroft, Cornell University; Prof. 
E. J. Cohen, University of Utrecht; M. A, Haller, 
president of the Paris Academy of Sciences; Prof. 
C. Moureu, Collége de France; Prof. R. Nasini, 
University of Pisa; Prof. Amé Pictet, University of 
Geneva; and Prof. F. Swarts, University of Ghent. 
The ceremony at the Senate House will be followed 
by a reception by the Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. 
Pearce in the Fitzwilliam Museum. 
