NATURE 



[May 15, 1913 



ROYAL INSTITUTION OF 

 GREAT BRITAIN. 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 



Course of Three Lectures on "Recent Advances in the Production and 

 Utilisation of Wheat in England," by Professor T. B Wood, commencing 

 on Tuesday next, May 20, at Three o'clock. Course Half-a-Guinea. 



Three Lectures on " Recent Chemical Advances "— (1) " Molecular 

 Aichitecture," (2) " Chemistry in Space," (3) "The Structure of Crystals" 

 --by Professor William J. Pope, commencing on Thursday. May 22, at 

 Three o'clock. Half-a-Guinea. 



THE DAVY-FARADAY 



RESEARCH LABORATORY 



ROYAL INSTITUTION, 



No. 20 ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 



DIRECTOR 



Professor Sir JAMES DEWAR, M.A., LL.D., 



D.Sc, F.R.S. 



This Laboratory was founded by the late Dr. Ludwig Mond, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., as a Memorial of Davy and Faraday, for the purpose of promoting, 

 by original research, the development and extension of Chemical and 

 Physical Science. 



Persons fully qualified to undertake original scientific research admitted 

 to the Laboratory are entitled to the use of the physical and chemical 

 apparatus and ordinary chemicals of a Laboratory, and may be granted 

 by the Director any special materials necessary for research, subject to the 

 approval of the Laboratory Committee. 



The Staff of the Laboratory, and a trained Mechanician, are under the 

 control of (he Director. 



MICHAELMAS TERM.— Monday, October 6, to Saturday, 



December 20. 

 LENT TERM.— Monday, January 12, to Saturday, April 4. 

 EASTER TERM.— Monday, April 27, to Saturday, July 25. 

 Applicants can receive full information regarding ihe Laboratory 

 by addressing the Assistant Secretary, Royal Institution, No. 2r 

 Albemarle Street, W. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



An Advanced Course of Three Lectures in Zoology on li Growth and 

 Form" will be delivered by Prof. DArcy Thompson, C-B., Litt.D., at 

 King's College, Strand, at 5 p.m. on May -6, 28 and 30. Admission free, 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Registrar. 



EAST LONDON COLLEGE 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON). 



Faculties of Arts. Science, and Engineering. 



FEES: TEN GUINEAS PER ANNUM. 



NO ENTRY FEE & NO REGISTRATION CHARGES. 



Special fees and facilities for Post Graduate 

 and Research Students in all Faculties. 



M.A. CLASSES FOR MATHEMATICS. 



Calendar, with lists of Graduates, University and College 

 Scholarships, Academic and other distinctions, post free on 

 application to the Registrar, or the Principal, 



J. L. S. HATTON, M.A. 

 Telephone No: East 3584. 



GRAHAM SCHOLARSHIP IN 

 PATHOLOGY. 



The Senate of the University of London invite applications for the 

 GRAHAM SCHOLARSHIP in PATHOLOGY, value £200 per annum 

 for two yearSj founded under the will of the late Dr. Charles Graham to 

 enable a " young man to continue his pathological researches and at the 

 same time to secure his services to the School of Advanced Medical Studies 

 connected with University College Hospital as a Teacher under the 

 direction of the " Director of Research appointed under the Graham 

 Bequest. 



Applications, addressed to the Principal, University of London, South 

 Kensington, S W., must be accompanied by the names of not more than 

 three reference?, one at least of which should be the name of some Pro- 

 fessor, Lecturer or Teacher of the University or College in which the 

 Candidate has conducted bis studies in Pathology, must state the research 

 upon which the applicant proposes to work, and must be received not later 

 than May 31, 1913- Applications shuuld be marked outside " Graham 

 Scholarship." 



HENRY A. MIERS, Principal. 



April 8, 1913. 



COUNTY OF LONDON. 



The London County Council will be prepaied to award for the session 

 1913-14, a limited number of free places at the Imperial College of Science 

 and Techn.logy, South Kensington, S.W. Free studentships do not 

 entitle the holders to any maintenance grants, but cover all ordinary tuition 



Candidates for these free places are required to show that they are 

 qualified to enter upon the fourth year of the course of study selected, as 

 the course of study will be in the nature of a post-gradua'e course. _ Candi- 

 dates must be ordinarily resident within the area of the administrative 

 County of London. It is possible that in special cases the free places may 

 be extended to two or more years. 



Further particulars and application forms (T.?/268) may be obtained 

 from the Education Officer, L.C.C. Education Offices, Victoria Embank- 

 ment, W.G Applicatiun forms mut be returned not later than Saturday, 

 May 24, 1913. 



1 Offices, 

 Victoria Embankment, W.C., 

 April 28,1913. 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH FUND. 



A Meeting of the Research Fund Committee will be held in June 

 next. Applications for Grants, to be made on forms which can be 

 obtained from the Assistant Secretary, must be received on, or before, 

 Monday, June 2nd, 1913. 



All persons who received grants in June, 1912, or in June of any 

 previous year, whose accounts have not been declared closed by the 

 Council, are reminded that reports must be in the hands of the Hon. 

 Secretaries not later than Monday, June 2nd. 



The Council wish to draw attention to the fact that the income 

 arising from the donation of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is 

 more or le-s especially devoted to the encouragement of research in 

 inorganic and metallurgical chemistry. Fu'hermore, that the ino me 

 due to the sum accruing from the Perkin Memorial Fund is applied 

 to investigations relating to problems connected with the coal-tar and 

 allied industries. 



THE GROCERS' COMPANY'S 

 SCHOLARSHIPS. 



With the object of encouraging original research in Sanitary Science, the 

 Grocers' Company effer TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, each of /300 a year, 

 with an allowance to meet the cost of apparatus and other expenses in con- 

 nection with the work, tenable for one year, but renewable for a second or 

 third year, subject to the conditions of the scheme under which th«y are 

 established. 



The next election will take place in June, 1913. 



Applications must be sent in before May 24 to the Clerk of the 

 Grocers' Company, Grocers' Hall, London, E.C., from whom a form of 

 application and further information may be obtained. 



CITY AND COUNTY BOROUGH OF 

 BELFAST. 



The LIBRARY AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMIT- 

 TEE invite applications for the following positions in the MUNICIPAL 

 TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, BELFAST:— 



LECTURER in the Departments of MECHANICAL AND ELEC- 

 TRICAL ENGINEERING. Commencing salary .£180 per annum, 

 increasing to £200. 



LECTURER in the COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. Commencing 

 salary £160 per annum, increasing to ,6200. 



Patticulars of Duties, and Conditions of the Appointment, together with 

 Form of Application, may be obtained from the undersigned, with whom 

 the Applications, on the special Form provided for the purpose, must be 

 lodged not later than noon on Tuesday, June 3, iar3. 



Applications should be accompanied by copies of three recent testimonials 

 (original testimonials must not be sent). 



Canvassing will be held to disqualify a candidate. 



FRAS. C. FORTH, 



Principal, Municipal Technical Institute, 



Belfast. 



BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL 

 TECHNICAL SCHOOL. 



Applications are invited for the following vacant posts, viz. : — 



(1) HEADSHIP of the ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPART- 



MENT. Commencing salary ,6300 per annum. 



(2) ASSISTANT LECTURER, METALLURGICAL DEPART- 



MENT. Commencing salary ,6125 per annum. 



(3) JUNIOR „LECTURERS _and DEMONSTRATORS (two), 



nmencing salary ;£t25 



ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 





Full particulars of the posts and forms of application will be sent c 

 receipt of an addressed foolscap envelope. Applicants must please nan 

 the post of which they require particulars. The last date for sending i 

 applications is May 31, 1013. 



GEO. MELLOR, Secretary. 

 Offices of School, Suffolk Street, 

 April 30, ior 3 . 



