NATURE 



[June 12, 1913 



EDINBURGH MATHEMATICAL 

 COLLOQUIUM. 



Under the auspices of the Edinbu-gh Mathematical Society, a Mathe- 

 matical Colloquium will be held in Edinburgh during the week beginning 

 Monday, August 4, 1913, and lasting five days. The following courses 



A. 

 A Course of Five Lectures by 



A. W. CONWAY, MA., D.Sc, 

 Professor of Mathematical Physics, University College. Dublin, 



" The Theory of Relativity and the New Physical Ideas of Space and 



A Course of Five Lectures by 



D. M. Y. SOMMERVILLE, M.A., D.Sc, 

 Lecturer in Mathematics in the Univeisity of St. Andr 



" Non-Euclidean Geometty and the Foundations of Geom< 



A Course of Five Lectures and Demonstrations by 



E. T. WHIT'TAKER, Sc D., F.R.S, 

 Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, 



" Practical Harmonic Analysis and Periodogram Analysis ; an Illustration 

 of Mathematical Laboratory Practice." 



The fee for the whole Colloquium is £1 is. 



For further particulars apply to the Honorary Secretary of the Edin- 

 burgh Mathematical Society, 19 Craighouse Terrace, Edinburgh. 



THE DAVY-FARADAY 



RESEARCH LABORATORY 



ROYAL INSTITUTION, 



No. 20 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, 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 enabling 

 properly qualified persons to conduct Chemical and Physical Research. 



Workers admitted are entitled to the use of the extensive chemical and 

 physical apparatus belonging to the Laboratory. 



The Director may, subject to the approval of the Laboratory Committee, 

 supply special chemicals, or authorise the Mechanician to construct special 

 apparatus for individual investigators. 



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



December 20. 

 LENT TERM.— Monday, January 11, to Saturday, April 4. 

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

 Applications for admission to the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory to 

 be addressed to the Assistant Secretary, Royal Institution, No. 21 

 Albemarle Street, London, \V. 



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 3 584. 



QUEENS COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



SUMMER COURSE IN PRACTICAL 

 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 

 Mr. F. D. Chattaway, M.A., F.R.S., Lecturer in Chemistry at 

 Queen's College, Oxford, will hold a Class in Advanced Practical Orga 

 the Laboratory of Q 



'itb Demonstrat 

 from August 1 to August 30. 



The Class will be open to Students who are not 

 sitv, as far as accommodation is available. 



Details may be bad on application to the Bn 

 Oxford. 



College 

 Members of the Univer- 



sar of Queen's College, 



ASTLEY COOPER PRIZE. 



The next Triennial Prize 

 the laie Sir Astley P. Cooc< 

 best Essay or Treatise on " 

 Body." 



Tho 



Hospitals and I 



toft 



written in Enelisb, must be 

 Physicians and Surgeons, on 

 treatise must be distinguished 

 envelope containing the nan 

 envelopes will be opened exi 



The Trustees will ente:tain 

 ful essay in the " Guy's Hosp 

 the successful competitor froir 

 ing permission. 



For particulars regarding 

 applications should be made t 

 London. 



of Three Hundred Pounds, under the will of 

 r, Bart., will be awarded to the author of the 

 L he Physiology and Pathology of the Pituitary 



1 everyone except the staffs cf Guy's and St. 

 r lelations ; but the essay must not be the pro- 

 >rs. Cand dates are informed that their essays, 

 e sent to Guy's Hospital, addressed to the 

 or before January r 1916 Each essay or 

 by a motto, and be accompanied by a sealed 

 le and address of the writer ; none of the 

 :ept that which accompanies the successful 



the question of the publication of the success- 

 ital Reports." This will not of itself preclude 

 publishing his essay elsewhere upon oblain- 



the other conditions to be complied with, 

 Sir Cooper Perry, M.D., Guy's Hospital, 



BEDFORD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.) 



YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, LONDON, W. 



Principal— Miss M. J. TUKE, M.A. 



COURSE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION IN HYGIENE. 



T . Recognised by the Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board. 



This Course is designed to furnish training for Women Sanitary and 

 Factory Inspectors and Teachers of Hygiene. 



A Post-Graduate Scholarship of ^35 for one year is offered for the 

 Course beginning October, 1913. Applications should be forwarded not 

 later than July r to the Principal, from whom furiher particulars may be 

 obtained 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



COURSES IN AGRICULTURE. 



Complete Courses of Instruction in Agriculture are given by the 

 University of Manchester in conjunction with the College of Agriculture 

 and Horticulture of the Cheshire County Council at Holmes Chapel. 



These Courses include lectures and laboratory work in Chemistry, 

 Physics and Biology, as well as Special Courses in Agriculture and Estate 

 Management, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Botany, Agricultural 

 Zoology (including Entomology). 



For particulars and prospeclus of these Courses, and of the conditions 

 leading to the Degree of B.Sc. in Agriculture given by the University, and 

 the Diploma in Agriculture given by the College of Agriculture, apply to 



the Re 



sRof Ihe Unii 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



A Special Lecture entitled "The Work of the Carnegie Nutrition 

 Laboratory in Boston " will be delivered by Professor F. G. Benedict, 

 Director of the Laboratory, at the Physiological Laboratory of the Uni* 

 versity, South Kensington, < n Friday, June 20, at 5 p.m. 

 Admission free, without ticket. 



P. J. HARTOG, 



Arademic Registrar. 



THE MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL 



SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. 



The Manchester City Council invites applications for the post of 

 ASSISTANT LECTURER IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. 

 The applicant should have had experience of Elect! ic Traction work or of 

 some other important branch of heavy Electrical Engineering work gained 

 with a manufacturing firm, and should possess a sound theoretical and 

 practical knowledge of that branch of work. Commencing salary /,2od 

 per annum. Last day for the receipt of applications, July i. Form of 

 application and conditions of appointment can be obtained from the 

 Registrar, School of Technology, Manchester. 



June q. 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 



AND TECHNOLOGY. 



CITY AND GUILDS (ENGINEERING) COLLEGE. 



CHAIR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 

 The Delegacy of the City and Guilds (Engineering) College are prepared 

 to receive applications from candidates for appointment as PROFESSOR 

 and HEAD of the DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 

 The salary attached to the appointment is ;£iooo with certain pension 

 rights. A copy of the terms and conditions attached to the appointment 

 may be had on application addiessed to "The Secretary to the Delegacy, 

 City and Guilds (Engineering) Colle ge, Exhibition Road, London, S.VV." 



UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. 



The University will shortly proceed to appoint an ASSISTANT LEC- 

 TURER IN GEOLOGY. Salary £125 per annum. Applications before 

 July r to the Registrar. Iromwhom futlher information may be obtained. 



