NATURE 



[January 30, 1913 



THE DAVY-FARADAY 



RESEARCH LABORATORY 



ROYAL INSTITUTION, 



No. 20 ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 



DIRECTOR : 



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



D.Sc, F.R.S. 



This Laboratory was founrled by ihe lale Dr. Ludwig Mond, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., as a Memorial of Davy and Faraday, for ihe 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 10 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 ihe Director. 



LENT TERM —Monday, January 13, to Saturd.ay, March 15. 

 EASTER TERM.— Monda'y, April 7, 10 Saturday, July 26. 



Applicants can receive full information regarding ihe Laboratory 

 ■by addressing the Assistant Secretakv, Royal Institution, No. 21 

 Albemarle Street. W. 



INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



Founded 1877- Incii-T'Okati'd nv RovAi. Cmakteh, 1885. 



The ne.xt INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION will commence on 

 TUESDAY, APRIL 1. igir . , 



FINAL EXAMINATIONS in (a) Mineral Chemistry, (A) Metallureical 

 Chemistry, W Physical Chemistry, (d) Organic Chemistry, and (f) The 

 Chemistry tf Food and Drugs. &c., will commence on MONDAY, 

 MARCH 51, or on MONDAY, APRIL 7, roil 



The List of Candidates will hi closed on TUESD.W, FEBRUARY 25, 



Forms of application and further particulars can be obtained from the 

 P.FGISTRAR, Institute of Chemistry, 30 Bloomsbury Squ.are, London. W.C. 



The Regulations for the .\dmission of Students, Associates, and Fellows, 

 Gratis. Examination Papers : Annual Sets, td. each. 



"A List of Official Chemical Appointments." Fourth Edition, 2i. 

 (post free. 2^. i*/.)- 



APPOINTMENTS REGLSTER.— A Register of Fellows and Associates 

 of the Institute of Chemistry who are seeking appointments is kept at the 

 Offices of the I iistitute. Applications for the services of professional chemists 

 should be fonv.irded to the Registr.tr. statin;; the requirements. 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 

 AND TECHNOLOGY, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 

 ' A Course of 20 Lectures and Demonstrations will be given, commencing 

 on February 18 next, as follows :- 



Snhject. Conducted hy 



Fungal Diseases of Plants and their Remedies... Mr. E. S. Sai.mom, F.L.S. 

 i For further particulars of this and other Courses to follow, and for 

 admission to this Course, application should be made to the Secretakv. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



An Advanced Course of three Lectures on ■'Recent Work in the Bio- 

 nomic Value of Colour in Insects" will be delivered bv Professor E. B 

 Pout TON D.Sc. F.R.S. , m the Zoological Lecture Room of Bedford 

 College, Baker Street, W., on Fridays, February 7, 14, and 21, at 5 p.m. 

 Admission free, wilhout ticket. ^ ^ H^p^TOG, Academic Registr.ar. 



LEITH NAUTICAL COLLEGE. 



». Three Public Lectures will be delivered in the College on the three 



Wednesdays, February 5, 12 and 19, open free to all. ,, 



The subjects are : " Weather Changes," " Ocean Currents and Climate, 



The Lecturers Andrew Watt, Esq., M.A., Secretary of the Scottish 

 Meteorological Society. ^ ^ SOMERVILLE, Hon. Sec. 



J. ROLAM. Principal. 



UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. 



SESSION 1913-14- 



FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. 



Dkan— J. WEMYSS ANDERSON, M.Eng., M.Inst.C.E. 



Prospectuses and full particulars of the following may be obtained on 



application to the Registrar l-Engineering, Eleclrical Engineering, 



Civil Engineering, Naval Architecture, Engineering Design and Drawing, 



Mathematics, Physics, Inorganic Chemistry. 



BIRKBECK COLLEGE, 



BREAMS IIUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, E.C. 



Principal ; G. Armitage-Smith, M.A., D.Lit. 



COURSES OF STUDY (Day and Evening) for the Degrees of the 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON in the 



FACULTIES OF SCIENCE & ARTS 



(PASS AND HONOURSI 



under RECOGNISED TEACHERS of the University. 



SCIENCE.—Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics (Pure and 



Applied), Botany, Zoology. Geology and Mineralogy. 



ARTS.— Latin, Greek, English, French. German, Italian, 



History, Geography, Logic, Economics, Mathematics (Pure 



and Applied). 



Bveniag Courses for the Degrees in Economics and Law. 



SFSSIONTAT FVVi ( ^"J" Science. £17 lOs.; Arts, £10 lOs. 

 SESSIONAL FEES I £.,^„^.,,^ . Science, Arts, or Economics, £5 5s. 



POST-GRADUATE AND RESEARCH WORK. 

 Particulars on application to the Secretary. 



SOUTH-WESTERN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, 



>L-\NRESA ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 



Day Courses under recognised Teachers in Preparation for 

 London University Degrees in Mechanical and Electrical 

 Engineering, in Chemistry, Physics and Natural Science; 

 and Technical Courses arranged to extend over Three Years 

 and Prepare for Engineering, Electrical, Chemical and 

 Metallurgical Professions. Session Fee, £15. 



Evening Courses in all Departments :— 

 Mathematics— *J. Lister, A.R.C.S., T. G. Strain. B.A. ; Physics— 

 *S. Skinner. M.A.. 'L. Lownds, B.Sc, Ph.D., *F. W. Jordan, B.Sc. 

 Chemistry— 'J. B. Coleman, A.R.C.S.. 'J. C. Crocker, M.A., D.Sc. 

 and 'F. H. Lowe, M.Sc. ; Botany— 'H. B Lackv, S. E. Chandlkj 

 D.Sc, and 'W. Rushton, A.R.C.S., D.I.C. ; Geolog»-*A. J. Maslkn 

 F.G.S., F.L.S. ; Human Physiology— E. L. Kennawav. M.A., M.D. 

 Zoology— *J. T. Cunningham, M.A. ; Engineering— -W. Campbell 

 Houston, B.Sc, A.M.I.C.E., *V. C. Davies, B.Sc, and H. Aughtie ; 

 Electrical Engineering— *.\. J. Makower, M.A., *B. H. Morphv, and 

 U. A. OSCHWALD, B.A. 



"Recognised Teacher of the University of London. 

 Prospectus from the Secretakv, post free, ^d. ; at the Office, id. 

 Telephone : 899 Western. SIDNEY SKINNER, M.A., Principal. 



NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. 



KEHLE COLLEGE, O.XFORD. 



A SCHOLARSHIPof the 

 Fees not exceeding ;£2o per 



Ma 



1913- 



alue of jC6o, together with Laboratory 

 will be awarded at this College in 



The Examinaiion commences Tuesday. March 4. 



Subjects: Chemistry or Biology, with Elementary Mechanics and Physics 

 for all candidates, and Elementary Chemistry for those who offer Biology. 



For full particulars apply to Dr. Hatchett Jackson, Keble College, 

 Oxford. 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY. 



Applications are invited for an appointment in the new department for 

 Research in Agricultural Entomology. 



Candidates must be qu.xlifi-d to conduct independent investigations in 

 Agricultural Entomology. Stipend .,(^400 per annum. Applications should 

 be sent not later ihan April 16 to the Registrar, from whom further par. 

 ticulars may be obtained. 



RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR 

 WOMEN. 



Somerville College ofteis this year a Fellowship (resident) for research 

 in Classics, Mathematics, Philosophy, History, Economics, or Natural 

 Science. Annual value aoout £120 : normal tenure five years. Apply for 

 further pailiculais to Miss Dariushire. The Grey House, Boar's Hill, 

 Oxford. Names, with evidence for fimess, to be sent in by March i. 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL OF 

 MINES AND TECHNOLOGY, 



JOIlANNESBUK(;. 

 Wanted, a LECTURER ON CHEMISTRY. Commencing salary, 

 jC^oo per annum. Engagement one year certain ; thereafter three months' 

 notice either side. Commence duties Johannesburg early March. Allow- 

 ance for travelling expenses, Z^-; los. Half salary during voyage out. 

 Mostly day work, but some evening class work. Applications and testi- 

 monials, which should be in duplicate where possible, will be received until 

 February 8 by Chalmers, Guthrie & Co., Ltd., 9 Idol Lane. London, 

 E.C. • He.dth certificate will be essential if application is entertained^ 



