NA TURE 



[June i, 1905 



NOTICE. 



NAT UR E 



Of Thursday Next, June 8, will contain ihe 



INDEX TO VOL. LXVI. 



ITS PRICE WILL BE ONE SHILLING. 



* ^* Advertisements intended for this number should reach 



the Publishers by Tuesday, June 6. 



OFFICE OF "NATURE," 

 ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON, W C. 



BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF 

 STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL. 



India Office, 



Whitehall, S.W., 



May 23, 1905. 

 WANTED, for service at the India Store DepSt, Belvedere Road, 

 Lambelh, London, S.E., an ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF SCIEN- 

 TIFIC SUPPLIES. 



Candidates must have a knowledge of optical work as applied to survey- 

 ing and similar instruments, and of balances as used for chemical, assay, 

 :ind mint purposes. They must also have a thorough knowledge of physics 

 and be acquainted with the general principles of electricity. 



Age, 25 to 30. Salary, ^£200 per annum, rising by annual increments of 

 j^io, on satisfactory report, to j£35o per annum. Pension under Civil 

 Service Regulations. 



The selected candidate will be examined by the Medical Board at the 

 India Office, and will only be appointed if passed by the Board. 



Forms of application can be obtained by writing to the Director General 

 of Stores, India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., not later than June 5, 

 1505. 



E. GRANT BURLS, 

 Director General of Stores. 



BEDFORD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.) 

 YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, LONDON, W. 



A Reid Scholarship in Arts, annual value ;^3i 10^. first year, £^iZ -js. 

 second and third years, and an Arnott Scholarship in Science, annual value 

 £^8, both tenable for three years, will be awarded on the results of an 

 examination to be held at the College on June 28 and 29. For further 

 information apply to the Principal. 



DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN 

 TEACHING. 



Students are admitted to the Training Course in October and January. 



Two Scholarships, each of the value of ;£io, will be awarded for the 

 course of Secondary Training beginning in October, 1905. 



Applications should reach the Head of the Training Dei 

 not later than July 7, 1905. 



THE VICTORIA 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



VULCAN FELLOWSHIP IN' ENGINEERING. 

 (Founded dv the Vulcan Boiler Coiui-anv.) 

 The first award of this Fellowship, which is open to graduates of 

 University of Manchester or of other Universit'es who can futi 

 satisfactory evidence of being able to pursue original research, will 



nade shortly. 



The Fellowship is of the value of .£120. 



Applications should be forwarded to the Registrar on or before July i 

 lext, from whom detailed conditions niav be obtained. 



HARTLEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 



SOUTHAMPTON. 

 Principal— S. W. RICHARDSON, D.Sc , B.A. 



A SUMMER COURSE OF BOTANY, for Teachers and others, will 

 be held at the above College, July 31 to August 13, 1905. This course, 

 which will consist chiefly of practical work in the Botanical Laboratory of 

 the College with field-excursions, will be conducted by Professor Cavers 

 D.Sc. (Lond.), F.L.S. 



Fee for the course, 15J., payable in advance to the Registiar of the 

 College, Mr. D. KlUDl.E, from whom full particulars may be obtained on 

 application. 



NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



(Close to Holloway Stn. , G. N. R. , and Highbury Stn., N. L. R. ) 



LONDON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 



DEGREES. 

 Day and Evening Courses in the above under recognised teachers in — 



MATHEMATICS, 



PHYSICS, 



CHEMISTRY, 



ENGINEERING. 



Separate Laboratories for Elementary, Advanced and Honours students, 

 exceptionally large and well equipped. 



RESEARCH. 



Accommodation and apparatus provided for research in either Pure or 

 Applied Chemistry and Physics, and Engineering, in rooms specially 

 adapted for this purpose. 



Full particulars at the Institute or sent on receipt of postcard. 



REG. S. CLAY, D.Sc, Principal. 



NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



REG. S. CLAY, D.Sc, Principal. 



The Go\-ernors of the above Institute invite applications for the following 

 appointments to date from September i, 1905 : — 



(i) CHIEF ASSISTANT in the Mechanical Engineering Department. 

 Drawing office and shop experience essential. Salary. ^^150 per annum. 



(2) CHIEF ASSISTANT in the Architectural and Building Trades 

 Department. Salary, j£i25 per annum. 



Applications to be made on special forms, which must be returned not 

 later than June lo, to be obtained from 



W. M. MACBETH, Secretary. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE, 



NEW CROSS. 

 DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS. 

 In view of the opening of ihe above Department in the latter part of 

 .September next, TE.-iCHEkS (Men and Women) of the various subjects 

 included in the Scheme of Studies will shortly be appointed. 



The Scheme includes both General Education and Professional Instruc- 



The majority of the salaries will be between .£150 and ;C25o a year, but 

 higher or lower salaries may be paid in exceptional cases. 



Applications must be received not later than Saturday, June 17, 1905. 



Particulars may be obtained from the Warden, Goldsmiths' C5olleg^, 

 New Cross, S.E. 



BIRKBECK COLLEGE. 



The Council invite applications for the appointment of .\SsIST.ANT 

 LECTURER IN MATHEMATICS. Commencing Salary .£175, to date 

 from September i next. Applications, stating age, degrees and qualifica- 

 tions, teaching experience, and enclosing testimonials, must reach the 

 Principal not later than Tuesday, June 20. 



Birkbeck College, 



Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. 



BOROUGH OF LEICESTER— EDUCATION 



COMMITTEE. 



MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL. 



ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR in ENGINEERING wanted for Sep- 

 tember I, to teach chiefly Applied Mechanics and Machine Construction 

 and Drawing— Day and Evening Classes. Salary, ^150 per annum. 



Applications, accompanied by copies of recent testimonials, to be sent to 

 Education Department, T. GROVES, Secretary. 



Town Hall, Leicester, 

 May 24, 1905. 



TO SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICAL 



MASTERS.— September (1935) Vacancies.— Graduates and other well 

 qualified Masters seeking posts in Public and other Schools for next 

 term should apply at once, giving full details as to qualifications, &c., 

 10 Messrs. Griffiths, Smith, Powell & Sjiith, Tutorial Agems 

 (Est. 1S33), 34 Bedford Street, Strand, London. Immediate notice 

 of all the best vacancies will be sent. 



MEERUT COLLEGE. 



(NORTHERN INDIA.) 



Applications are invited for the FIKST (European) PROFESSORSHIT 

 (PHYSlCSl. Salary, ;£32o per aiinuin (.^50 passage money). Candidates 

 should be L'nlversity Graduate-, under 3J years of age, and unnia'ried. 

 For particulais apply to Professjr Worthington, Mohuns, Tavistock. ' 



