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NATURE 



[July 13, 1905 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



MEETING IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



NOTICES TO MEMBERS. 



Messrs. Pickford, 57 Gresham Street, E.C., have made special 

 arrangements for collecting and delivering on board the Union-Castle Line 

 Steamships the baggage of Members proceeding to South Africa. Messrs. 

 Donald Currie & Co. will issue a special Embarkation Notice. Only 

 hand-baggage can be taken in the special trains leaving Waterloo for 

 Southampton on the days of departure. Heavy baggage should be 

 despatched three or four days prior to the dates of sailing. 



Special arrangements have been made to facilitate the Customs' examin- 

 ation of baggage at Cape Town ; but Members are cautioned that duty 

 will have to be paid on all articles coming under the head of " presents for 

 friends." 



A draft programme of all the fixtures for the South African Meeting and 

 a tariff of Cape Town hotels and boarding-houses may be consulted by 

 Members, on application to the Pursers, on board the steamships Kildonan 

 Castle, DnrhaiK CasHe, and Sa-von, 



All on the list (which is now closed) containing the names of those 

 Members who have intimated their intention to proceed to South Africa 

 and who have paid their subscriptions will receive free-passes for the 

 railway journeys (as laid down in the Official Itinerary) up to Vryburg, on 

 presentation at the Reception Room, Cape Town, of their numbered railway 

 certificates. Particulars in regard to the visit to the Victoria Falls and the 

 homeward voyage in the S.S. Durhav: Castle will be given in a circular 

 to be issued at Cape Town by the Central Organising Committee for South 

 Africa. 



A. SILVA WHITE, 



ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY. 



CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON 

 INSTITUTE. 



SESSION 1905-1906. 

 The COURSES of INSTRUCTION at the Institute's Central 

 Technical College (Exhibition Road) are for Students not under 16 

 years of age; those at the Institute's Technical College, Finsburv, 

 for Students not under 14 years of age. The Entrance Examinations to 

 both Colleges are held in September. Particulars of the Entrance Examin- 

 ations, Scholarships, Fees, and Courses of Study, may be obtained from 

 the respective Colleges, or from the Head Office of the Institute, Gresham 

 College, Basinghall Street, E.G. 



OITY AND GUILDS CENTRAL TEOHNIOAL COLLEGE. 



(Exhibition Road, S.W.) 

 A College for higher Technical Instruction for Day Students not under 

 16 preparing to become Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineers, 

 Chemical and other Manufacturers, and Teachers. The College is a 

 "School of the University of London" in the Faculty of Engineering. 

 Fee for a full Associateship Course, ^^30 per Session. 



Professors : — 

 Civiland Mechanical Engineering\'^^^^^^^'^^^' M.A., B.Sc, 



Fltclrir^l ir.„„„^„, /W. E. a'yrtAn, F.R.S.. Past Pres. 



EUctncal Engineering J Inst.E.E., Dean for .he Session. 



ChemUtry JH.^I Armstrong, Ph.D., LL.D., 



Mechanics and Mathematics ... O. Henrici, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



OITY AND OOILDS TEOHNIOAL OOLLEGE, FINSBDRY. 



(Leonard Street, City Road, E.G.) 



A College for Day Students not under 14, preparing to enter Engineering 



and Chemical Industries, and for Evening Students. Fees, ;Ci5 per 



Session for Day Students. 



PhJcraZ7LricalEngineering{\^^T^^:^^Z'c^^i;: ''■^■^- 

 Mechanical Engineering and fE. G. Coker, M.A., D.Sc, 



Mathematics \ M.Inst.M.E. 



Chemistry ^ R. Mbldola, F.R.S., F.I.C. 



City and Guilds of London Institute, 



Gresham College, Basinghall Street, E.G. 



BEDFORD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.) 

 YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, W. 



r-The College provides instruction for Students preparing for the Uni- 

 versity of London Degrees in Arts, Science, and Preliminary Medicine, 

 also instruction in subjects of General Education. 



There is a Training Department for Teachers, a Hygiene Department, 

 and an Art School. 



Students can reside in the College. 



DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN 



TEACHING. 



(Recognised by the Cambridge Syndicate.) 



Head of the Department— Miss Mary Morton, M.A. 



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



The Course includes full preparation for the e.vaminations for the Teaching 



Diplomas granted by the Universities of London and Cambridge, held 



-annually in December. 



A (Toursc of Lectures for Teachers on School Hygiene is held on Saturday 



Full particula 



applit 



) the Principal. 



NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



(Close to HoUoway 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 studentF, 

 exceptionally large and well equipped. 



RESEARCH. 



Special arrangements for students undertaUing research during vacations. 

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



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



At the SOUTH-WESTERN POLYTECHNIC, 



Manresa Road, Chelsea, S.W., Day College Courses of thirty hours 

 per week will be conducted in preparation for the London University 

 Degrees of B.Sc. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, in Chemis- 

 try, Physics and the Natural Sciences. The composition fee for the 

 Session of three terms, 1905-1906, is £1^. These Courses are recog- 

 nised for "Internal Students" of the University, and consist of 

 lecture and laboratory instruction. The Courses are conducted by ; — 

 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, W. W. F. Pullen, A. Macklow 

 Smith: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, A. J. Makower ; 

 CHEMISTRY, J. B. Coleman, J. C. Crocker, and F. H. Lowe; 

 MATHEMATICS and PHYSICS, S. Skinner, W. H. Eccles, J. Lister 

 and L. Lownds ; BOTANY, H. B. Lacey and T. G. Hill; 

 GEOLOGY, A. J. Maslen. In the evenings similar Courses will be 

 conducted, but at £2 per Session. Also TECHNICAL DAY 

 COURSES of three years' duration are arranged as a preparation for 

 the Engineering, Electrical and Chemical and Metallurgical pro- 

 fessions. The Laboratories and Workshop are open for RESEARCH 

 under the direction of The Principal and the Heads of Departments. 



Further particulars may be obtained on application to The 

 Secretary, who will send the Calendar and Prospectus for si^/., or 

 it may be obtained at the Office, price id. 



GUY'S HOSPITAL. 



ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS, to be competed for in September, 

 1905. 



TWO OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS in ARTS, one of the value of £ioo, 

 open to Candidates under 20 years of age, and one of ;£3o, open to Candi- 

 dates under 25 years of age. 



TWO OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS in SCIENCE, one of the value of 

 ;^:5o, and another of £,60, open to Candidates under 25 years of age. 



ONE OPEN SCHOLARSHIP for University Students who have com- 

 pleted their Study of Anatomy and Physiology, of the value oi £so- 



Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Dean, Guy's 

 Hospital, London Bridge, S.E. 



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 .\ugust 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, 15^., payable in advance to the Registrar of the 

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

 application. 



COACHING '^?R^?c7.ctr'* 



In BIOLOGY, BOTANY, CHEMISTRY and PHYSIOLOGY for 

 JIEDICAL EXAMS. 



Especial Course of Instruction in THERAPEUTICS, PHARMA- 

 COLOGY and MICROSCOPY for INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY 

 EXAM. 



Mr. FREDERICK DAVIS, The Laboratories, 



(Registered in Column B {Aduanced Education). Teacliers Registration 



Council, Board of Education, S.W.), 



49 and 51 IMPERIAL BUILDINGS, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E.G. 



BIOLOGY.— Wanted, an Assistant to help 



generally in Biological Laboratory on four afternoons and four evenings 

 per week ; must be qualified to take Elementary Board of Edu 

 Class in Physiology. Salary, ;^5o, and free admission to oth« 

 in College. — Apply to Principal, Eirkueck College, 

 Buildings, E.C. 



