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I '..mil and 1 .1 1-. • • I ,ouise mi the ( Canadian I 'ai Lfii rail 

 road. 1 in- particulai problems to be attacked are 



I I innei ted w it ii I he grow th "i i ei tain Ei u ma1 ion 

 ami the sequence of marine life in the rocks com 

 posing them. Ii is expected thai manj photographs 

 of glaciers, mountains, and forests will be obtained. 



At the meeting of the Royal Soi iety of Edinburgh 

 on June tg, the. Keith Prize (1919 [921) was presented 



to Prof. R. A. Sampson foi hisasl il research . 



including the papers "Studies in < locks and Time 



Keeping: No. 1. (Theory oi the Maintena 1 



Motion; No. 2, Tables oi the Circular Equation," 

 published in the Proceedings oi the Society within 

 ih<' pel ii «l of t he award ; and i he Neil! I '1 ize 1 [919 

 i'i-m) was presented to Sir Edward Sharpej Schafer, 

 for Ins recenl contributions to our knowledge oi 

 physiology, and in recognition oi his published work, 

 exti tiding ovei a period oi fiftj \ a 



Wi have received an intimation thai (he Italian 

 Royal Committee for Scientific Marine investigations 

 lias assumed charge oi the Zoological Station a1 

 Rovigno, [stria, which was formerly under German 

 administration, and thai the station is now in active 

 work, with Proi Raffaele fssel as Director. 



1 in second lecture of the series on physics in 

 industry, arranged l>\ the Institute of Physics, will be 

 given on Tuesday, July |, at 5.30 p.m., in the hall 

 of the in 1 11 at ii in id E lei 1 1 ii a] E nginei rs, Victot ia 

 Embankment, \Y. ('._>, by Sir J. Ufred Ewing, who 

 subject will be "The Physicisl in Engineering 

 I 'i.n 1 1. e, with Spei ial Refei em e to Applii ations oi 

 'I lie. modynamics." I he chart will be taken l>\ Sir 

 Charles A. Parsons, vice-presidenl oi the institute. 



The fifth international Neo-Malthusian and Birth 



Control ference will be held in London on July 



11 1 1 , undei 1 he presideni 5 oi In < ' \ Drysdal 

 Mam delegates from abroad are expected and the 

 discussions have been arranged to take place in 



several ei 1 \ visil to Dorking is arranged Eoi 



July 15, This w.r, 1 he bit 1 hplai e oi the Rev. I . R. 

 Malthus, author of the famous essay on the Prini iple 

 oi Population, 



m Geologist, which in 1005 was merged 

 wnli / , on* mil < .: 4 % • . ni iv n lumes inde] >em li ni e as 



/ h. I', m- 1 in, rican 1 1 in mi ml hly journal, 



devoted i" spei ulative geology, tive geol igii al 



critici ;m and gi ologii al record, is 1 dited l>v Dr. 



( 1 1 .1 1 les Ke\ es, 1 'f \i, , inn.i ili.- .1 ... 11 iated 



editoi 1 an Edward \\ Bi rry, Baltimore, Md. : Eliol 

 Blai kwelder, I ambridge, Mass. ; Henry S. Washing 

 ton, \\ .1 hington, 1 1 1 and 1 lilbei tD.l lam ., [thai a, 

 -V^i Hi' int issn.'. volume xxxvii, No. [.appeared 



.1 February I . I 



Kmi \.\m 1 \i; ;;kiss jars suit a hie lor the exhibition 



oi inn -'11111 pei imens wen-, before the war, generally 

 obtained from Gei main-. Recentlj tome al tempi 

 has been made i,, diaw again on that source, bul the 

 difficulties remain considerable I "i m.nn years the 

 Museums Association has spughl to rouse British 

 man 1 1 i.n hnn. i,, the desirability oi meeting the evei 



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-a sing need, but it tsonlj m >u 1 hal an 



resull ha been a1 tained, We undei itand tha 



.10 a i least two in ins w illing and able ti let tli 



demand The June numbei "I the Museums Journal 

 publishes a list oi the sizes that can readily 1»- made 

 and asks curatoi - i" state 1 ii.it need ■ withoul delay. 

 We regrel n 1 learn 1 hat I »r. Ta1 tersall, the lecretar; 

 oi 1 he Association, to whom this development is due 

 is at presenl ill, bul letters ma] bi addn ;ed to the 

 Sei retat j oJ 1 he Museums Assoc iation, can ol E 1 

 Lowe, I he Museum , 1 eice tet 



I n 1 I mil ..I 1 he So. ietj "i Glass ["echni li igj 



' ii May lam-, papers 1 m t he melt Lng 1 »i gla . thi 



a. 1 1. .11 1 .1 analj tical reagenl - 1 m -.i-i is, method used 

 in determining tin- durability ni ^hiss, Zulkowski's 

 iin-iin oi the relation between the composition and 



dnralnlil \ ol" glasses, and i 'I lin Sul ijects Ii .In 



from the (cintents of various issues oi thi journal 

 which ha\ e been rei en ed thai research on gla is and 



ma ttei 1 n lal ing thereto is ] teding in a vi 



I.n h 11 \ mannei . .md the greal improve I w hii b 



ninst result from this scientific investigation maj be 

 expected to have a most beneficial effeel on the 

 I iritish ^lass industry, [t is satisfactorj to note thai 



the Join 11. 1 1 1 I a- .pin 1111; an international -lat ns, silicic 



c me papei in He present is me comes 1 1 lie Geo- 

 physical I .ahoralm \ c.l I he I ,n negie I n I it nlimi ol 



\\ .1 ihington, alt hough m.nn oi 1 he besl papei 

 their inception to the work ol Prof. Turner, "i the 

 I lep.n 1 inent ol ( \\.\~ . In lin. il igy ol t la- [Jnivei 

 Sheffield. 



On Wednesday June 7, a lecture was given by 

 To, 1 \ 1 1 lolleman, ol Amsterdam, a1 the in 



1 ollege "i cience -md I ei I log} . undei the au p 



ol tin- 1 iiner, it \ oi i .ondon, entitled " Rei cut Re- 

 earches on Substitution in the Benzene Nucleus." 

 Aftei a i'i i' i statement oi the po ition oi the subjei 1 



at th.- I mi'- i [910) ol the publii alioii of Ins bool 



" 1 lie dm k1 E iniiiiii ung von Substituenten in 

 Benzolkern," Lid Eiolleman dealt with the q 

 tativi and quantitativi im e itigations « hi' h hai e 

 since been 1 arried mil in the 1; at Am stei 



la,, 1 or idering Mi' matter in the lighl oi hi - own 

 B01 'i'ii - theory as to the mei hanism ol 



■a ii ni leu in 1 oh ing pi men 5 additioi ne 01 o1 her 



,,i the Kekule' double bonds), ii was shown that in 

 mam i om] >lej in tarn es 1 he extent to w hich sub 



iiiii'-ni . i-ni'-i ili-- diffen n1 po ition ; can be | lii ted 



with 1,111 , rai j from the gem ral 1 tile - v bii I 



emerged from He- experimental study of the simpli 1 

 cases. 1 nil < niph.i .1 . v .1 - laid he exi eption ■ and 



unfori leen icsnlts. Indeed the- win. I.- di-.c mn-' 



highlj critical and gave an illuminating insighl int.. 

 th,- method -In w hii is undi 1 Proi 1 lollem m direi 

 tion, the workers at Amsterdam are gradual!; re 

 in, in-, n, ord( i'd measure th'- whole 1 hemistry c,t 

 ben tene ub titul ion. 



In the editorial remarks in tin- opening pat;'', "I 



Hi.- [1 al "i Ha- British Si iem e Guild for May, 



attention is directed t" a departure, namely, the in- 

 ' in cm of matter going beyond tin- .a lu.ii records oi 



the work "I the (.mid. No clonl-l He- w id- . - Ope 



