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reach the Secretary, Office of the High Commissioner 

 for the Union of South Africa, Trafalgar Square, 

 VV.C.2, not later than August 30. 



A director of fisheries for Bengal is to be 

 appointed shortly by the Ministry of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries for a period of at least three years. 

 Candidates are expected to have a first-class know- 

 ledge of marine biology, and practical experience in 

 fishery work. Further particulars may be obtained 

 from the Fisheries Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, 43 Parliament Street, London, S.W.i, 

 to whom all applications, accompanied by not more 

 than six testimonials, should be addressed by, at 

 latest, August 20. 



Two research scholarships in veterinary science, 

 each of the annual value of 200/. and tenable for three 

 years, are being offered by the Ministry of Agriculture 

 and fisheries. The scholarships are open to candi- 

 dates who have obtained the diploma of the Royal 

 College of Veterinary Surgeons, or who have shown 

 evidence of proficiency in medicine or other relevant 

 branch of science. Applications will be received 

 until August 15 on the prescribed form, of which 

 copies may be obtained from the Ministry at 10 

 Whitehall Place, S.W.i. 



The prospectus for the year 1922-23 of the 

 Technical College, Bradford, contains very complete 

 accounts of the courses of study offered by the College. 

 Diploma courses, which involve full-time attendance 

 for three or four j^ears, are arranged in the depart- 

 ments of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, 

 textile industries, chemistry, dyeing, and occasionally 

 in biology. These courses are suitable for students 

 desirous of presenting themselves for the honours 

 examinations of the University of London. There 

 are also special day courses in these departments, and 

 preparation is given for the professional examina- 

 tions in medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. Part-time 

 day courses are arranged in various subjects which are 

 suited to the needs of apprentices and others who are 

 unable to devote the whole of their time to study. 

 The prospectus gives particulars of the conditions 

 for the admission of students, and there are also 

 detailed syllabuses of the various courses. 



The Ramsay Memorial Fellowship trustees have 

 made the following awards : Ramsay Fellowship of 

 the value of 300/. tenable for one year, but renewable 

 for a second year, to Dr. R. W. Lunt, of the University 

 of Liverpool, and of University College, London, for 

 the continuation of his work at University College, 

 London, on chemical effects of electromagneti' waves 

 over the frequency range, io 5 - io 8 cycles ; Glasgow 

 Ramsay Fellowship of 300/. to Mr.' J. A. Mair, of 

 the University of Glasgow, who will continue his 

 research on the chemistry of the terpenes ; a special 

 Fellowship of 300/ for one year to Mr. W. Davies, 

 who has already held a Ramsay Fellowship for two 

 sessions and whose work, especially that on the pre- 

 paration of synthetic reagents from the toluic acids, 

 shows special promise ; Danish Ramsay Fellowship 

 to Air. Kristian Hoejendahl, of the University of 

 Copenhagen, who will pursue his research in the 

 I niversify of Liverpool ; two Swedish Ramsay 

 Fellowships, to Dr. J. O. G. Lublin and Mr. A. W. 

 Bernton : and two Norwegian Ramsay Fellowships 

 to Mr. Dag Nickelsen, who will work at the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology, and Miss Milda 

 Prytz, who will work at University College, London. 

 A special Ramsay Fellowship of the value of 350/., 

 which was placed at the disposal of the National 

 Research Council of the United States of America, 

 has been awarded to Dr. C. S. Piggot, of Baltimore, 

 who will begin work at University College, London, 

 in October. 



Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. 



August 7, 1834. Joseph Marie Jacquard died. — 

 A native of Lyons, which he helped to defend against 

 the armies of the Convention in 1793, Jacquard 

 was a weaver by trade. Becoming known for Ins 

 ingenuity and his attempt to construct lace-making 

 machines, he was employed by Carnot af thi ( on- 

 servatoire des Arts et Mltiers, and on December 2^, 

 1801, he patented his well-known loom for wi ■ ing 

 figured materials. Though like Arkwright he met 

 with much opposition, Napoleon in t8o6 granted 

 him a pension of 6000 francs and .1 premium on ea< h 

 loom erected. 



August 7, 1913. Samuel Franklin Cody died. — 

 Accidentally killed when flying at Aldershot, Cody 

 was one of the most enthusiastic of the early fliers 

 and was the designer and constructor of the machines 

 he flew. Born in 1861 in Birdville, Texas, after .1, 

 somewhat chequered career he gained a reputation 

 by his experiments with kites, and in 1906 was 

 appointed chief instructor in kite -(lying to the 

 British Army. 



August 7, 1747. Martin Triewald died. — A pro- 

 moter of industrial progress in Sweden, Triewald 

 was born in Stockholm. He spent some years in 

 England as manager of a coal mine at Newcastle, 

 and on his return to his native country introduced 

 the use of the Newcomer, atmospheric engine. 



August 8, 1873. Sir Francis Ronalds died. — One 

 of the pioneers of the electric telegraph, Ronalds was 

 the son of a London merchant. Born in 1788, he 

 was early engaged in scientific pursuits, and in 1816, 

 in the garden of his house in Hammersmith, laid down 

 eight miles of wire through which he sent signals 

 by the aid of a small frictional machine. From 

 1843 to 1852 he was honorary director of the meteoro- 

 logical observatory at Kew. 



August 10, 1896. Otto Lilienthal died. — After 

 achieving success as an engineer and manufacturer, 

 Lilienthal in 1889 began his experiments in flight. 

 With machines of his own construction he made 

 many long gliding flights from the top of an artificial 

 mound nearly 100 feet high at Lichterfelde, and it 

 was while pursuing these experiments that he met 

 with the accident from which he died. 



August 12, 1848. George Stephenson died. — 

 Recognised as the father of our railway system, and 

 as the chief pioneer of the locomotive, Stephenson 

 built his first successful locomotive in 1814 while 

 engine wright at Killingworth Collier}-. For the 

 Stockton and Darlington Railway he " constructed 

 and drove the Locomotion with which the line 

 was opened in 1825, and four yens later achieved 

 a notable success with the Rocket constructed for the 

 Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Stephenson 

 was engineer to both of these lines and was aft 

 engineer also to the London and Birmingham, the 

 Manchester and Leeds, the Manchester and 1 

 ham and other important railways. He was the in 1 

 president of the Institution oi Mei h mica] Engineers, 

 founded in 1S47. 



August 13, 1897. Sir Isaac Holden died. Born 

 near Paisley in 1S07, Holden at the age oi ten began 

 work in a" cotton mill. From a shawl weaver he 

 me a school teacher and then a book-keeper for 

 a Glasgow worsted firm. Turning his attention Io 

 invention, with Lister (afterwards Lord Masham) 

 in 1847 he took out a patent for combing and preparing 

 genappe yarn and founded a factory at St. Denis, 

 Paris. He afterwards concentrated his business at 

 1, where it became the largest woolcombing 

 concern in the world. E. C. S. 



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