GENERAL MEETINGS. 



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GENERAL MEETINGS AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 

 On Tuesday, September 5, at 8.80 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor 

 Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., resigned the office of President to Sir Arthur 

 Evans, F.R.S. Before vacating the chair, Professor Schuster referred to 

 eminent members of the Association who had died since the previous 

 meeting. These included the following : — 



The Right Hon. Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., President, 1887. 



Sir Arthur W. Riicker, F.R.S., President, 1901 ; Trustee, 1898-1915 ; 

 General Treasurer, 1891-98. 



Sir William Turner, K.C.B., F.R.S., President, 1900. 



Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., President, 1911. 



Sir Andrew Noble, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S., President of Section G, 

 1890. 



Professor R, Meldola, F.R.S., President of Section B, 1895. 



Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., President of Section G, 

 1907. 



Professor E. A. Minchin, F.R.S. , President of Section D, 1915. 



Sir Arthur Evans then delivered an Address, for which see page 3. 



On Wednesday evening, September 6, at 8 p.m., an informal con- 

 versazione was held at the Laing Art Gallery. 



On Thursday, September 7, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor 

 W. A. Bone, F.R.S., delivered a discourse on 'Flame and Flameless 

 Combustion.' 



On Friday, September 8, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Dr. P. 

 Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., delivered a discourse on ' Evolution and the 

 War.' 



After the above discourse (the occasion being the concluding General 

 Meeting), the following resolution was unanimously adopted on the 

 motion of the President : — ■ 



That the cordial thanks of the British Association be extended to the Right Hon. 

 the Lord Mayor and Corporation and the Citizens of the City of Newcastle for their 

 hearty welcome, to the Presidents and Councils of the University of Durham College 

 of Medicine and of the Armstrong College, and to the North-East Coast Institution of 

 Engineers and Ship-builders and other Institutions which have kindly placed their 

 buildings and resources at the disposal of the Association, to the Directors of the 

 North-Eastern Railway Company, and, finally, to the Honorary Local Officers and 

 their able assistants, and to the General and Executive Committees and individual 

 members thereof, for tlie admirable arrangements made for the Meeting under 

 exceptional and trying circumstances. 



OFFICERS OF SECTIONS AT THE NEWCASTLE 

 MEETING, 1916. 



SECTION A. — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 President.— Proi. A. N. Whitehead, Sc.D., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. —Sir 

 F. W. Dyson, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. ; Prof. T. H. Havelock, M.A., F.R.S. ; Prof. 

 Sir E. Rutherford, D.Sc, F.R.S. Secretaries.— VroL A. S. Eddmgton, M.A., 

 M.Sc, F.R.S. (Recorder) ; H. R. Hasse ; A. O. Rankine, D.Sc. ; W. Makower, 

 M.A., D.Sc. ; G. M. Caunt, M.A., M.Sc. 



