XXV1 NARRATIVE OF THE CENTENARY MEETING. 
September 28, in the London School of Economics, Houghton Street, 
Aldwych (by kind permission of the Director). 
The following public lectures were given at certain Polytechnics during 
the period of the Meeting :— 
Thursday, September 24. 
Dr. L. C. Martin, ‘ Optics, the Servant of Science and Humanity.’ At 
Northampton Polytechnic Institute, St. John Street, E.C. 1, 8 p.m. 
Prof. I. M. Heilbron, F.R.S., ‘The Fat-soluble Vitamins.’ At the 
North-Western Polytechnic, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, 
N.W. 5, 7.30 p.m. 
Tuesday, September 29. 
Prof. G. W. O. Howe, “ Michael Faraday, the Man and his Work.’ At 
the Borough Polytechnic, Borough Road, 8.E. 1, 7.30 p.m. 
Dr. Alexander Wood, ‘ The Planning of Buildings for Good Acoustics.’ 
At the Northern Polytechnic, Holloway, N. 7, 7.30 p.m. 
RECEPTIONS. 
Thursday, September 24. 
A reception was given at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, 
in connection with the visit thereto on Thursday afternoon, September 24 ; 
see Hxcursions and Visits, below. 
A reception was given at Bedford College for Women, Regent’s Park, 
N.W.1, by kind invitation of the Principal, on Thursday afternoon, 
September 24, from 4 to 6 pm. Misses E. W. Gardner and G. Caton- 
Thompson arranged exhibits from their season’s work at the Kharga 
Oasis. 
A reception was given by the Royal Society to invited Delegates, in 
connection with the Faraday Centenary Celebration, on Thursday evening, 
September 24. 
Friday, September 25. 
A reception was given by H.M. Government in the Imperial Institute 
on Friday evening, September 25, beginning at 9 p.m. 
A reception was given by the founder and director of the Wellcome 
Historical Medical Museum, on Friday evening, September 25, beginning 
at 8.30 p.m., in the Museum, 54 Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, W. 1. 
Saturday, September 26. 
A visit to Hampton Court Palace took place on Saturday afternoon, 
September 26, by the kind invitation of Mrs. Antrobus (see page xxxiv). 
Monday, September 28. 
A reception was given by the Chancellor, the Court and the Senate of 
the University of London on Monday evening, September 28, in the 
University. 
A reception was given at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 
as above (Friday). 
