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of the Bohr theory which fails to account for the magnetic 

 properties. It is considered, however, that these theories may 

 be brought into line, in the near future, by a due recognition 

 of the possible differences between radiating and non-radiating 

 matter. 



General Meeting, October 19th, 1920. 

 Sir Henry A. Miers, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. (President), in the 



Chair. 



Professor T. H. Pear, M.A., B.Sc, was elected an Honorary 

 Secretary of the Society in succession to Professor C. A. 

 Edwards, D.Sc, resigned. 



Mr. Herbert Philip Brown, M.A., B.Sc, Technical Chemist, 

 Assistant Superintendent, British Dyestuffs Corporation (Blackley) Ltd. 

 (Clayton Branch), 33, Woodlands Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester; 

 Mr. Robert William Blakeley, Machinery Buyer, Messrs. Ralli 

 Brothers, and of J/., Seedley Park Road, Manchester; Mr. W. J. Perry, 

 B.A., 170, Cecil Street, Moss Side, Manchester; Dr. Alexander 

 Mitchell Williams, M.A., Research Chemist, c/o The British Cotton 

 Industry Research Association, Shirley Institute, Didsbury, Manchester ; 

 Mr. Charles W. Duckworth, F.C.I.S., Chemical Manufacturer, The 

 Bungalow, Park Road, Monton, Eccles, Manchester; Mr. Frederick 

 Deny Farrow, M.Sc, Research Chemist, c/o The British Cotton 

 Industry Research Association, Shirley Institute, Didsbury, Manchester; 

 Mr. Paul Capper, Redlea, Howard Drive, Hdle, Cheshire; Dr. Thomas 

 Barratt, A.R.C.Sc. (Lond.), F.Inst. P., Physicist, c/o Messrs. Tootal 

 Broadhurst Lee Co. Ltd., 56, Oxford Street, Manchester ; Dr. Sydney 

 Cross Harland, Research Botanist, c/o The British Cotton Industry 

 Research Association, Shirley Institute, Didsbury, Manchester; Mr. 

 William Arthur Silvester, M.Sc. (Sheffield), Technical Chemist, The 

 British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd., Blackley, Manchester, and 7, 

 Whiston Road, Crumpsall, Manchester; Mr. William Fenton Higgins, 

 Manufacturer, 5, Seymour Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester; and Dr. 

 Henry Stephen, O.B.E., Senior Lecturer in Chemistry in the Victoria 

 University of Manchester, The University, Manchester; were elected 

 Ordinary Members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, October 19th, 1920. 



Sir Henry A. Miers, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.' (President), in the 



Chair. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the donors of the books upon 

 the table. These included : — " The House-Fly . . .," by E. E. 

 Austin, " Furniture Beetles . . .," by C. J. Gahan (Brit. Mus. 

 Economic Sers., Nos. Ia and II), (8vo., London, 1920), and 

 " Summary Guide .. . Galleries . . British Museum " (Svo., 

 London, 1920), presented by The Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



