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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Aug. 17,. i i 



Economic Science and Statistics : President, the Right 

 Hon. Lord Bramwell, F.R.S., F.S.S.; Vice-Presidents, 

 J. B. Martin, M.A., F.S.S., R. H. Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S., 

 F.S.S. 



Mechanical Science : President, W. H. Preece, F.RS., 

 M.Inst.C.E. ; Vice-Presidents, W. Anderson, M.Inst.C.E., 

 W. Shelford, M.Inst.C.E. 



Anthropology : President, Lieut.-General Pitt- Rivers, 

 D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.S.A. ; Vice-Presidents, J. 

 Beddoe,M.D.,F.R.S., J. Evans, D.C.L., LL.D.,Treas.R.S., 

 F.S.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



This year there will also be the additional feature of 

 an International Congress of the leading geologists of 

 the world, to whom the unique geological features in the 

 neighbourhood of Bath will be of especial interest ; and, 

 further, the first public appearance, so to speak, of 

 Edison's phonograph. 



All the chief objects in Bath will be easily accessible. 

 The old Roman bath and its adjuncts, lately uncovered, 

 with other remains, will be of prominent interest ; as 

 also the new buildings erected by the Corporation to 

 meet the increasing demand for the Bath waters, and 

 furnished with the newest appliances. The Literary and 

 Scientific Institution, with its reading-room, library, and 

 museum, will all be open. Botanists will be invited to 

 visit the Botanic Garden in the Bath Park, and members 

 generally to see an exhibition of flowers, fruits, and plants, 

 at the Autumn Show of the Bath Horticultural Society. 



It is known that the neighbourhood abounds in much 

 that is interesting. On all sides the country is remark- 

 able for variety and beauty. The Somersetshire coal 

 fields and the West of England cloth factories are within 

 easy distance. Bristol and Clifton in one direction ; 

 Gloucester and Cheltenham in another ; Salisbury, Stone- 

 henge, and Southampton in a third — all present strong 

 attractions. The beautiful cathedral and quaint old city 

 of Wells may be reached by a short journey along the 

 Cheddar Valley. 



The following excursions to these and other places 

 have been organised by a special committee, — 



On Saturday, September 8th, to Stanton Bury, Stanton 

 Drew, Maes Knoll : Banncrdown, Sodbury Camp, Dyr- 

 ham, Lansdown: Box Quarries, Corsham, Lacock Abbey: 

 Bradford, Farleigh Castle, Wraxall : Cirencester, Museum 

 and College : Tytherington and Thornbury : Swindon 

 G.W. Works : Berkeley Castle : Wells, via Maesbury 

 and Shepton Mallet, Ebbor, Wookey Hole : Barry Docks 

 and Cardiff. 



On Thursday, September 13th. — To Stonehenge, 

 Salisbury, Wilton : Silbury, Avebury, Bowood, Wans- 

 dyke, Beckhampton : Stourton, Pen Pits, White Sheet, 

 Longleat : Frome Valley, Nunney Whateley : Maesbury, 

 Wells, Glastonbury, Street : Sandford and Banwell, 

 Churchill, Dolbury, Rowberrow, Burrington, the two 

 Charterhouses, Mendip Gorge, Cheddar Cliffs : Severn 

 Tunnel, Chepstow, Tintern, Wyndcliffe : Radstock, 

 Wellow, Littleton. 



Another committee is preparing to meet the wants of 

 the members with regard to hotel and lodging accommo- 

 dation. It is believed that ample accommodation will be 

 found. The Committee will be happy to give any aid in 

 their power to those who may desire it. 



The Right Worshipful Anthony Hammond, J. P., Mayor 

 of Bath, invites the members and associates to a conver- 

 sazione in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday, Septem- 

 ber 6th, at 8.30 p.m. ; and the chairman and members of 

 the Local Executive Committee invite the members and 



associates to a conversasione at the Assembly Rooms, on 

 Tuesday, September nth, at 8.30p.m. On this occa- 

 sion the Bath Microscopical Society, assisted by the 

 Bristol Microscopical Society, have arranged for a dis- 

 play of objects in the various departments of natural 

 history, etc. 



On Wednesday and Thursday, the 5th and 6th 

 of September, there will be an exhibition of fruits, 

 flowers, etc., in the Sydney Gardens ; to this exhibition 

 all members and associates will be admitted on presenta- 

 tion of their tickets. On the 12th and 13th September 

 there will be a horse show. 



The places of meetings, etc., are — 



I Reception Room. 

 ( Conversaziones. 

 President's address. 



In the Assembly Rooms 



In the Drill Hall 



In the Guildhall 



Evening discourses. 

 Council meetings. 

 Committee of Recommenda- 

 tions. 

 General Committee. 

 Concluding general meet- 



The Secretaries of the sections will be lodged at the 

 White Lion Hotel. 



The following are the section-rooms : — 



A, Mathematics, St. James's Hall ; B, Chemistry, 

 Friends' Meeting House ; C, Geology, Mineral Water 

 Hospital ; D, Biology, Mineral Water Hospital ; E, 

 Geography, Guildhall ; F, Statistics, Christ Church 

 Hall ; G, Mechanics, Masonic Hall ; H, Anthropology, 

 Grammar School ; Sub-sections C, and D, Blue-coat 

 School. 



The receptior.-room at Bath will be opened on Mon- 

 day, September 3rd, at 1 p.m., and on the following 

 days at 8 a.m., for the issue of tickets to members, 

 associates, and ladies, and for supplying lists and prices 

 of lodgings, and other information, to strangers on their 

 arrival. In the reception-room there will be offices for 

 supplying information regarding the proceedings of the 

 meeting. The published volumes of the British Associa- 

 tion can be ordered in this room, for members and 

 associates only, at the reduced prices appointed by the 

 Council. The tickets will contain a map of Bath, 

 and particulars as to the rooms appointed for Sectional 

 and other meetings. For the convenience of members 

 and associates a branch post and telegraph office 

 (which will be available also for communication between 

 members attending the meeting) will be opened in the 

 reception room. 



By the courtesy and liberality of the Directors of the 

 Western Counties and South Wales Telephone Com- 

 pany, the whole of the section-rooms will be telephonic- 

 ally connected with the reception-room and, through the 

 Telephone Exchange, with all important places in the 

 neighbourhood, free of any expense to the Local 

 Executive Committee, or members and associates, for the 

 meeting. 



The Columbus Commemoration. — On account of the 

 four hundred years' anniversary of the discovery of 

 America, to be celebrated in 1892, the Italian Govern- 

 ment, as we learn from Cosmos, has decided to publish 

 all documents and maps relating to Columbus. The 

 execution of this project is committed to the Senator 

 Correnti, with the assistance of a commission of savants. 



