BRITISH ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 
Leicester Meeting, 
September 6 — 1 3, / 933 
The Presidential Address, by Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, 
will deal with Life in its Chemical Aspects. 
Among the principal subjects expected to be dealt with in 
Sectional Addresses and Discussions are the following : — 
Seasonal Weather and its Prediction. The Past History of the Earth. 
Industrial Physics. Natural Colouring Matters and their Analogues. 
Hormones. The Chemistry of the Tanning Process. Structures of 
some British Coal-fields. The Possibility and Desirability of Greatly 
Increasing the Production of Gold. The Mechanical View of Life. 
The Growth of Population in the Midlands. Regional Planning. The 
Gold Standard. Some Experiences in Mechanical Engineering. Noise. 
What is Tradition? The First Crossing of the Great South Arabian 
Desert. The Activity of Nerve-cells. Genetics. The Status of Psychology 
as an Empirical Science. The Development of a National Educational 
System. The Cultural Value of Science. Chemistry and Agriculture. 
Land Drainage Problems. Milk, its Handling and Food Value. 
The Sections will be in Session severally or jointly throughout 
the Meeting for the hearing of papers on many other subjects 
within their various departments. 
Evening discourses will be given by Sir Josiah Stamp, G.B.E., 
on a subject in Economic Science, and by Prof. Jocelyn F. 
Thorpe, C.B.E., on ‘The Work of the Safety in Mines 
Research Board.’ 
Evening Receptions, and Excursions to points of scientific 
interest, works, etc., in the locality, will be arranged. Provision 
for the accommodation of visiting Members, etc., is in the 
hands of a Local Committee. 
No Technical Qualification is required for Member- 
ship. Subscription, £1 . Is. and upwards. (Students’ tickets 
for duly qualified persons, 10s.) 
To the British Association 
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Please forward particulars of Membership and of the 
Leicester Meeting to 
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Date. 1933 
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