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The  Franklin  Bi-Centenary. 
Am., Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1906. 
recently  returned  to  this  country  from  London  by  Earl  Grey,  Gov- 
ernor General  of  Canada,  it  having  hung  in  Northumberland  Cas- 
tle, the  ancestral  home  of  the  Greys,  for  129  years. 
In  order  to  show  yet  more  fully  the  character  of  the  celebration, 
the  programme  is  presented  in  condensed  form  as  follows : — 
Opening  Session,  Tuesday  Evening,  April  17th,  at 
Witherspoon  Hall. 
Address  by  the  President. 
Reception  of  Delegates  from  learned  societies  and  institutions  of 
learning. 
Presentation  of  addresses  by  delegates. 
THE  UNIVERSITY   OF  ST.  ANDREWS. 
Conferring  of  the  Honorary  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  by  the 
Lord  Rector,  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie. 
Informal  reception  after  adjournment. 
Meeting  for  the  Reading  of  Papers  on  Subjects  of  Science, 
Wednesday,  April  i8th,  in  the  Hall  of  the  Society. 
The  Statistical  Method  in  Chemical  Geology  by  Frank  Wig- 
glesworth  Clarke,  Sc.D.,  of  Washington  (illustrated   by  lantern 
slides). 
On  a  possible  Reversal  of  the  Deep  Sea  Circulation  and  its  Effect 
on  Geological  Climates  by  Prof.  Thomas  C.  Chamberlin,  of  Chicago. 
Elementary  Species  in  Agriculture  by  Prof.  Hugo  deVries,  of 
Amsterdam,  Holland. 
An  International  Southern  Observatory  by  Prof.  Edward  C.  Pick- 
ering, of  Cambridge,  Mass. 
The  Figure  and  Stability  of  a  Liquid  Satellite  (with  lantern  slides 
of  diagrams)  by  Sir  George  Howard  Darwin,  K.C.B.,  F.R.S.,  of 
Cambridge,  England. 
Form  Analysis  by  Prof.  Albert  A.  Michelson,  of  Chicago. 
The  Present  Position  of  the  Problem  concerning  the  First  Prin- 
ciples of  Scientific  Theory  by  Prof.  Josiah  Royce,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass. 
The  Human  Harvest  by  President  David  Starr  Jordan,  of  Stanford 
University,  Cal. 
On  Positive  and  Negative  Electrons  by  Prof.  H.  A.  Lorentz,  of 
Amsterdam. 
