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THE Catalogue of this Exhibition, which was open on January 5-7, now covers nearly 200 pages and is well provided with indexes of exhibitors and of apparatus, plans, stall numbers on the outer top corner of each page, marks for new apparatus and for demonstrations, all of which help a visitor to find readily what he wants particularly to see. Illustrations are plentiful, but many are limited to views of the outsides of the boxes containing the instruments, while the interest of the visitor is more often centred in the principle of the instrument itself. The division of the catalogue into two sections devoted respectively to trade exhibits and research and educational exhibits is maintained, and the award of prizes to apprentices for exhibits of work done is continued. A new announcement is made of the intention of the Council to apply part of the legacy bequeathed to the Society by the late Herbert Spencer, for grants to fellows for the purchase of special research apparatus. The order of the stands in the catalogue and their stand numbers are arranged geographically to facilitate reference, and the asterisk which now marks a new exhibit in the body of the catalogue might with advantage in future years appear also in the apparatus index.
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Physical Society's Exhibition Catalogue. Nature 139, 65 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139065b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139065b0