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THE annual meeting of the members of the Royal Institution was held on Saturday, May 1. In the unavoidable absence of the president, the Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy, the chair was taken by Major Charles E. S. Phillips, secretary and vice-president. In submitting the annual report of the Visitors to the meeting, the chairman referred to the satisfactory state of the membership, which has increased steadily in recent years, and which stands now, including honorary as well as full members and associate subscribers, at 1,055. The reconstruction of the Library and other rooms, which the Managers were forced to undertake when a large part of the building was found to be in an alarming state of disrepair, was completed in October. This work, which the accounts show had cost nearly £16,000 at the end of the year, and included the construction of a large new laboratory, has added greatly to the beauty and convenience of the house. Owing to the withdrawal of the direct current mains in Albemarle Street and neighbourhood, it has been necessary for the Institution to provide its own equipment for the supply of direct electric current. A large storage battery and two mercury arc rectifiers, supplied from the A.C. mains, have been installed. The output from the rectifiers has been specially smoothed, and is found to be sufficiently free from ripple for most experimental purposes. The battery is used for arc lanterns in the lecture theatre.
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Royal Institution: Annual Meeting. Nature 139, 792 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139792a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139792a0