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THE centenary of the birth of George Stephenson is not to be allowed to pass by in a fruitless way in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Dinners, speeches, trade-processions, enthusiasm and bunting—all this was to be expected in a place so intimately connected with the birth of railways. But more than this will probably be done, and we are glad to hear that a scheme is on foot for commemorating the 9th of June in a more useful and more lasting manner, viz. by providing a “Stephenson College” for the use of the houseless but hard-working College of Physical Science of the University of Durham in Newcastle.

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Notes . Nature 23, 515–517 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023515a0

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