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Algiers, April 14 THE number of members enrolled for the present Congress is much larger than might have been expected when we consider the length of the journey. To a Parisian member this is such as would be experienced by a Londoner if our British Association met in Gibraltar. Yet more than 1500 names are on the list. Few of these are familiar to us. There appear to be an unusual number of doctors and professors of anatomy and physiology, and of civil engineers. We fear we must also confess that a great many people possessing little or no interest in science, who will not be present at a single sectional meeting, have joined the Association for the sake of seeing Algiers. The general chara cter of the meeting appears to be that of a great excursion. There are only five days partially devoted to work; while the banquets, balls, fetes, courses, and “fantasias” are rapidly multiplying.
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RODWELL, G. The French Association for the Advancement of Science at Algiers . Nature 23, 582–583 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023582a0
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