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THE meeting of the British Association in Dover on September 13 this year promises, on account of its international character, to be a memorable one in the history of the Association. Dover was selected, though it is a smaller town than is usually chosen for these meetings, on account of its nearness to the French coast, in order that an interchange of visits should take place between the British Association and its French counterpart, which meets this year at Boulogne. The French Government has taken a great interest in the arrangements for the meeting, rightly judging that the meeting cannot but promote friendship and good will between the two nations. A good illustration of the truth that science has no nationality will be found in the fact that one of the evening lectures in Dover will be delivered in French by Prof. Chas. Richet, of Paris, on “La vibration Nerveuse.” This will take place on Friday, September 15, at 8.30 p.m. It is extremely probable that Prof. Fleming will find some way of imparting an international character to his lecture on the “Centenary of the Electric Current” to be delivered on Monday, September 18.
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PENDLEBURY, W. The Dover Meeting of the British Association. Nature 60, 180–181 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060180a0
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