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THE preliminary programme of the meeting of the British Association to be opened at Bradford, on September 5, has now been drawn up. The new president is Sir William Turner, F.R.S., and the sectional presidents will be as follows:—Mathematical and Physical Science, Dr. J. Larmor, F.R.S.; Chemistry, Prof. W. H. Perkin, F.R.S.; Geology, Prof. W. G. Sollas, F.R.S.; Zoology (and Physiology), Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S.; Geography, Sir George S. Robertson; Economic Science and Statistics, Major P. G. Craigie; Mechanical Science, Sir Alexander R. Binnie; Anthropology, Prof. John Rhys; Botany, Prof. Sydney H. Vines, F.R.S.; and Corresponding Societies, Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. There will be a separate department of astronomy in Section A, with Dr. A. A. Common, F.R.S., as chairman. The two evening discourses will be delivered by Prof. Gotch, F.R.S., on “Animal Electricity,” and Prof. W.Stroud,on “Range Finders.” The lecture to working men will be delivered by Prof. S. P. Thompson, F. R S., but the subject has not yet been announced.
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Notes . Nature 61, 498–501 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/061498a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/061498a0