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As one who regularly attends the meetings of the British Association, and in particular those of Section A, may I be allowed to state that I cannot recall in the last twenty years any meeting of the Association when the attendances at Section. A were more numerous than at Cardiff. On several occasions it was almost impossible to obtain a seat in the large lecture hall assigned for our meetings unless one came in good time. This was particularly the case when the discussion took place on the constitution of the atom, so admirably exposed by Dr. Aston and by Sir E. Rutherford. A very large audience also assembled to hear Sir Oliver Lodge's controversial note on popular relativity, and the room was full for the discussion on the origin of spectra. And, too, the majority of those who attended, or at least a very large proportion, were not professional physicists, but members of the Association who take an interest in science in general, and who came to hear about the latest advances in physical science. It is for these members that the Association caters, and it would seem that, so far as Section A is concerned, it is fulfilling its functions quite admirably.
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CORTIE, A. The British Association. Nature 106, 147 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106147a0
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