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THE Manchester and District Local Section of the Institute of Physics holds each year a summer course of lectures, the primary aim of which is to provide physicists in industry with convenient summaries of recent work in various aspects (both pure and applied) of physical research. This year the lectures were held during June in the Physics Department of the University of Manchester. On June 11, Mr. J. D. Bernal (Cambridge) discussed the properties of “Heavy Hydrogen” and indicated some of its possible chemical uses. Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade (University College, London) dealt with the subject of “Viscosity” on June 13. After considering the relation between temperature and viscosity and its representation by a formula, he discussed a theoretical justification for the use of a formula he has developed and finally dealt with some methods of measurement of viscosities. A comprehensive survey of “Units of Matter” was given by Dr. J. M. Nuttall (University of Manchester) on June 25; he discussed the properties of the proton, electron, anti-proton, positive electron, neutron and neutrino, and gave a summary of the experimental evidence supporting the new ideas on atomic structure. On June 27 short communications on “Alloys” were given by Prof. W. L. Bragg, Dr. A. J. Bradley (University of Manchester) and Dr. C. Sykes (Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co., Ltd.). This is the fourth occasion on which such a course has been held. Last year the meetings were devoted to accounts of the application of physics to particular industries. On this occasion the original plan was adhered to, summaries of recent work in pure science being presented for the convenience of industrial research workers who do not find it easy to follow the many original papers. There has been a gratifying response to the attempt to organise these meetings, and lively discussions have followed most of the papers.
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Recent Advances in Physics. Nature 134, 20 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134020c0
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