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GENEVA has long been renowned as the home of eminent men of science. Some of these, the de Saussures and the de Candolles, belonged to families which, like the Darwins, have produced several generations of distinguished scientific men. It is no wonder, therefore, that the Physical and Natural History Society of Geneva has a deservedly high reputation, and that its Memoirs find a ready exchange with the publications of most learned societies. Last October the Society celebrated its hundred and fiftieth anniversary, and an account of the meeting of celebration fills the pages of the October number of its proceedings. The centenary celebration in 1890 was naturally made a great occasion and the centenary volume of the Memoirs of the Society contains a number of important scientific papers, as well as a history of the Society prepared by the secretary, Dr. A. H. Wartmann.
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WEISS, F. La Société de Physique et D'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. Nature 147, 566–567 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147566a0
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