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a n account. of tlic atiiiiionia systctn of conipounds, illustrating his nccount with sonic very beautiful cspcritncnts to slio~v the rcliiictl t.cchniquc ncccssary for working with liquid n1iitiioiii:L as a solvcnt.
hnotlicr new fenturc which created tlic grcntest public int,crcst, wns n joint disciission by Sections U, I, I< (%oology, physiology nnd I3otnny) 011 " Thc ililtllrt. of life." !rliis iliscnssion was opcncd by tlic 1Et. 1-1011. J. C. Stnuts, :ind contiiiucd by Profs. D ' h y Tlionipsoti, I-Ialdiiiic, HIJ&ll, \'ilsoii Cam, I-Cocrii~e, IMy, aiitl Bnrgcr.
Of hardly less itiiportaticc than tlic tlicorctical tlisciissions wcrc "t~ic niitilcroits excursions uncI visits to \vorIts that nrc inorc or lcss pccnliar to South Africa. In C'npcto\rn, the incmbcrs wcrc privilcgcd, tliroiigh tlic courtesy of tlic iiiaiiagcr, Dr. Giitsciic, to visit tlic Ckpc Esplosivcs ll'orlts at Sonicrsct West.. Thcn, on tlic \ray to Jolianiicsbiirg, the jourucy \.as brokcii i t t IGtnbcrley, wlicrc an opportunity was afforded to vim. tlic diatnontl iiiincs, tlic members being tlic guests of Ilc Rccrs' Coiisolidatccl Nincs, Iitd. At Jolinnncsburg another opportunity was anortlcd to vie\* tlic goltl tiiitics :ind tlic! mcthotls cniploycd in winning tlic goltl from tlic rock.
Wrom thc social point of view tlic niccting ltas l)c!cn a groat success, crspcially wlieti oiio rctnctnlws tlic ge0pipliici11 isolntioti of this coiintry. TO 1ii:tny scientists lrcrc the Ic~itlcrs of scientific tltot~glit tire kilo\vn only by tlicir piiI)lications, rind this nctitril coiitact in tlitr flcsli, so to s p k , will uidoiihtcdly Iinvc :I very stitiiulnting cffcct. Moreover, old i i n t l v:iliictl friendships Iiiivc, in 111nny CIISC~S, hciw rcnc\rctl. Sotitli ;\frit*ii is renowlied for licr Iiospitality, atid tlic iriciitbcrs of the British Associiition wlio Iiiive bcc:ii nnwtig iis will IJC tlir first to ncclaini the \voiitlcrlitl hospitiility tlicy Iiavc rcwiccil wlicrcrer t h y lii~vc goii(!. 'I'licy Iiaro I~ccii lavishly otitcrtriiiied tit iiiiiyoral rcccptioiis tilit1 gartleii pnrtics in cvcry city t h y I11ive passid throitglt, niid not. the least coiispiciioiis in tlicir iutcrcst Iinvc IJCCII t h ! 1hrl of :\thlotii!, tlic! Govcriior-Ccncrnl, ntid 1% i nccss A I iw.
Aftcr tlic I)itsincss progrniiiiiie Iiiis tcrtiiiniitc~d in Joliiiiiticsl~i~rg, tlic Iiolitlny progriunrnc will C O I ~I I I ~I I C C . Most of the visitors urc taking tlic excursion to thc Victoria P~dls, dicncc sotne will wcntl their \vny iioiiic-\rnrtl via l h y i i , and otlicm via Bcirn or Diirlxiii.
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Aii iiiiptrtitiit n ~i i ~o i i ~i ~e i ~i ~i ~t in coiuwsion with llitriitc supply \vns t i d e before Srctioii 13 (Clic~iiistry) of the 13ritisli Associntion niwtitig in C'tt])cto\w by 'l'rof. J. Snicntli Tliotiins, of tlic Utiivcrsity of Cnpctown. \ \ W e bciiig cxtrciiiely cautious and civoicliiig nny dcfiuitc statctncnts not siibstantistctl by fncts, :Prof. Stiiciitlr Thomas sbutctl tliiit tlicre uppcarcd to bc in South-]\rest Bfricii an arcn of ;it lcnst 10,000 square miles of iiitrntc dcposits raiigiag frotll2% to 20% sodiiiiii nitratc. Tlicsc dcposits liavc beeti trncctl in tlic Cibcoii distriot, 'Lug. 93.
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of process ccouotiiics imd the reco\wy of d l by-products kept the Lcl)liinc process nlivc iintil 1923, whilst the oompnrativc chcnpncss of icniiiiiioitin " soda iiindc possiblc by prolonged study ot all tlic clicuiicnl iind ctiginccring details of tlic original SoIvny proccss brought i t i i p i th
Tlic strcsscs arc again coiiccntratcd in a tiarrow zoiic round tho liolc, and tltc iiictnl in this zoiic fails-l,itt by yicldiiig. This tiicaiis tlwt tlic stcacly stress is rcdistri-1)iitcd on ndjnccnt iuctnl, so that tlic high \due rcprcscntcd by .sl + ccl = 30 + 15 = 45 is iievcr actually rcnclicd
uiiior hmonstrntor nnd then gnined inviilual~lc cspcricnce with Prof. Joly, in Dublin, worliiiig 011 iiiti\*ictilc problcnis involved in producing ti16 ruled :I i'tlst-i\rlIster of tilc iorllicr.