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SECTION A met in the well-appointed lecture theatre of the Nottingham University College. Mr. Glazebrook had only just finished his presidential address when an incident occurred which was of interest as showing that members meant business, and were not disposed to allow the authority of the chair to be questioned. Perhaps the experimental work communicated was not of striking novelty or importance, but some of the informal communications and discussions—notably those on electrical theory, the connection between ether and matter, and the teaching of elementary physics—were of great interest, especially to teachers of physics. This was largely due to the active part taken by Lord Rayleigh, Profs. Fitzgerald, Carey Foster, Oliver Lodge, Rücker, and other leading physicists. The discussion occasionally tended to resolve itself into an exchange of ideas around the lecture-table, but as the ideas were for the most part interesting (and energetically expressed) members did not appear to object. At first there was an occasional grumble against Dr. Lodge's innovation of starting at 10 a.m., but the wisdom of the change was shown by the fact that the Section had generally to sit until 2 p.m.
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Physics at the British Association. Nature 48, 525–529 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048525a0
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