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THE arrangements for the meeting of the International Association of Seismology are now nearly complete. The following foreign States will be represented:—United States, France, Russia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Italy, Holland, Rumania, Servia, Bulgaria, and probably also Japan and Norway. At the opening meeting on July 18 the Lord Mayor of Manchester and the Vice-Chancellor of the University will welcome the delegates, and Prof. Schuster, as president, will deliver a short address. On the same day the Lord Mayor will hold a reception in the Town Hall. The council of the University will give a dinner, and Dr. Shaw, the director of the Meteorological Office, will invite the guests to an excursion to view the observatory at Eskdalemuir. Among British men of science, the following have signified their intention of being present:—Sir George Darwin, Dr. Milne, Prof. Perry, Prof. Lamb, Prof. Knott, Prof. Love, Mr. Oldham, Dr. Shaw, and Dr. G. W. Walker.

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Notes . Nature 87, 17–20 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087017a0

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