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THE celebrations in connection with the 205th anniversary of the Royal Society opened on Monday last with an evening reception of the delegates in the rooms of the Society. On Tuesday there was a commemorative service in Westminster Abbey at noon; a formal reception of the delegates and presentation of addresses in the library of the Royal Society in the afternoon, and a banquet in the Guildhall in the evening. Yesterday visits were paid to places of interest in London; a garden-party was given by the Duchess of Northumberland at Syon House and a conversazione was held at Burlington House at night. To-day further visits are being paid to places of interest, and fellows of the Society and the delegates are being entertained by their Majesties the King and Queen at a garden-party at Windsor. The following is a list of the delegates from foreign countries and the British Dominions beyond the seas:—
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The 250 th Anniversary of the Royal Society . Nature 89, 505–507 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089505b0
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