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THE meetings of Section B at Cardiff were fairly well attended, although the programme did not contain any remarkable novelties, and the war papers, which were so conspicuous a feature of the meeting at Bournemouth, were absent. Mr. Heycock's presidential address dealt with the development of metallography, a branch of physical chemistry which owes so much to the work of Heycock and Neville, whose investigations not only opened up important new lines of research, but also set a standard of accuracy which has had a most beneficial effect on later work in metallography, especially in this country. The lesson of the intimate connection between pure science and the advance of industry was well enforced by the address. The president was able to show lantern-slides made from the original photographs of Sorby taken just half a century ago, and members were enabled to appreciate the remarkable skill of the Sheffield amateur who was a pioneer in so many branches of science.
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Chemistry at the British Association. Nature 106, 358–359 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106358a0
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