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MANCHESTER chemical societies have initiated a form of co-operation which should prove of considerable value both to their members and to local industry generally. The Manchester and district sections of the Institute of Chemistry, the Society of Chemical Industry, the Society of Dyers and Colourists, the Oil and Colour Chemists' Association and the Institute of Rubber Industry, together with the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, have established a Joint Advisory Committee, consisting of the honorary secretaries (or other representative) of the societies concerned, in order that problems of mutual interest can be discussed and common plans arranged, and to provide a means whereby Manchester chemical opinion can be ascertained and expressed. The Committee has already published a card calendar of meetings, both scientific and social, of the participating societies, and a booklet which gives lists of officers as well as syllabuses and other information concerning the session's activities. The Chemical Society, not being organised in local sections, does not participate directly in the scheme, but—as is indicated in the booklet—fellows of that society may, under a co-operative arrangement, read papers on pure chemistry before the local section of the Society of Chemical Industry. Members of one society are cordially invited to attend meetings of any other society; hence by the promotion of personal contact and by the provision of facilities for discussion and joint action, Manchester chemists are effecting a consolidation of their own interests as well as providing an interesting experiment which will probably be found worthy of wider application. The Association of Secretaries of Technical Societies in Glasgow has also issued a programme of the meetings of the chemical and engineering societies in that city.
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Co-operation of Scientific Societies. Nature 130, 659 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130659d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130659d0