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FOR the Aberdeen meeting of the British Association, a pamphlet has been prepared entitled A Scientific Survey of Aberdeen and District, and presented to all members. This marks a continuation of the policy adopted last year at Leicester. These slight volumes of uniform size and type are more convenient and, be it said, more useful than the varied and often ponderous handbooks that in former years were distributed at each centre of meeting. The new series gives a wealth of information without a bewildering mass of detail. Various authors have contributed to the work: Mr. J. McFarlane contributes a geographical introduction, followed by Prof. A. W. Gibb and Dr. A. Bremner on the geology, Prof. J. Ritchie on the animal life and Mr. A. Mac-Gregor on the flora. A number of articles treat of arch¦ology, agriculture and the various industries of the town and district. Many members will turn with interest to the chapters on the fishing and granite industries which have done so much for the modern development of Aberdeen. The article on the trades shows, however, that Aberdeen has various other thriving industries, some with obvious local associations such as shipbuilding and fertilisers and others of more recent development. A final chapter gives biographical notes on some of the better-known men of science associated with the north-east of Scotland.
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A Survey of Aberdeen. Nature 134, 352 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134352c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134352c0