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THE executive committee of the Society for Visiting Scientists received the members of the French Scientific Mission on September 16 at the Society's house at 5 Old Burlington Street, London, W.1. Prof. F. G. Donnan expressed a warm welcome to the Mission, which is led by M. L. Rapkine, and includes Prof. J. Hadamard, Prof. Pierre Auger, Prof. Francis Perrin and Dr. R. Wurmser. He said that French civilization and science are an essential part of those of Europe, and, as Voltaire might have said, if they did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them. He hoped that Anglo-French scientific relations will grow at a great pace and become one of the foundations of development in the post-war period. Sir Henry Dale supported Prof. Donnan, and looked forward with particular pleasure to the prospect in the near future of Prof. Hadamard being officially admitted as a foreign member of the Royal Society.
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French Scientific Mission in Great Britain. Nature 154, 424 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154424b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154424b0