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THE jubilee dinner of the Newcomen Society held at Kettner's Restaurant, Romilly Street, W.1, on November 14, when a presentation was made to Dr. H. W. Dickinson, the chief guest of the evening, for his twenty-five years work for the Society, will long be remembered by those present. It was on November 5, 1920, in the Court Room of H.M. Patent Office, that the Society held its first general meeting, and Dr. Dickinson has ever since been an honorary secretary, except for the two years of his presidency. During this period he has contributed many papers to the Proceedings, arranged all the summer meetings and edited the whole of the Transactions, while the contacts he made during his visits to the United States in 1923 and 1938 had much to do with the rapid growth of the Society there, a growth which has led to the formation of a North American Branch as an autonomous affiliated society with a membership exceeding five thousand.
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The Newcomen Society. Nature 156, 757–758 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156757a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156757a0