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Abstract

THE principal officers for the Manchester meeting of the British Association, to begin on August 31, under the presidency of Sir Henry Roscoe, have now been selected. The following will be the Presidents of the various Sections:—Section. A, Mathematics and Physics, Sir Robert S. Ball, Astronomer Royal for Ireland; B, Chemistry, Dr. Edward Schunck, F.R.S.; C, Geology, Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S.; D, Biology, Prof. A. Newton, F.R.S.; E, Geography, General Sir Charles Warren, R.E., G.C.M.G.; F, Economic Science, Dr. Robert Giffen; G, Mechanical Science, Prof. Osborne Reynold F.R.S. For Section H, Anthropology, a President has not yet been chosen. One of the public lectures will be given by Prof. H. B. Dixon, who has taken as his subject “The Rate of Explosions in Gases.” The lecture to the working classes will be given by Prof. George Forbes. It is expected that, socially, the Manchester meeting will be one of the most brilliant ever held. A very large sum has already been subscribed, and liberal arrangements are being made for excursions and other entertainments.