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IMMEDIATELY before the delivery of his presidential address at the inaugural meeting of the British Association, Sir James Jeans announced that the following message had been sent to H.M. the King: “Your Majesty,” We, the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science assembled in the City of Aberdeen in annual session, desire humbly to recall to Your Majesty that it was in this City that His Royal Highness The Prince Consort assumed the Presidency of the Association in the year 1859. From the Presidential Chair, he conveyed to the assembled members of the Association a gracious message from Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and delivered an Address which disclosed his own profound interest in the advancement of Science. The many marks of Royal favour which have been extended to our Association on subsequent occasions have provided further signal encouragement to us in our pursuit of the aims defined by His Royal Highness, and on all these counts we now desire to express to Your Majesty our humble gratitude. J. H. Jeans, President.” The following reply was received from Sir Clive Wigrain: “I am commanded by the King to thank the members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the loyal message which they have addressed to His Majesty, their Patron, from the Inaugural General Meeting in the Ancient City of Aberdeen. His Majesty appreciates their kind remembrance of the occasion when the Prince Consort, as President of the Association, delivered a message from Queen Victoria to the members assembled in this City three quarters of a century ago. The King desires me to assure the members of his unabated interest in their Meetings and his confidence that their investigations into the manifold problems confronting present day Scientists will continue to be productive of results which will benefit mankind. Clive Wigram.”
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British Association at Aberdeen. Nature 134, 410–411 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134410c0
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