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NOTES AND RECORDS°J
THE ROYAL SOCIETY
°JLONDON
V olum e 16
1961
EDITED BY
SIR HAROLD HARTLEY, F.R.S.
LO N D O NTHE ROYAL SOCIETY
1961
Published by The Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London, W .i
Issued November 1961
P R I N T E D I N G R E A T B R I T A I N B Y H E A D L E Y B R O T H E R S L T D 1 0 9 K I N G S W A Y L O N D O N W C 2 A N D A S H F O R D K E N T
C O N T E N T S
Volume i 6
No. l.April
Foreword by Sir H oward Florey, P.R.S. .
Formal opening of the celebrations (Tercentenary Address . . . . .
By Sir C yril H inshelwood, O.M.
Conversazione ( Plates5 and 6) . . . .
Banquet (Plate 7)
Tercentenary lectures, synopses of:The chromosomes and the theory of heredity .
By Professor C. D. D arlington, F.R.S.Trends in aeronautical science and engineering .
By Sir Arnold H all, F.R.S.The evolution of nuclear power plant design
By Sir C hristopher H inton , F.R.S.The physics and chemistry of nervous conduction
By Professor A. L. H odgkin, F.R.S.Molecules in crystals . . . . .
By D r D orothy H odgkin, F.R.S.The investigation of the universe by radio astronomy .
By Professor A. C. B. Lovell, F.R.S.The problems of transplantation
By Professor P. B. M edawar, F.R.S.The study of nuclear interactions at very great energies .
By Professor C. F. P owell, F.R.S.New horizons in organic chemistry
By Sir Alexander T odd , F.R.S.The metamorphosis of insects . . . .
By Professor V. B. W iggles worth, F.R.S.
Receptions . . . . . . .Honorary degree ceremonies (Plates 8 and 9)
Visits . . . . . . .London County Council luncheonFilm premiere arranged by Shell International Petroleum Company
Service at St Paul’s Cathedral . . . .Special exhibitions . . . . . .
Special B.B.C. programmes . . . .
Special publicationsCongratulatory addresses ( Plate 10) .Congratulatory gifts . . . . . . .Canadian table for the Mace . . . . . .List of representatives . . . . . . .Membership of Council and Tercentenary Celebrations CommitteesGresham College and the Royal Society ( .
By Sir H arold H artley, F.R.S., and Sir C yril H inshelwood, P.R.S.The debt of engineering to Fellows of the Royal Society
By Sir H arold Hartley, F.R.S.
C O N T E N T S
V olume 16
No. 2. November
Anniversary Dinner i960 . . . . .Age of election to the Royal Society . . . . . .
By A. V. H ill, F.R.S.Charles II, a Royal martyr . . . . . . . .
By M. L. W olbarsht and D. S. Sax
William Croone’s theory of muscular contraction ( 12 to 15) . . .By L. G. W ilson
The Savilian Professors’ houses and Halley’s observatory at Oxford ( 16)By H. E. Bell
Faraday consults the scholars: the origins of the terms of electrochemistry ( 1and 18) . . . . . . . .
By S. RossThe Royal Society and the founding of the British Association
By L. Pearce W illiams
Sir Richard Threlfall, G.B.E., F.R.S. (1861-1932): some personal memories (Plate 19) By R. E. T hrelfall
Henry William Robinson (Obituary) (Plate By E. N. da C. Andrade, F.R.S.
Visit of Major Yuri Gagarin (Plate 21) . . . . .IX General Assembly of the International Council of Scientific Unions (Plate 22)The Society’s Notes (Plate 23) . . . . . .Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society
or its Fellows . . . . . . . .Index . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF PLATES
PLATE
12. Plate from Croone’s De ratione motus musculorum . . To face page 162
13. Part of Plate XLIX from Swammerdam’s Biblia naturae . „ „ 166
14. Title page of second edition of Croone’s De ratione motus musculorum . . . . . . verso of plate 13
15. Plate IX from Borelli’s De motu animalium . . . To face page 171
16. The Savilian Professors’ Houses and Halley’s observatory atOxford . . . . . . „ „ 179
17. Whitlock Nicholl, F.R.S. . . . . . „ „ 188
18. WilliamWhewell, F.R.S. . . . . „ „ 197
19. Sir Richard Threlfall, F.R.S. . . . . „ „ 234
20. Henry William Robinson . . . . „ „ 243
21. Major Yuri Gagarin . . . . . „ „ 247
22. The opening of the IX General Assembly of the InternationalCouncil of Scientific Unions . . . . „ „ 248
23. The Society’s Medallists, i960 . . . . „ „ 252
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