NOTES AND RECORDS°J

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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

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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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