| Description | Brief listing of exhibits and exhibitors at the Royal Society's annual displays at Burlington House, London, with descriptive text. Arranged by rooms, Rooms 1-6 and Meeting Room. Commencing with notes that guests would be received by the President [Howard Florey], that a film would be shown during the evening and an acknowledgement that 'By the courtesy of the President and Council of the Geological Society, their rooms have been opened for this occasion'. The catalogue of exhibits begins with a disclaimer: 'The descriptions of exhibits in this catalogue are supplied by the exhibitors, who alone are responsible for their accuracy'.
Room 1:
1. New types of transition-metal compounds, exhibited by Dr. Joseph Chatt, Dr. Bernard Leslie Shaw and Dr. H.R. Shaw, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Heavy Organic Chemicals Division, Akers Research Laboratories, Welwyn, Professor G.E. Coates, University of Durham, Dr. Frederick George Mann, University of Cambridge, Professor Robert Sydney Nyholm, University College, London, Mr. Herbert Marcus Powell and Dr. L.M. Venanzi, University of Oxford, and Professor Geoffrey Wilkinson, Imperial College, London.
2. The Mossbauer effect, exhibited by Dr. N.A. Dyson, Professor Philip Burton Moon and Mr. H.R. Shaylor, Physics Department, University of Birmingham, and Dr. T.E. Cranshaw and Dr. C.E. Johnson, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
3. Ecological genetics of cyanogenesis in the plant lotus corniculatus, exhibited by Mr. D.A. Jones, Genetic Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University Museum, Oxford.
Room 2:
4. A protective effect of radiation against damage by further radiation, exhibited by Dr. R. Davies, Wantage Research Laboratory, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Wantage, Berkshire.
5. The Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile 1958-59, exhibited by Dr. E.J. Godley, D.S.I.R., New Zealand, Dr. M.W. Holdgate, Zoology Department, University of Durham, Professor G.A. Knox, Canterbury University, New Zealand, Dr. G. Kuschel, Universidad de Chile, Dr. W.A. Watters, Geological Survey, New Zealand.
6. Magnetotropism in plants, exhibited by Professor L.J. Audus and Miss June Whish, Bedford College, London.
7. Research on conbustion and power generation from combustion, exhibited by Mr. A.H. Yorke, Mr. M.T. Monaghan, Mr. V. Croft, Dr. I.A. McGrath and Mr. M. Komninos, Department of Fuel Technology and Chemical Engineering, Sheffield University.
Room 3 (Reception Room):
The Mace of the Royal Society presented by King Charles II in 1663.
The Charter Book of the Royal Society which contains the signatures of the Royal Patrons and of the Fellows of the Society.
Gifts received on the occasion of the Tercentenary and a selection of the Tercentanary congratulatory addresses.
Room 4:
8. Graphite science and technology, exhibited by Professor Alfred Rene Jean Paul Ubbelohde, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College, London.
9. Photoperiod and morphogenesis in an aphid, exhibited by Dr. Anthony David Lees, Agricultural Research Council Unit of Insect Physiology, Cambridge.
10. Electrolytic machining apparatus, and thin-walled copper sphere, exhibited by Professor John Fleetwood Baker, Depratment of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
11. Demonstration model of the Jacquard mechanism, exhibited by the Science Museum.
12. An image-splitting microscope for precise measurement, exhibited by Dr. James Dyson, Associated Electrical Industries Research Laboratories, Aldermaston Court.
13. The root nodules of leguminous and other plants, exhibited by Dr. Philip Sadler Nutman, Rothamsted Experimental Station and the Royal Botanic Gardend, Kew.
14. Bradykinin, its chemistry, pharmacological actions and possible role in physiological and pathological reactions, exhibited by Dr. D.F. Elliott, Dr. R.H. Fox, Dr. S.M. Hilton, and Dr. G.P. Lewis, National Institute fro Medical Research, London.
Room 5:
15. A propane-filled bubble chamber, exhibited by Dr. J. McKenzie and Mr. M.R. Bowman, University of Oxford.
16. Electrodeposition and uses of very thin nickel-iron films, exhibited by Dr. E. Franklin and Dr. J. Stephen, Electronics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
17. The automatic identification of printed numerals, exhibited by Dr. M.B. Clowes and Mr. J.R. Parkes, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington.
18. Biological calcification from ciliates to cetaceans, exhibited by Dr. F.G.E. Pautard, Department of Biomolecular Structure, University of Leeds.
19. Queen substance, a honeybee pheromone, its function, isolation and synthesis, exhibited by Dr. C.G. Butler, Rothamsted Experimantal Station, Harpenden, Dr. Robert Kenneth Callow and Miss N.C. Johnston, National Institute for Medical Research, London.
20. Determination of wood density variation across tree growth rings by means of beta particles, exhibited by the Forest Products Research Laboratory and Radio-isotope Applications Unit of the D.S.I.R.
21. The prevention of vortex-excited oscillations of cylindrical structures, exhibited by Mr. C. Scruton and Mr. D.E. Walshe, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington.
22. The structure of bacteria flagella, exhibited by Dr. R.E. Burge and Mr. G.H. Smith, King's College, London.
23. Kinetic gas analysis, exhibited by Dr. B.M Wright, National Institute for Medical Research, London.
24. Use of radiotransmitting pills for physiological measurements in the gastro-intestinal tract, exhibited by Mr. A.M. Connell and Dr. E.N. Rowlands, Gastro-Enterology Department, Central Middlesex Hospital, Mr. J. McCall and Mr. H.S. Woolff, National Institute for Medical Research, London.
25. Cytogenetic studies in Leukemia, exhibited by Dr. W.M. Court Brown, M.R.C. Clinical Effects of Radiation Research Unit, Edinburgh, and Dr. C.E. Ford, M.R.C. Radiobiology Research Unit, Harwell.
Room 6:
26. Effects of a pyrimidine analogue on flowering and tissue differentiation in hemp, exhibited by Professor John Heslop-Harrison and Dr. Yolande Heslop-Harrison, Department of Botany, University of Birmingham.
27. Cell division in plants under the electron microscope, exhibited by Dr. B.E. Juniper, Botany School, Oxford.
28. Reproductive unbalance as a consequence of selection in rye-grass, exhibited by Dr. J.P. Cooper and Professor P.T. Thomas, Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth.
Meeting Room:
The following film will be shown at 9.10 and 10.10 p.m.: -
South from Chiloe, the story of the Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile. An introduction to the film will be given by Dr. M.W. Holdgate. |