| 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'. The catalogue begins with an errata slip for exhibits 2 and 17.
Room 1:
1. The preparation of European flora, exhibited by Professor Thomas Gaskell Tutin and Dr. Vernon Hilton Heywood, Flora Europaea Editorial Committee.
2. The high resolution autoradiography of chemically reactive surfaces, exhibited by Dr G.T. Rogers and Mr. J.D.H. Hughes, Isotope Research Division, Wantage Research Laboratory, Atomic Energy Research Establishment [corrected in errata slip].
3. The design of new structural materials, exhibited by Dr. J.G. Morley, Mr. R.G.C. Arridge, Dr. D. Cratchley, Mr. B.A. Proctor, and Dr. E. Standage, Rolls-Royce Limited, Advanced Research Group, Derby.
4. The development of engineering materials from brittle solids in which high strengths are utilized, exhibited by Mr. J. Cook, Dr. C.C. Evans, Mr. J.E. Gordon, and Mr. N.J. Parratt, Explosives Research and Development Establishment, Ministry of Aviation, also Mr. D.M. Marsh, Tube Investments Limited.
Room 2:
5. The area of road required for traffic in towns, exhibited by Dr. Reuben Jacob Smeed, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Road Research Laboratory.
6. The transmission of lettuce big vein disease by the fungus Oplidium, exhibited by Dr. J.A. Tomlinson and Mr. R.G. Garrett, National Vegetable Research Station, Warwickshire.
7. Die-back of cultivated mushrooms: a virus disease of a fungus, exhibited by Mr. Michael Hollings, in collaboration with Miss Olwen M. Stone, Miss Doreen G. Gandy and Mr. F.T. Last, Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, Littlehampton.
8. Studies on agents derived from human foetal tissues obtained from mothers recovered from rubella, exhibited by Dr. James Stuart Porterfield, National Institute for Medical Research, and Dr. E. Peppercorn and Dr. H.E.M. Kay, Royal Marsden Hospital.
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 of the Society.
Room 4:
9. Topside sounding of the ionosphere, exhibited by Dr. J.W. King, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Radio Research Station.
10. Calorelectric effect in flame plasmas, exhibited by Dr. A. von Vogel and Dr. J.R. Cozens, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford.
11. Speciation in African lake fishes: the Haplochromis species flock in Lake Victoria, exhibited by Dr. Peter Humphrey Greenwood, Zoology Department, British Museum (Natural History).
12. Compounds of the Noble gases - xenon tetrafluoride, exhibited by Dr. R.D. Peacock and Mr. J.H. Holloway, Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham.
13. GaAs optical maser, exhibited by Mr. R.F. Broom, Mr. C.H. Gooch. Dr. Cyril Hilsum, and Dr. D.J. Oliver, Services Electronics Research Laboratory.
14. Venomous animals and their venoms, exhibited by Dr. Findlay E. Russell, Department of Zoology, Univesity of Cambridge.
Room 5
15. The aggregation of blood platelets, exhibited by Dr. William Francis Jack Cuthbertson and Mr. D.C.B. Mills, Glaxo Research Limited and Professor Gustav Victor Rudolf Born and Dr. M.J. Cross, Royal College of Surgeons.
16. Interfacial phenomena in liquid-liquid extraction, exhibited by Dr. Henry Sawistowski, Department of Chemcal Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College, London.
17. Volatile metal nitrates and nitrites, exhibited by Dr. C.J. Hardy and Mr. B.O. Field, Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell [corrected in errata slip].
18. Triploidy in Man, exhibited by Dr. R.J. Ellis and Dr. Joy D.A. Delhanty, Galton Laboratory, University College, London.
19. A new technique in infra-red spectroscopy, exhibited by Dr. H.A. Gebbie and Mr. N.W.B. Stone, National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex.
20. The effects of toxic chemicals on wildlife, exhibited by Dr. N.W. Moore, Toxic Chemical and Wildlife Section, the Nature Conservancy, Monks Wood Experimental Station.
21. Three-dimensional networks and polyhedra, exhibited by Dr. Alexander Frank Wells, Dyestuffs Division, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited.
22. Ecological significance of differences between species in sensitivity tp phosphate deficiency, exhibited by Dr. Christopher Donald Pigott and Mr. K. Taylor, Department of Botany, University of Cambridge.
23. Measurement of voltage distribution along a polluted insulating strip, exhibited by Dr, B.F. Hampton, Central Electricity Research Laboratories.
24. Direct power generation by thermiotic emission, exhibited by Mr. G. Rice and Dr. J. Myatt, Direct Conversion Group, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
Room 6:
25. The laboratory records and note-books of Professor C.T.R. Wilson F.R.S., recently presented to the Society by Mrs Wilson, exhibited by Professor Philip Ivor Dee and Dr. Thomes Wilson Wormell.
26. 'Nonsense' orientation and other recent developments in the study of bird navigation, exhibited by Dr. G.V.T. Matthews, the Wildlife Trust, Gloucestershire.
27. Organism - environment interaction in the control of canary reproduction, exhibited by Dr. Robert Aubrey Hinde, in collaboration with Dr. R.P. Warren, Miss E.A. Steel, and Dr. R.P. Bell, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Madingley, Cambridge.
Meeting Room:
The following film will be shown at 9.10, 9.50 and 10.30 p.m.: -
The vocanic eruption on Tristan da Cuhna 1961-62. 'This film was largely taken by the members of the Royal Society expedition....' |