| 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 a note on a film to 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. Crystalline vitamin B12 - preparation and microbiological assay, exhibited by William Francis Jack Cuthbertson and Ernest Lester Smith, Glaxo Laboratories.
2. Decorative effects produced by diffraction, exhibited by Sir Thomas Merton.
3. A simple reflecting microscope, exhibited by Mr. William E. Seeds, Physics Department, King's College and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, Medical Research Council, Biophysics Unit, King's College.
4. A simple method for phase-contrast microscopy, John Randal Baker, Peter C. J. Brunet and Denys A. Kempson, Department of Zoology, Oxford.
Room 2:
5. The effect of fungal epidemics on the periodicity of phytoplankton organisms, exhibited by Hilda Canter and John Walter Guerrier Lund, Freshwater Biological Association.
6. Germanium triode, exhibited by the British Thompson-Houston Company Limited.
7. Germanium and gallium and their compounds extracted from British coal, exhibited by Johnson Matthey and Company Limited.
8. The preparation and properties of single crystals of gallium, exhibited by Dr. R. W. Powell, National Physical Laboratory and Dr. F. M. Reynolds, Chemical Research Laboratory.
9. Optical model of diffraction microscope, exhibited by the British Thomson-Houston Company Limited.
Room 3:
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.
Floral exhibit by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Room 4.
10. The halteres of flies, exhibited by John William Sutton Pringle, Department of Zoology, Cambridge.
11. Microscope with long working distance, exhibited by Mr. J. Dyson, Electron Physics Section, Associated Electrical Industries Research Laboratory.
12. Micromanipulation apparatus, exhibited by James William Longman Beament, Agricultural Research Council, Department of Zoology, Cambridge.
13. A new encrusting Ceratelladid, exhibited by Arthur Knyvett Totton, British Museum (Natural History).
14. Semi-microchemical balance Model 141, exhibited by L. Oertling Limited.
Room 5:
15. Single crystals of alkali halides and other materials, exhibited by Adam Hilger Limited.
16. The negative spring, exhibited by Egon Orowan and Mr. Oliver H. Wyatt, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
17. Colouring matters of aphids, exhibited by Mr. H. Duewell, Mr. J. P. E. Human, Dr. A. W. Johnson, Dr. S. F. MacDonald, Alexander Robertus Todd, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge.
18. A flat flame for determination of the velocity of slow flames, exhibited by Sir Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton and Mr. S. Thabet, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Imperial College London.
19. Nuclear transmutations produced by particles of the cosmic ray of energy 10 10 eV, exhibited by Cecil Frank Powell, H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol.
20. The motion produced in a liquid by the impact of an air jet on its surface, exhibited by the British Iron and Steel Research Association.
21. Rickets in Xenopus toads, exhibited by Miss Hilda Margaret Bruce and Alan Sterling Parkes, National Institute for Medical Research.
22. Demonstration of experiments on 'organizers' in invertebrates and vertebrates, exhibited by Mr. M. Abercrombie, Gavin Rylands de Beer, Dr. P. Ford, Miss R. Morgan and Miss J. Singer, Department of Embryology, University College, London.
23. Corrosion of ferrous metals by sulphate-reducing bacteria, exhibited by Miss M. E. Adams, Mr. K. R. Butlin and Miss M. Thomas, Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington.
24. Electron micrographs of influenza and related viruses adsorbed on the membranes of fowl red cells, exhibited by Dr. I. M. Dawson, Dr. William Joseph Elford, National Institute for Medical Research.
Room 6:
25. Flash cinematography of bird flight, exhibited by R. H. J. Brown, Department of Zoology, Cambridge.
26. The separation of inorganic compounds by paper chromatography, exhibited by Mr. T. V. Arden, Mr. F. H. Burstall, Dr. G. R. Davies, Reginald Patrick Linstead and Mr. R. A. Wells, Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington.
27. Exhibition of living marine animals, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth.
28. Gravity survey in the British Isles, exhibited by the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge.
Meeting Room:
A film will be shown at 9.15, 9.45 and 10.15 p.m. as under -
'Explosions on the Sun', photographed by Professor Donald Howard Menzel, High Altitude Observatory of Harvard University and the University of Colorado, exhibited by the Royal Astronomical Society and introduced by Frederick John Marian Stratton. |