The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
The next meeting of the Society will be held on Saturday 20 November 1999 in
the Conference Room of the Science Museum and Imperial College Library,
London SW7, starting at 11.45am.
SCOTTISH CHEMISTRY
(A meeting held for the 200th anniversary of the death of Dr Joseph Black
(1728-1799), professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh)
Dr Robert Anderson, British Museum.
"18th Century Scottish Background and Forefront".
Mrs Jean Jones, Edinburgh.
"Joseph Black and James Hutton".
A.D. Morrison-Low, National Museums of Scotland.
"Popularising Chemistry: some Scottish Lecturers during the 18th and 19th
Centuries".
Dr Harry Payne, H. Payne Associates.
"J.F. Macfarlan and the Smith Brothers: The Edinburgh Connection".
The meeting is open to members and non-members. The meeting fee is £5.00
A sandwich lunch will be available at the meeting. The charge for the lunch
is £5.00, which includes morning coffee.
Contact: John Hudson, Hon Secretary
Applied Sciences, Anglia Polytechnic University, East Road, Cambridge CB1
1PT.
Or see the Society's website for a registration form:
http://www2.open.ac.uk/arts/HST/SHAC/SHAC.htm
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