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With apologies for cross-posting REMINDER Chemistry and Publishing Thursday 26 October 2006 Science Museum Lecture Theatre - 2pm The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry’s autumn meeting will be held on Thursday 26 October 2006 at the Science Museum Lecture Theatre, Science Museum, South Kensington, London at 2pm. At this half-day meeting Peter Forshaw, David Knight, Richard Kidd and Jim Mussell will speak on various aspects of chemistry and the written word from early modern times to the present. Programme 14.00 AGM 14.10 Introduction 14.15 Peter Forshaw (Birkbeck College, University of London) 'Arcana publicata vilescunt': Early Modern Chymistry and the Publication of Secrets. 15.00 David Knight (University of Durham) Publishing Chemistry in the Regency. 15.45 Break for Refreshments 16.15 Jim Mussell (Birkbeck College, University of London) Chemical News in the Chemical News: publishing, property and secrecy in late-nineteenth-century chemistry. 17.00 Richard Kidd (Royal Society of Chemistry) RSC Journals Publishing: a view from the 21st Century. 17.30 End of Meeting The meeting is open to all at a fee of £10.00. If you would like to attend please email Dr Anna Simmons on [log in to unmask] For further details see www.ambix.org Anna Simmons Hon. Secretary Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry