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Proceedings of the stated meeting held Wednesday, April 19, 1933
THE FRANKLIN (PROCEEDINGS
OF THE STATED MEETING
The regular monthly
INSTITUTE. HELD WEDNESDAY,
meeting of The Franklin
Institute
APRIL 19,1933.)
was called to order
at eight-fifteen P.M. by the President, Mr. Hayward. He announced that there was no business to be transacted
but that a few
notices would be read by the Secretary. The Secretary announced that on Wednesday, May third, in the latter part of the afternoon, a special meeting would be held in honor of Dr. Niels Bohr of Dr. Bohr Copenhagen, Denmark, the initiator of theories of atomic structure. was the recipient of a Franklin Medal some years ago but has not had an opportunity to attend a meeting of The Franklin Institute before this time. It is hoped that the physicists of this section of the country and members of the Full information will be sent Institute will give a hearty welcome to Dr. Bohr. out at an early date. He further called the attention of the membership to the annual Medal Day exercises which will be held at three-thirty P.M. on Wednesday, May seventeenth. He stated that a distinguished group of scientists and industrialists would be awarded medals this year, and named especially the following: Mr. Igor I. Sikorsky, inventor of the multimotored airplane of various types as the recipient of a Potts Medal; Senor Juan de la Cierva, inventor and developer of the autogiro, as the recipient of the Cresson Medal; and Dr. Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, In the great initiator of human flight, as the recipient of the Franklin Medal. addition to the latter, Dr. Paul Sabatier, Dean of the Faculty of Science of Toulouse University, France, a chemist of international reputation, the discoverer of the catalytic property of many common metals, and a Nobel Prize medalist, would be awarded the second Franklin Medal. The Secretary further made an announcement concerning the satisfactory progress which has been made in the building operations on the Parkway, and the definite promise of the builders that the building could be opened for the activities of the Institute on or before December I, 1933. The President then presented the lecturer of the evening, Dr. W. F. G. Swann, Director of the Bartol Research Laboratories of The Franklin Institute. Dr. Swann spoke eloquently and most interestingly on some fundamental researches which are being carried on at the Bartol Laboratory. His lecture was illustrated by a wealth of brilliant experiments, showing delightfully the work which has been carried on. The talk was followed by some discussion, after which the meeting adjourned at nine-fifty-three. Many members of the audience remained, investigating the apparatus shown and asking questions, until nearly eleven o’clock. HOWARD
MCCLENAHAN, Secretary. 609
OF THE STATED MEETING
The regular monthly
INSTITUTE. HELD WEDNESDAY,
meeting of The Franklin
Institute
APRIL 19,1933.)
was called to order
at eight-fifteen P.M. by the President, Mr. Hayward. He announced that there was no business to be transacted
but that a few
notices would be read by the Secretary. The Secretary announced that on Wednesday, May third, in the latter part of the afternoon, a special meeting would be held in honor of Dr. Niels Bohr of Dr. Bohr Copenhagen, Denmark, the initiator of theories of atomic structure. was the recipient of a Franklin Medal some years ago but has not had an opportunity to attend a meeting of The Franklin Institute before this time. It is hoped that the physicists of this section of the country and members of the Full information will be sent Institute will give a hearty welcome to Dr. Bohr. out at an early date. He further called the attention of the membership to the annual Medal Day exercises which will be held at three-thirty P.M. on Wednesday, May seventeenth. He stated that a distinguished group of scientists and industrialists would be awarded medals this year, and named especially the following: Mr. Igor I. Sikorsky, inventor of the multimotored airplane of various types as the recipient of a Potts Medal; Senor Juan de la Cierva, inventor and developer of the autogiro, as the recipient of the Cresson Medal; and Dr. Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, In the great initiator of human flight, as the recipient of the Franklin Medal. addition to the latter, Dr. Paul Sabatier, Dean of the Faculty of Science of Toulouse University, France, a chemist of international reputation, the discoverer of the catalytic property of many common metals, and a Nobel Prize medalist, would be awarded the second Franklin Medal. The Secretary further made an announcement concerning the satisfactory progress which has been made in the building operations on the Parkway, and the definite promise of the builders that the building could be opened for the activities of the Institute on or before December I, 1933. The President then presented the lecturer of the evening, Dr. W. F. G. Swann, Director of the Bartol Research Laboratories of The Franklin Institute. Dr. Swann spoke eloquently and most interestingly on some fundamental researches which are being carried on at the Bartol Laboratory. His lecture was illustrated by a wealth of brilliant experiments, showing delightfully the work which has been carried on. The talk was followed by some discussion, after which the meeting adjourned at nine-fifty-three. Many members of the audience remained, investigating the apparatus shown and asking questions, until nearly eleven o’clock. HOWARD
MCCLENAHAN, Secretary. 609