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FIELD MEETING AT ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION, HARPENDEN Saturday, 1st May, 1948 Report by J. F. Kirkaldy, D.Sc., F.G.S. [Received 18th October, 1948]
THIRTY-EIGHT members and friends assembled at 2.30 p.m., and were conducted in three parties round the newlyestablished Pedological Department. The demonstrations consisted of the use of X-ray diffraction technique in the study of clay minerals, of spectrographic analysis in the investigation of trace element deficienciesand a study of the weathering of the rocks of the Malvern Hills. After tea had been served in the Social Centre, the Director, Dr. W. G. Ogg, welcomed the party, and the President, Mr. E. E. S., Brown, in his reply, voiced the thanks of the party to Dr. Ogg and to Dr. A. Muir, head of the Pedological Department, and his staff for the very instructive demonstrations. The party then divided into two groups and were conducted round the farm. This gave an opportunity for studying the effectiveness of different amounts and types of fertilisers and of comparing the classical and the modem layout of experimental fields. Broadbalk with its long strips showing the older method and a field with small randomised blocks the latest method. The party dispersed at about 6 p.m,
DEMONSTRATION AT THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY Saturday, 9th October, 1948 Report by J. F. Kirkaldy, D.Sc., F.G.S. [Received 9th October, 1948]
ABOUT 100 members of the Association, the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia and the Richmond Natural History Society assembled at 3 p.m., and were welcomed by Prof. V. G. Childe, Director of the Institute. Prof. F. E. Zeuner then briefly outlined the main features of the exhibits, which included recent and fossil soils, numerous implements, arranged mainly to show typology, from many localities in Africa and Europe and reconstructions, several in the form of dioramas, of Pleistocene mammalia. Full details of the demonstration, together with references, are to be found in "The Exhibition of Stone Age and Pleistocene Geology from the Cape to Britain," Occasional Paper No.9 of the Institute. This demonstration had been specially prepared for the l Sth International Geological Congress. Whilst members were examining the exhibits, Mr. I. W. Cornwall, B.A., demonstrated M. Leon Coutier's technique for making flint implements.
FIELD MEETING AT ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION, HARPENDEN Saturday, 1st May, 1948 Report by J. F. Kirkaldy, D.Sc., F.G.S. [Received 18th October, 1948]
THIRTY-EIGHT members and friends assembled at 2.30 p.m., and were conducted in three parties round the newlyestablished Pedological Department. The demonstrations consisted of the use of X-ray diffraction technique in the study of clay minerals, of spectrographic analysis in the investigation of trace element deficienciesand a study of the weathering of the rocks of the Malvern Hills. After tea had been served in the Social Centre, the Director, Dr. W. G. Ogg, welcomed the party, and the President, Mr. E. E. S., Brown, in his reply, voiced the thanks of the party to Dr. Ogg and to Dr. A. Muir, head of the Pedological Department, and his staff for the very instructive demonstrations. The party then divided into two groups and were conducted round the farm. This gave an opportunity for studying the effectiveness of different amounts and types of fertilisers and of comparing the classical and the modem layout of experimental fields. Broadbalk with its long strips showing the older method and a field with small randomised blocks the latest method. The party dispersed at about 6 p.m,
DEMONSTRATION AT THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY Saturday, 9th October, 1948 Report by J. F. Kirkaldy, D.Sc., F.G.S. [Received 9th October, 1948]
ABOUT 100 members of the Association, the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia and the Richmond Natural History Society assembled at 3 p.m., and were welcomed by Prof. V. G. Childe, Director of the Institute. Prof. F. E. Zeuner then briefly outlined the main features of the exhibits, which included recent and fossil soils, numerous implements, arranged mainly to show typology, from many localities in Africa and Europe and reconstructions, several in the form of dioramas, of Pleistocene mammalia. Full details of the demonstration, together with references, are to be found in "The Exhibition of Stone Age and Pleistocene Geology from the Cape to Britain," Occasional Paper No.9 of the Institute. This demonstration had been specially prepared for the l Sth International Geological Congress. Whilst members were examining the exhibits, Mr. I. W. Cornwall, B.A., demonstrated M. Leon Coutier's technique for making flint implements.