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THE twenty-second annual meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science was held at Cape Town on July 7-12, under the presidency of Prof. J. A. Wilkinson, professor of chemistry in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The meeting was well attended, and more than 80 papers were read. Joint meetings of sections were held for a symposium on veld-burning and for the paper by Prof.?.?. Fantham on “Heredity in Man: its importance both biologically and educationally.” There were various visits to places of scientific, and historic interest in the neighbourhood, and a popular lecture was delivered by H.M. Astronomer at the Cape, Mr. H. Spencer Jones, on “Wireless Messages from the Stars.” A scientific conversazione was arranged by the Royal Society of South Africa, and there was a reception by the Consul-General for Belgium.
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FANTHAM, H. Science in South Africa. Nature 114, 802–804 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114802a0
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