October, 1977 ANALYTICAL DIVISION DIARY 31 1Analytical Division Diary, continuedNovember, continuedWednesday, 16th, 6.30 p.m. : PrestonNorth West Region, jointly with the Lancasterand District Section of the CS/RIC and thePreston Polytechnic Students ChemicalSociety.“Solvent Extraction of Metals : The CurrentPosition,” by D. S. Flett.The Polytechnic, Preston.Wednesday, 16th, 2 p.m. : FelixstoweEast A ngbia Region : Annual General Meeting,followed by a meeting on “Mineral Analysisin the Fertiliser Industry.”“The Assessment and Analysis of PhosphateRocks in the Fertiliser Industry,” by S. R.Porter.“The Determination of Quartz in AirborneDusts,” by D. R. Howlett.Followed by a tour of the laboratories ofthe Research Station.Fison’s Ltd., Levington Research Station,Felixstowe.Thursday, 17th, 10.30 a.m.: DidcotRadiochemical Methods Group : Annual Gen-eral Meeting (2.05 p.m.) and meeting on“Radioactivity and the Environment.”“Environmental Measurements of 3H and14C,” by R.L. Otlet.‘‘85Kr in Air,” by I. C. Downing, M. J. deFaubert Maunder and R. B. Pitts.“Current Practice for the EnvironmentalSurveillance of Nuclear Power Stations,”by A. R. Ware.“Radionuclides in Marine Pollution Studies,”by R. J. Pentreath.“Activation and Counting Procedures, TheirPlace in Environmental Analysis,” byL. Salmon.“Biological Tissues as Indicators of Environ-mental Health and Pollution,” by N. M.Spyrou.“Studies of the Transport of Actinides inMammals,” by G. N. Stradling.“Assessment of Radioactive ContaminationTour of selected Laboratories.B.551, AERE, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon.Biological Methods Group : Annual GeneralMeeting, followed by a lecture by SirDavid G.Evans.The Chemical Society, Burlington House,London, W. 1.Wednesday, 23rd, 6.15 p.m.: Wolverhamp-tonMidlands Region : Annual General Meeting,followed by a joint meeting with theMidlands Region of the RIC on “StudentPapers.” The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton.Electroanalytical Group on “Students’ Re-This meeting has been cancelled.Thursday, 24th, 10.30 a.m. : LondonA utonzatic Methods Group .- Annual GeneralMeeting, and a joint meeting with theSouth East Region on “Twenty Years ofAutomation. ”Speakers to include: A. C. Docherty, K.Aldous and P.B. Stockwell.Imperial College, London, S.W.7.Thursday, 24th, 4 p.m.: Glasgowin Man,” by F. Fry.Thursday, 17th, 6.30 p.m.: LondonWednesday, 23rd, 2.30 p.m. : Londonsearch.’ ’Scottish Region, jointly with the Glasgow andWest of Scotland Section of the CS/RICand the Andersonian Chemical Society.“Chemical Analysis and Water PollutionControl in the Clyde Catchment,’’ by G. A.Best.Room C133, Chemistry Department, Uni-versity of Strathclyde, Cathedral Street,Glasgow, G1 1XL.Wednesday, 30th : DidcotSpecial Techniques Group : Annual GeneralTour of selected laboratories and short pre-AERE, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon.Meeting.sentations on instruments on viewAna I yt i ca I Division DiaryOCTOBER NOVEMBERThursday, 13th, 2.30 p.m.: LondonAnalytical Division on “Topics in Environ-mental and Marine Chemistry.”“Studies on Toxic Trace Metals in theEnvironment by Advanced PolarographicMethods.” by Professor H.W. Niirnberg.“Trace Mercury and Methylmercury Com-pounds in Fish,” by H. Egan.“Some Applications of X-ray Microanalysis toBiological Problems,” by P. F. Newell.Geological Society of London Lecture Thea-tre, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London,w.l.Thursday, 13th, 4 p.m. : BelfastNorthern Ireland Sub-committee, jointly“New Analytical Techniques Based onChemistry Department, The Queen’s Univer-with the Andrews Club.Hydrogen Flames,” by A. Townshend.sity, Belfast.Friday, 14th, 7 p.m. : HarrogateNorth East Region : Social evening.Dinner, followed by “Magic and MysteryThrough the Ages,” by Professor and Mrs.E.A. Dawes.Granby Hall Hotel, Harrogate.North West Region, jointly with the SouthCheshire Branch of the PharmaceuticalSociety.“Analytical Problems in Drug Toxicology,’’by B. Scales.ICI Pharmaceuticals Division, Tenant’s HallConference Centre via Bollington Lodge,Alderly Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire.Friday, 14th, 6.30 p.m. : MacclesfieldFriday, 14th, 5 p.m. : ExeterWestern Region, jointly with the PeninsulaSection of the CS.“Polarography in Environmental and MarineChemistry,” by Professor H. W. Nurnberg.Department of Chemistry, The University,Exeter.Monday, 17th, 4.30 p.m. : EdinburghScottish Region, jointly with the Edinburghand East of Scotland Section of the CS andthe Heriot-Watt University ChemicalSociety.“Studies of Toxic Trace Metals in theEnvironment by Advanced PolarographicMethods,” by Professor H.W. Niirnberg.Mountbatten Conference Theatre, Heriot-Watt University, Grassmarket, Edinburgh.Wednesday, 2nd, 2 p.m.: SheffieldNorth East Region, jointly with the ModernMethods of Analysis Group of the SheffieldMetallurgical and Engineering Associationon “Air Pollution Monitoring.”Chairman’s opening remarks.“Analytical Techniques for the Estimation ofContaminants in Factory Atmospheres,”by A. F. Smith.“Airborne Dust Sampling in Industry,” byA. Critchlow.“Methods of Ambient Air Monitoring,” byA. J. Apling.“The Sampling and Analysis of Dust Emiss-ions,” by D. Hough.Sheffield City Polytechnic, Pond.Street,Sheffield, S1 1WB.Friday, 4th, 5 p.m.: GlasgowScottish Region : Annual General Meeting.“Potable Spirits,” by W. Dunnett.Room C129, Thomas Graham Building,University of Strathclyde, Cathedral Street,Glasgow.Monday, 7th, 6.30 p.m.: BirminghamMidlands Region.“Applications of Polarography in Environ-mental and Marine Chemistry,” by Pro-fessor H. w . Niirnberg.Lecture Theatre 201, Haworth Building,Chemistry Department, The University,Birmingham.Friday, llth, 6.30 p.m.: ChepstowWestern Region.Discussion on “Asbestos : Its Analysis andImplications,” introduced by B. Sanders.George Hotel, Chepstow.Tuesday, 15th, 6.30 p.m.: SheffieldNorth East Region and Atomic SpectroscopyGYOUP, jointly with the Modern Methods ofAnalysis Group of the Sheffield Metallur-gical and Engineering Association.Discussion on “Analytical Instrumentation-Does the Manufacturer Listen to theUser?” introduced by C. P. Cole and P. 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