Report of the Annual Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 17

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South African Association for the Advancement of Science, 1921 - Science
 

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Page 351 - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry; to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in different parts of the British Empire with one another, and with foreign philosophers ; to obtain a more general attention to the objects of science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page 120 - Feeblemindedness generally to include all degrees of mental defect due to arrested or imperfect mental development, as a result of which the person so affected is incapable of competing on equal terms with his normal fellows or of managing himself or his affairs with ordinary prudence.
Page 154 - ... most important one in crop production. Previous to the formulation of the view that there is a definite lime-magnesia ratio for maximum plant growth, many contradictory reports existed respecting the benefits or injuries from the application of lime and magnesia to soils. As early as 1814, Davy (1814) discussed the injury that magnesia sometimes produces on crops. He wrote, " On mixing some calcined magnesia with soil in which different seeds are sown, it is found that they either die or vegetate...
Page 155 - ... result with the proportion of lime to magnesia equal to 2, and better with the higher than the lower, showing that an excess of lime does less harm than an excess of magnesia. In the pot experiments a soil of known composition was used and the proportions between lime and magnesia were made the same as in the nutritive solution experiments, and the same results were obtained with rye and corn; with kidney beans the proportion of lime to magnesia equal to 3 gave the best...
Page 215 - Science, vol. xvil, 1921, pp. 218, 219. one will hear it coming out of the forest and shouting loudly. Should a member of the clan die away from Lomondo, it is the old baboon which will go, accompanied by others, to fetch the new Mudzimu, who has been transformed into a baboon, and it will bring the new god to the sacred hill. At the time of the first fruit ceremony, the consecrated beer will not only be poured on the back of the ox-grandfather, but part of it will be brought to the forest of the...
Page 215 - Laudzi, when he dies, becomes a baboon and goes to the sacred hill of Lomondo to dwell there. There is a specially big baboon amongst them. It never utters a cry. It is very old. It is the chief of the flock, and the principal ancestor god. Only when a great misfortune threatens the tribe one will hear it coming out of the forest and shouting loudly. Should a member of the clan die away from Lomondo, it is the old baboon which will go, accompanied by others, to fetch the new...

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