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Annual Report of the Delegacy lxxiii and catalysis organised by the Institute of Petroleum and gave lectures at the University of Nottingham and to the Vacuum Group of the Institute of Physics and the Physical Society Dr Satchell gave course of twenty-five lectures on thermo- dynamics at Queen Elizabeth College He also gave lecture at the Shell Woodstock Research Centre at Sittingbourne Kent Dr Davies gave lecture at the Petrochemical and Polymer Laboratories of Ltd Dr Coe gave lectures at the Universities of Padova and Messina Dr Perkins lectured at the Universities of Liverpool and Edin- burgh and at University College London Joint paper by him and Dr Jones was presented at the Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society at York Dr Hall gave lecture at the Euchem Conference at Scholss Elmar Bavaria Dr Robinson took part in colloquia at the University of Bristol and at Imperial College London and read papers at the Leeds- Sheffield Symposium on intramolecular metal-carbon bond formation in some complexes of the platinum metals and at the Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society Professor Gold is developing new field in the radiation chemistry of organic compounds in aqueous solution caused by self-irradiation by tritium decay in the solvent Professor Robertson has set up an ultra-high vacuum mass spectrometer for the study of catalytic reactions New equipment acquired during the year includes stopped-flow temperature jump apparatus for the study of enzymatic and other very fast reactions and thermionic detector for the detection and estimation of phosphorus and halogens During the year the department was pleased to act as host for varying periods to Dr Camaggi from the University of Bologna Dr Perez from the University of Rome Professor Pietro Salvadori from the University of Pisa Professor Giovanni Torre from the University of Modena and to Dr Wick from Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio The termination of the present session marks the end of chapter in the history of the department Next session under the headship of Professor Gold the department will move into purpose-built accom- modation in the new building on the Strand frontage which was completed this year