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OCTOBER 14, 1926 ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY NOTICES New Chairman.—Colonel the Master of Sem-pill, A.F.C., Associate Fellow, assumed office as Chairman of the Society for the year 1926-1927 on October 1. Lecture Session.-—The following programmeof lectures has been arranged for the first half of the Session, 1926-1927 :—Thursday, October 7, at 8.30 p.m, Colonel the Master of Sempill, A.F.C. " Aero Engine Fuels of Today and Tomorrow." Thursday, October 21, at 6.30 p.m. Mr. W. R. D. Jones, M.Sc, " Notes on Magnesium and Some of its Alloys." Thursday, November 4, at 7.0. p.m. (Joint Meeting with the Institution of Automobile Engineers). Mr. G. F. Mucklow. Hydrogen as an Auxiliary Fuel for a Solid Injection Engine." Thursday, November 18, at 6.30 p.m. Mr. R. S. Capon. " Methods of Performance Testing and Analysis." Thursday, December 2, at 6.30 p.m. Mr. P.' B. Henshaw. Alloy Steels for Aero Work." Thursday, December 16, at 6.30 p.m. Wing-Commander C. D. Breeze, A.F.C., R.A.F. " The Training of Aircraft Apprentices." Elections.—The following have been recently elected in the various grades of the Society :— Fellow : Mr. E. F. Relf. Associate Fellows : Mr. J. H. Crowe, Mr. A. S. Halliday,Mr. D. A. Hughes, Captain A. G. Lamplugh, Mr. J. C. Steven- son, and Fit.-Lieut. E. J. D. Townesend. Associates : Mr. J. E. Atkins, F./O. E. St. M. Brett, Mr.H. V. Bullbrook, Mr. O. P. H. Denyer, Mr. L. W. Dove, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, Flt.-Lieut. V. P. Feather, F./O. C. A. C.Fidlcr, Mr. C. H. Prewer, Mr. W. G. Gibson, Mr. T. Hampson, Mr. H. R. Haynes, Flt.-Lieut. P. G. Leigh, Mr. P. H. Lindley,Mr. F. A. I. Muntz, Mr. W. J. Plater, Flt.-Lieut. R. C. Preston, F./O. O. T. P. Prickman, Mr. J. B. Prior, Mr. F. Radcliffe,Mr. W. Ramsay, Mr. G. C. D. Russell, Mr. D. G. Snook, Lieut, the Hon. J. M. Southwell, R.N., F./O. J. F. Tadman, Mr. A. VTarlton, and Mr. L. I). Whistler. Students : Mr. E. J. Fearn, Mr. P. T. Capon, and Mr. C. D.Perrickos. Members : Mr. E. A. Berens, Col. C. de F. Chandler, SirRobert Waley Cohen, The Master of Elibank, Mr. N. Norman, and Mr. R. C. Tragett. Lecture.—The second lecture of the first half of the sixty-second session will be held on October 21 at 6.30 p.m., at the Royal Society of Arts, 18, John Street, Adelphi, W C. 2,when Mr. W. R. D. Jones, M.Sc, will read a paper entitled " Notes on Magnesium and Some of Its Alloys." Colonel theMaster of Sempill, A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S., will "take the chair. Associate Fellowship Examination.—The Society's fourthexamination for Associate Fellowship took place on September 21. One candidate only, Mr. J. C. Dodds, wassuccessful in both papers submitted. J. LAURENCE PRITCHARD. Honorary Secretary. AERO ENGINE FUELS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW A PAPER under above title was read before the RoyalAeronautical Society on October 7 by Colonel the Master of Sempill, A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S. Unfortunately it is not possiblefor us to give the paper in full, it being one of quite exceptional length, nor does the paper lend itself to summarising. Thelecturer dealt with his subject in a most thorough manner, going back as far as the Bible (Genesis ix, 3) for his earliestrecords of petroleum products (in connection with the Tower of Babel the statement is found " Slime had they for mortar,"the slime being bitumen). In the course of his very interesting paper Colonel Sempill dealt with petroleum supplies, Scottishshale oil, coal by-products, power alcohol, and their various forms and sub-divisions. Reference was also made to dopesand detonation. In conclusion, the lecturer stated that no startling or sudden changes in the basic fuels used to-day could be visualised in the immediate years to follow. " It isconsidered," he concluded, " that the fuels of the immediate future will be the same as those used to-day, but the sourceof supply will of course be considerably augmented, and alcohol, as yet playing a negligible part, will come into greateruse. The principal factors that will enable the attainment of desired results that have been briefly outlined above arethe following, and in their fulfilment lies, in the writer's humble opinion, a forecast of the fuel position of the immediatefuture ;— " (a) The extension of research on engine design, not onlyfrom the point of view of improvements in design, but from the point of view of the bearing such work will have on theuse of fuels other than petrol and the like, and the relation of same to the points below. m Land's End toJohn O'Groats in a " Moth " :Colonel the Mas- ter of Sempillenjoys a refresh- ing cup of tea afterhis recent flight from Land's Endto John O 'Groats in the King's CupD.H. " Moth " G-EBMO. Hecovered the 630 miles in 8 hrs. 14mins., making a brief halt at Shot-wick en route. 677
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