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190 Meetings HM 8 

"Quotes and Versus" 
J. D. Mackenzie (University of Wollongong): "The Dialectics 

of Proof" 
G. C. Smith (Monash University): "Boole's Annotations on 

'Mathematical Analysis of Logic'" 
St. J. Kettle (Monash University): "Mijbius' Early Life and 

the World in Which He Lived It (1790-1816)" 
E. Seneta (University of Sydney): "Least Squares--Probabil- 

ity in Pre-revolutionary Russia" 
M. F. Newman (Australian National University): "A Study in 

the History of Groups" 

A display of early mathematical books in the Monash Univer- 
sity Library included the second edition (1713) of Newton's 
Principia Mathematics. A demonstration of The University of 
Auckland's replica of John Napier's pioneering calculating ma- 
chine, his Promptuary for multiplication (1617), aroused much 
interest (see Historia Mathematics 7 (21, 1980, #1401). 

Anyone who wishes further information on the Australian 
Conference may write to Professor John N. Crossley, Monash Uni- 
versity, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. 

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PERSPECTIVES IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 

The National Committee for the History and Philosophy of 
Science of the Royal Irish Academy has announced a Symposium, 
Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of Science, to be 
held April l-2, 1982, at the House of the Royal Academy, 19 
Dawson Street, Dublin 2. On the first evening of the Symposium 
an address will be delivered by a distinguished scholar in either 
the History or the Philosophy of Science. The remainder of the 
Symposium will consist of four sessions, a morning and an after- 
noon session on each day. The general topics to which each of 
these sessions will be devoted are, respectively, History of the 
Sciences; Science, Religion, and Society: Philosophy of Science; 
Science and Ireland. Those wishing to attend, to present papers, 
or to receive further information should write to! 

Dr. Charles Mollan, Secretary 
National Committee for the History and 

Philosophy of Science 
Royal Irish Academy 
19 Dawson Street 
Dublin 2, Ireland