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    "verified_text": "new chairs have been established since 1910 in bacteriology, clinical medicine, tuberculosis, french, chemistry in relation to medicine, german, therapeutics, psychiatry, forestry, zoology (second chair), ac- counting and business method, natural philosophy (second chair), mining and organisation of industry and commerce. lectureships have been founded in italian, spanish, arabic, actuarial science, indian and colonial history, technical chemis- try, english law, physiology of the nervous system, genetics, venereal diseases, radiology, neuropathology, psychiatry. di- plomas have been instituted in social study, psychiatry, forestry, technical chemistry, public health, actuarial mathematics, geography. new degrees are granted in veterinary science, education, commerce, philosophy (doctor), mining and technical chemistry. women were admiited to classes in the faculty of medicine in 1916; before this date they attended special extramural classes which were recognised by the university. in 1922 an act was passed— universities (scotland) act 1922— granting powers to the universities to make ordinances: (1) to fix an age limit for principals and professors; (2) 1o institute a system of pensions or superannuation allowances for principals and professors, and (3) providing for the admission of lecturers or readers as mem- bers of the senatus academicus. the university of edinburgh has exercised the powers granted under the act. the age limit in the case of principals has been fixed at 75 and in the case of professors at 70. in rorg the university acquired 115 acres of land at liberton, a suburb to the south of the city, and in july 1920 the king laid the foundation stone of new chemical laboratories. in dec. 1924 this building was formally opened by the prince of wales, who thereafter received the honorary degree of doctor of laws. it is intended to erect additional buildings on the site for the use of other science departments. an ordinance of the university court, no. 33, was passed enabling the university to appoint readers, a certain proportion of whom may be appointed to mem- bership of the faculties. in 1916 three hosiels were built for the accommodation of women students attending the university or the provincial col- lege for the training of teachers. a closer relationship has been established between the university and the edinburgh provin- cial college for the training of teachers by a single appointment to the offices of the professorship of education in the university and the director of studies of the training college. since 1913 the university has granted the use of rooms to the workers’ educa- tional association for evening classes. the list of subjects taught has included, among others, english literature, economics, his- tory, psychology, science and music, and the majority of the i dinburgh, university of—education teachers are drawn from the university staff. the number of matriculated students was as follows :— igio-4 (average) 3,420 1915-9 (average) 2,400 1920-4 (average) 4,533 1925 3.964 in 1924-5 the number of women students was 1,228. edison, thomas alva (1847- ), american inventor (see 8.946), after 1910 perfected a battery of large storage capacity for propelling vehicles. this proved of great service, for example, in moving baggage trucks at railway stations, he hoped to produce, with henry ford, an automobile so propelled. he was specially interested in the cinema, and early in 1913 dis- played the first talking pictures, produced by synchronising the motion picture and the phonograph. although as yet unper- fected, the inventor believed that such pictures were destined largely to replace text-books in the schools. when in 1915, if appeared probable that the united states might be drawn into the world war, secretary daniels formed, oct. 7, the united states naval consulting board, of which edison was made chairman. in jan. 1917, placing his business affairs in charge of his officers, edison devoted himself exclusively to naval problems. among the previous matters with which he success- fully dealt were the detection of submarines by sound from moving vessels, the quick turning of ships by means of sea- anchors, and the devising of a type of projectile which would enter water direct without ricochet. he also designed and took charge of plants for the manufacture of chemicals used in warfare which had previously been produced exclusively in germany. in 1916 he announced a portable searchlight fed by a storage battery and more powerful than the acetylene lamp. edmonton, canada (sce 8.946), the capital of the province of alberta, had a population in 1921 of 58,821. edmonton is one of the chief western points on the canadian national railways, and is the terminus of the calgary and edmonton branch of the canadian pacific railway. the parliament building of the prov- ince of alberta stands high above the north bank of the saskat- chewan river. edmonton is the chief educational centre af the province, and here in addition to the university of alberta, with beautiful buildings on the south side of the river, are alberta and robertson colleges, westminster ladies’ college and a presby- terian college. edmonton has extensive live-stock, dairy, milling and packing industries, and many manufacturing estab- lishments; 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