Mathematics of Earthquake Waves Shake Mathematicians

In their third meeting for the year (Chem. Soc. please note), this society was recently privileged to hear Mr. W. Jones, of the Seismology Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, lecturing on "Seismic Waves." The mathematical theory of earthquake waves is extremely difficult to devolp without making many assumptions, it seems, and Mr. Jones did well to keep to a purely descriptive study of the various types of waves. His repetition of "this rather complicates matters" deterred even the keenest mathematicians, but they had their chance during the customary spread at supper.

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