"The visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to Montreal last autumn was much more than a startling innovation… it was a surprising testimony to the social and political change that has come over the British Empire within the quarter of a century."
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The British Association in Canada. 1885. Originally published in 1886, read before the Royal Colonial Institute.
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John Henry Lefroy
(28 January 1817 – 11 April 1890) was a British military officer, colonial administrator, and scientist, known for his work on the Earth's magnetism.
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