From the archives: Happy 150th – or is it 163rd?

This story was first published on Aug. 20, 2006, in the Montreal Gazette.
 “A telegraphic despatch was received in Montreal yesterday, announcing that the American Scientific Association had accepted the invitation of the Natural History Society and Corporation of Montreal. The next annual meeting of that body will, therefore, be held in this city in August next year.”
The Gazette, Wednesday, August 27, 1856
The scientific world – or a significant part of it – was co