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National Resources Planning Board 



of nominees of llie United Kingdom, tlie Dominions 

 and India, and the Colonial Oiricc. This executive 

 council administers several bureaus which act as clear- 

 ing houses of research information. 



Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 



The Departuient of Scientific and Iinlustrial Research . . . 

 was tlie outcome of a widely felt need for action to remove the 

 defects in . . . industrial organization revealed at the outbreak 

 of the Great War. The object of the Government was stated 

 to be "to establish a ix>rmanent organization for the promotion 

 of scientific and industrial research" throughout the I'nited 

 Kingdom ... in peace, even more than in war — thougli for 

 the time being the claims of the defence were paramount.' 



The directing agency of the Department is an ad- 

 visory council, but actual supervision is by special 

 boards or committees. The functions of the council 

 arc to institute specific researches to establish special 

 institutions, to study problems in particular industries 

 or trades, and to administer research studcnlships and 

 fellowships for recruiting scienlilic and technical j)ro- 

 fessions. The expenditure of the Department in 1937- 

 38 was £872,127 gross or £037,200 net. Total receipts 

 in that year amounted to £234,927, of which fees for 

 paid work were £80,486, contributions to cooperative 

 research £17,966, payments by other Government De- 

 partments for services rendered £81,923, and the 

 remainder from miscellaneous sources. 



The Department maintains 8 special research estab- 



» Heath, Sir Frank. Government and scientific rcscarcii. London and tlie ad- 

 vancement of science. T>ondon, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 1831, ch. 5, pp. 205-206. 



lishmcuts and some 30 boards or committees, and 

 cooperates with some 20 industrial research associa- 

 tions, the Medical Research Council and the Agri- 

 cultural Research Council. About 20 Government 

 agencies have liaison representatives in the Depart- 

 ment. 



The special research establishments are: 



National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. 



Geological Survey and Museum, London. 



Fuel Research Station, Greenwich. 



Low Temperature Research Station, Watford. 



Forest Products Research Station, Princes Risborough. 



Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington. 



Radio Research Station, Slough. 



The boards and committees are: 



Building (Materials and Construction) Research Board 



Committee on Testing Work for the Building Industry 



Chemistry Research Board. 



Food Investigation Board. 



Committee of Management, Low Temperature Station for 



Research in Biochemistry and Physics, Cambridge. 

 Metallurgy Research Board. 



Road (Materials and Construction) Research Board. 

 Water Pollution Research Board. 

 Atmosjiheric Pollution Research Board. 

 Dental Investigation Committee. 

 Gas Cylinders and Containers Committee. 

 Illumination Research Committee. 

 Lubrication Research Committee. 

 Road Tar Research Committee. 

 Steel Structure Research Committee. 

 Committee on the application of X-ray Methods to In 



dustrial Research. 



The trade associations are: 



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Figure 61. — The Paint Research Stuliun, Teddington, Kugland 



The British Cast Iron Research 

 Association. 



The British Iron and Steel Fed- 

 eration (Iron and Steel Indus- 

 trial Research Council). 



The British Refractories 

 Research Association. 



The British Electrical and 

 Allied Industries Research 

 Association. 



The British Scientific Instru- 

 ment Research Association. 



The British Association of 

 British Paint, Colour, and 

 Varnish Manufacturers. 



The Institution of Automobile 

 Engineers Research and 

 Standardization Com- 

 mittee 



The British Cotton Industrv 

 Research Association. 



The Wool Industries Research 

 Association. 



The Linen Industry Research 

 Association. 



The British Launderers' Re- 

 search Association. 



