Abstract
THE scheme for the establishment of a Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, of which we gave an account in our issue of March 9, is described by Prof. Orme Masson in an interesting article in the Melbourne Argus of January 22. Prof. Masson points out that, just as Lord Roberts pleaded in vain the military necessities of the nation, so the warnings of men like Sir Henry Roscoe, Sir William Ramsay, and Sir Norman Lockyer, as to the consequences of the neglect of science, were disregarded before the war. After the scheme for the development of scientific and industrial research, under a committee of the Privy Council, had been put forward about a year ago, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, determined to do as much—and more—for the Commonwealth, with the view of making the country independent of German trade and manufacture when the war is over. Following the example of the British Science Guild ten years ago, he appointed a committee representing State scientific departments, universities, and industrial interests to prepare a scheme; and within a few days the committee had produced the draft already published in our columns.
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The Commonwealth Institute of Science and Indsutry . Nature 97, 126 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097126a0
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