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IT is just about twelve months since reference I was made to the third and final Report of the Water-Power Committee of the Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies (NATURE, December 8, 1921, p. 457). In the little book before us the whole of the results of the investigations made by the committee, as set forth in the three successive reports, are embodied. This compact statement of the present position of the British Empire in regard to the development of its water-power resources will be welcome to all who are interested in the matter, either from a purely scientific or from a utilitarian and practical point of view. It represents the outcome of four years of valuable research work, carried on with unremitting activity by the committee under the capable direction of the chairman, Sir Dugald Clerk, and with the energetic and painstaking assistance of the secretary, Prof. A. H. Gibson.
Water-Power in the British Empire. The Reports of the Water-Power Committee of the Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies.
Pp. ix + 54. (London, Bombay, and Sydney: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 3s. 6d. net.
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CUNNINGHAM, B. Water-Power in the British Empire The Reports of the Water-Power Committee of the Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies . Nature 110, 767 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110767a0
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