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THE British Association is not the only organisation in Great Britain having for its avowed object the advancement of science. Every learned society, all the various bodies dealing with the professional interests of scientific and technical workers, ar whole heartedly devoted to the same cause. But the British Assciation has very special functions in addiition to those of giving “a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry”and promoting “he intercourse of those who cultivate science.” It was also called into being to obtain more general attention for the objects of science, for which purpose it set itself the task of familiarising the general public with the progress of scientific research and developing a consciousness of the effects of such research upon man's material and intellectual progress. Such activities are essentially complementary to those of the learned societies, the function of which it is to provide specialists with the necessary facilities for meeting others engaged in the same particular branch of science, and for the appraisement and publication of their work.
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The Interpretation of Science. Nature 120, 501–503 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120501a0
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