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IN an article in last Week's issue of NATURE, the main characteristic of several types of metallurgical photoruicrography apparatus at present on the market were discussed, and it was suggested that British Manufactureds must pay more attention to details of Mechanical construction and design of this type of apparatus if they are to compete successfully with Continental manufacturers. That such competition is making itself felt is shown by the fact that twenty-two institutions and firms in Great Britain, and also sixteen in the United States, have recently installed Reichert metallurgical photomicrographic equipments of the type referred to in the article. From the point of view of British industry, it is unsatisfactory that so many British purchasers should have to place their orders with a foreign firm for an apparatus of such importance in industry and in scientific investigations. In 1920 the Faraday Society, undci he presidency of Sir Robert Hadfield, in conjunction with the Royal Microscopical Society, the Optical Society, and the Photomicrographic Society, held a symposium on “The Microscope: Its Design, Construction, and Applications.” A valuable discussion took place, in which microscope users stated their requirements and manufacturers presented their proposals to meet these requirements. The meetings aroused a considerable amount of enthusiasm on the part of manufacturers and resulted in the production of several types of microscopes of such a quality and in such qucrntity as to meet fully the requirements and the demands of the users. It would seem, however, that in regard to photomicrographic apparatus for metallurgy, the manufacturers have not kept pace with the demands of the metallurgists.
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[News and Views]. Nature 120, 558–562 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120558b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120558b0