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TO explain the task of the Bramwell lecturer we must recall the meeting of 1881, when the Association was celebrating its jubilee in the heyday of Victorian prosperity and confidence. It was a jubilant jubilee. Never, perhaps, was applied science more actively progressive. From day to day its achievements compelled attention. Electricity was knocking at the door, bringing a wallet big with gifts, wonderful gifts that established new contacts between the sciences of the laboratory and the arts of social life.
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EWING, A. Power. Nature 128, 567–572 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128567a0
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