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THE economic production of liquid fuel and other products from coal is a subject which has received wide publicity. It formed the theme of Lord Rutherfords maiden speech delivered in the House of Lords a little more than two years ago, when as chairman of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research he outlined the position and its prospects. Later in the same year Dr. C. H. Lander, then director of fuel research for the same Department, gave an informative Friday evening discourse at the Royal Institution (see NATURE, April 30 and May 7, 1932), in which he gave figures showing the technical and economic aspects of the problem. It is of interest to note that the Miners Federation also has the matter under consideration. At the final session on July 7 of the annual conference at Scarborough of the Federation, Mr. Sadler, of South Wales, moved a resolution urging the Trade Union Congress and the Labour party to press the Government to provide capital for establishing on an industrial basis the extraction of oil and by-products from coal. Coal, he said, made Great Britain the workshop of the world, and he asked the Conference to be prepared to make use of all the aid that science can give in utilising coal. Mr. Peter Lee (president) stated that he wanted to see coal used instead of oil wherever possible, but he emphasised also the importance of the scientific use of coal, adding that the Miners Federation is fully aware of the possibilities. Mr. Sadlers resolution was adopted.
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Scientific Utilisation of Coal. Nature 132, 92 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132092b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132092b0