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THE Council of the British Scientific Instrument Research Association held an informal luncheon at the Connaught Rooms on December 21 in honour of Sir Herbert Jackson, who occupied the position of Director of Research pf the Association from its beginning in 1918 until July 31, 1933. Some thirty members of council and friends, representing all sides of the scientific instrument industry, attended. After the luncheon, Sir Herbert Jackson was presented with a gold minute-repeater watch and a vase of carved white jade, and Lady Jackson received a pair of ivory-backed brushes and a mirror. Mr. Conrad Beck, in proposing the toast of Sir Herbert and Lady Jackson, spoke of the valuable work which Sir Herbert Jackson had done and of the friendly relations which had existed between Sir Herbert and all the members of the Association. Sir Frank Smith and Mr. H. T. Tizard both referred to the wide range of Sir Herbert's activities and to the wealth of helpful suggestion which he could invariably bring forward in discussions on non-technical as well as on technical matters. In the remarks made by Mr. R. S. Whipple, Mr. F. Twyman and Mr. J. Hasselkus, special tribute was paid to Sir Herbert's power of inspiring self-confidence in those with whom he came into contact, and to the encouragement he had always given to instrument makers not to be satisfied with an instrument that was good enough, but to produce an instrument which was really outstanding. High tribute was paid also by all the speakers, to Lady Jackson, who shares the affection in which Sir Herbert himself is held. Sir Herbert Jackson, after thanking the council and members of the Association for their expressions of appreciation and for their gifts, referred to the assistance and co-operation which he had received from the industry itself, and to the spirit of enterprise which animated the industry: without these it would have been possible to do but little.
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Presentation to Sir Herbert Jackson, K. B. E., F. R. S. Nature 133, 20 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133020c0
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