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ON December 10, Lord Rutherford opened the new L.M.S. Railway research laboratory at Derby in the presence of many well-known scientific workers and industrialists. Before the special train left St. Pancras, Pat Rutherford, grandson of Lord Rutherford, had the honour of naming the new Crewe-built engine of the special train. Sir Josiah Stamp first introduced him to the leading guests and then lifted him on to the running-plate of the engine. A purple cloth covered the name-plate. Pat pulled the cord to unveil the plate and called out, “I name this engine ‘Lord Rutherford of Nelson’ ”. We propose to print an account of the speeches made at the opening of the new laboratory at Derby in our next issue.
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New Research Laboratory of the L.M.S.. Nature 136, 949 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136949a0
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