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AT the last meeting of the Council of the University of Birmingham, the following resolution was passed: “The Council has considered the recommendation of the Finance and General Purposes Committee with regard to the pressing needs of the Department of Physics, involving a capital outlay of about £60,000. rnents, but, owing to the present state of University finance, regrets that it is not possible at present to put this work in hand. It is, however, most desirable in the interests both of teaching and research that there should be no delay, and the Council would be most grateful for any financial help from outside to enable the University to meet these requirements.” This is a sequel to a report on the needs of the Physics Department made to the Council by Prof. M. L. Oliphant, who points out that the equipment and general facilities of the Department are totally inadequate for present needs. The time has come to review the temporary expedient adopted twenty years ago of having a considerable portion of the Department in old army huts.
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University of Birmingham. Nature 141, 743–744 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141743c0
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