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THE Royal Society has been offered £2,000 by an anonymous donor to establish a fund for the provision of apparatus and materials for restoring the equipment of laboratories and institutions for scientific research in enemy-occupied territory. It has been stipulated that the fund be associated with the memory of the late Sir Horace Darwin, who did so much to promote the development and use of instruments in research and its applications. The Royal Society has accepted the gift, and has agreed to create a "Horace Darwin Fund". It has been a part of German policy to destroy scientific institutions in invaded countries, after looting apparatus or other equipment likely to be of use, and it may be expected that great difficulty will be experienced in re-starting the scientific life of these unfortunate lands. The help which can be given through the provision of instruments and equipment will be an important contribution to the solution of this difficult problem, and will forge another link in the chain of international collaboration. Contributions should be sent to the Treasurer, Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W.1.
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Horace Darwin Fund of the Royal Society. Nature 153, 739 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153739b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153739b0