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THE second discussion on the organisation of science in the British Commonwealth arranged by the Society for Visiting Scientists was held at the Society's House at 5 Old Burlington Street, London, W.I, on December 19. Prof. M. L. E. Oliphant presided, and the speakers included Dr. J. C. Andrews, member of council of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ; Dr. F. P. Bowden, head of the Research Group on the Physics and Chemistry of Rubbing Solids, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge ; Mr. G. B. Gresford, head of the Australian Research Liaison Office, Australia House, London ; Dr. C. H. Kellaway, director of the Wellcome Research Institution ; Prof. Eric Ashby, recently scientific attache to the Australian Legation in the U. S. S. R. ; Mr. Edgar Booth, chairman of the Institute of Wool Secretariat ; Dr. E H S. Burhop, lecturer in the Department of Applied Physics, University College, London ; Dr. Julian Huxley ; and Mr. H. E. Wimperis, scientific adviser to the Australian Government.
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Nature 157, 81–82 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157081a0
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