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THE Federation of British Industries has arranged a one-day conference to be held in the Merchant's Hall, Glasgow, on Friday, April 25. Mr. Alexander Johnston, chairman of the Scottish Regional Council of the Federation, will preside at the morning session, when Sir James Lithgow will give the opening address. Papers on research in Scotland's major industries will be read by Mr. W. Barr (on steel), Sir Wilfrid Ayre (on shipbuilding), and Mr. W. G. Marskell (on heavy engineering). The chairman of the afternoon session will be Prof. T. Alty, of the University of Glasgow, and the following five papers will be given: research as a means of providing new industries, by Dr. J. W. McDavid ; chemical research for Scottish industry, by Prof. W. M. Cumming (Royal Technical College, Glasgow) ; Scotland's mineral raw materials, by Mr. T. H. Whitehead (Geological Survey of Great Britain) ; research in the light engineering industries, by Mr. J. N. Toothill; the individual Scottish firm and its application of research, by Prof. R. Hay (Royal Technical College, Glasgow). Sir Steven Bilsland, chairman of the Scottish Council, will sum up the discussion and addresses. Admission to the Conference is free, and tickets can be obtained either from the F.B.I. Scottish Office, 142, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2, or from the F.B.I. Industrial Research Secretariat, 21, Tothill Street, London, S.W.I.
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Industrial Research in Scotland. Nature 159, 534 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159534a0
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