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THE visit of the King and Queen to the British Scientific Products Exhibition at the Central Hall, Westminster, on Tuesday, is a mark of Royal approval which will be highly appreciated, not only by the British Science Guild, which is responsible for the enterprise, but also by all who are working for the advancement of science and the extension of its industrial applications. Their Majesties, who were accompanied by Princess Mary and Prince Henry, were received by the Marquess of Crewe, president of the exhibition, and several members of the organising committee. They remained in the exhibition for about an hour and a half, and took the keenest interest in numerous machines, instruments, and products displayed, particularly in the exhibits of optical and laboratory, glass and instruments, dyes and fine chemicals, radium, high-speed telegraphic printing, magnetos, Hadfield steels, potash salts from blast-furnace dust, seed-testing, and fruit and vegetable preserving. Both the King and Queen expressed much satisfaction that so many objects in the exhibition represented things formerly obtained chiefly or entirely from abroad, and congratulated the organisers of the exhibition upon the educational and practical value of this display of British productions. Their visit was a most encouraging sign of Royal concern for national activities which receive little official or public attention, though they are of prime importance; and it will doubtless induce many people to see for themselves what is really a stimulating display of scientific and industrial achievement.