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THE sixth Report of the Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research,1 which was recently issued, deals with a number of matters of scientific importance. It seems but a short time since the establishment of the Department, described in the pages of NATURE for May 20 and July 29, 1915, or the deputation to Lord Crewe, at which the promise of the million fund for the endowment of industrial research was made, and Sir J. J. Thomson pointed out the importance of fostering research in pure science, which, as he said, might lead to a revolution of methods, while from industrial research we could only hope for a reformation of details in method or procedure.
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Report of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the Year 1920–21.
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The Research Department. Nature 108, 489–491 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108489a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108489a0