Abstract
THE issue of NATURE of May 1 contains a letter by Messrs. Morgan and Holmes from the new government “Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington”, describing results of their study of certain fatty materials. I venture to ask directly and plainly: Why is such work being done in a State laboratory? Years ago there was much heartburning among consulting chemists because the National Physical Laboratory was taking the bread out of their mouths. Is it now to be the turn of the universities and technical schools to suffer from the State poacher? The work described is purely academic, such that any intelligent fourth-year student could do.
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ARMSTRONG, H. Wasteful Research?. Nature 117, 823–824 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117823b0
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