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THE Report of the National Physical Laboratory for the year 1931 is an illustrated quarto volume of 131 pages (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 15s. net). As usual, it gives a readable and interesting account of the progress of the work of each department without introducing technical details, and equally as usual, that progress must be gratifying to the Board and to the staff. The new physics building is now in use and the old quarters of physics are occupied by electrical standards. The compressed air tunnel building is completed, the new tank will be completed this year, and the new acoustics building has been commenced. Dr. W. Rosenhain has left to take up other work, Prof. C. H. Desch of Sheffield succeeds him, while Dr. W. E. Dye has been lost by death. Ninety-seven official papers by members of the staff have been published during the year in the scientific or technical journals or in the proceedings of societies. We note the determination of the yard and metre in terms of the wave-length of the red cadmium line, the accurate measurement of time for radio frequencies, and an international agreement as to colour standardisation. Routine tests of almost all types have. with few exceptions, decreased. In the watch tests, the success of one Swiss firm is very remarkable.
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The National Physical Laboratory. Nature 129, 825 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129825c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129825c0