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ON October 22, the Duke of Kent opened the new laboratory of the British Electrical and Allied Research Association which has been built at Perivale, Middlesex. Referring to the importance of research, he said that, in a mechanical era such as ours, it is one of the most important features of productive industry. The Association is supported by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the British Broadcasting Corporation and many other bodies, including electric supply undertakings in the dominions and colonies. Electrical manufacturing firms are now well-equipped with laboratories for conducting research into problems bringing immediate profit to themselves, and they spend in this way hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. The Research Association conducts researches of general interest, which are of benefit to the user of electricity (the public), the user of electrical plant and apparatus (the electricity supply undertakings and the public) and to the manufacturer who uses electrical materials. The research work is carried out under the guidance of its council and seventy-five technical committees consisting of 450 leading experts in all branches of the industry who give their services voluntarily. The research work as a whole is supervised by the director, who is assisted by a staff of forty-seven technical experts and thirty-two clerical workers. Most of the work is done in existing establishments, the National Physical Laboratory, universities, manufacturers' laboratories, etc., but where special facilities are required it is carried out by the technical staff.
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The E.R.A. Laboratory at Perivale. Nature 136, 673 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136673a0
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