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PROF. C. H. LANDER, who is retiring from the chair of mechanical engineering at the City and Guilds Engineering College, University of London, has played an standing part for a long period in research and education in engineering, particularly in relation to the utilization of fuel. He obtained varied practical experience in engineering over several years, first with the Manchester Ship Canal Company, then as assistant to Mr. Charles Hopkinson and later with Heenan and Froude, Ltd. As a result he had acquired an excellent background before taking the course in engineering at the University of Manchester, where he graduated in 1905 with first-class honours and was awarded the Fairbairn Prize. He was demonstrator and later lecturer in engineering in the University of Manchester during 1906-16, in which year he was awarded the degree of D.Sc. for a series of original investigations on heat flow, surface friction, and allied subjects. During this period he was also part-time engineer to the Home Office in charge of experimental work on heating and ventilation ; this work was the basis of provisions in the Factory Acts. During the First World War Dr. Lander served as an officer in the R.N.V.R., and his important service was recognized by one of the awards to inventors for secret war inventions.
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Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College : Prof. C. H. Lander, C.B.E. Nature 158, 191 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158191a0
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