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THE Research Association for the non-ferrous metals industry had its inception during the recent conflict, when manufacturers, under the stern necessity of war demands, began to realise the need for fuller knowledge respecting the metals and alloys with which they had to deal. Preliminary meetings were held at the end of 1918 and during 1919, the attendance being well representative of the non-ferrous metals and allied industries, and included smelters, founders, metal rollers, tube manufacturers, wire drawers, and makers of every class of industrial alloys, including the precious metals. After some unforeseen delay the association was formally incorporated in January, 1920, with headquarters in Birmingham, the centre of the British non-ferrous metals industry.
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SMITH, E. Industrial Research Associations: II.—British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. Nature 106, 381–382 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106381a0
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