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SIR WILLIAM BRAGG opened the new Sir Robert Had field Metallurgical Laboratories at the University of Sheffield on September 15. The laboratories mark the first stage in a scheme of development of the University for which an appeal was issued two years ago. Sir Robert Had field contributed generously in response to the appeal, and as a mark of appreciation of this and his many other benefactions to the University, and particularly the Department of Metallurgy, the laboratories have been named after him, and a commemorative plaque in the main laboratory was unveiled by Sir William Bragg. The following telegram was sent to Sir Robert Had field: “Members of the University and others assembled at the inauguration of the Sir Robert Had field Metallurgical Laboratories send you hearty greetings. They remember with gratitude your continuous generosity to the University, and regret your absence from this ceremony. They send you best wishes for a speedy recovery to health.” The University of Sheffield is unique among the universities of Great Britain in that it confers degrees in metallurgy as distinct from degrees in science ; these Were established so long ago as 1907. The new laboratories will be used primarily for teaching, but research Work will also be carried out. In his address, Sir William Bragg referred to the relation of science to industry, and said that although they may be forced together by circumstances, a metallurgical school, like the restraining constituent in an alloy which prevents separation of the components, holds theory and practice together and gives the industry strength and adaptability.
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New Metallurgical Laboratories at Sheffield. Nature 142, 565 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142565a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142565a0