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THE Society of Chemical Industry is sponsoring a convention on high vacua under the presidency of Sir Charles Darwin, director of the National Physical Laboratory, which is being organised by Mr. L. L. Maitland, director of British-American Research, Ltd., to be held at Gleneagles during October 12–13. Among the topics to be discussed are the applications of high vacua to plastics, dehydration, distillation generally and the distillation of fatty oils, the metallurgical industry and nuclear physics and atomic energy. Full opportunity will be provided for discussion. Information on accommodation and travel arrangements can be obtained from Mr. L. L. Maitland, British-American Research, Ltd., Block E.2, Hillington North, Glasgow, S.W.
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Convention on High Vacua. Nature 162, 523 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162523a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162523a0