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THE secretary of the Institute of Physics has pointed out to me an error in my review of “Laboratory Design” published in Nature of February 16, p. 256. I said that no designers spoke at the symposium of the Institute of Physics on the design of laboratories. In fact, two architects contributed to the discussion, which was reported in the Journal of Scientific Instruments in May 1948. The Institute is thus cleared of the implied charge of failure to appreciate the function of the architect; but much more could be done to bring home to both scientific workers and architects the value and help that each profession could be to the other. A first step has been taken to this end by the setting up, under the auspices of the Royal Institute of British Architects, of a joint committee to consider problems of laboratory design. This committee agreed that an up-to-date reference book is needed to cover the design of industrial, educational and research laboratories; but it was unable to solve the problem of financing such a project, without external aid from the Government or other appropriate bodies, which so far has not been forthcoming.
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MEYRICK, S. “Design and Fitting of Laboratories”. Nature 169, 632 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169632c0
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