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THE ‘Beama’ (Kingsway, London, W.C.2) has recently published a book entitled “Twenty-One Years” which gives an interesting review of the work done by the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association since it was founded in 1911. The founders thought that voluntary co-operative action would go far to meet the economic difficulties which at that time were proving a severe handicap to the development of the electrical industry in Great Britain. Practically all the electrical manufacturers in the country are members of this Association. It has done excellent work in introducing order into the commercial relations between its members and its customers. Its opinion has carried great weight when legislation affecting the industry has been proposed. It has promoted far-reaching policies of research and standardisation benefiting engineering in general. The principle behind the Association's activities has been co-operation without the sacrifice of individual initiative. It has succeeded in linking together the manufacturing interests with the leading professional engineering institutions. Mr. D. N. Dunlop has been the director of the Beama since its start and much of its success is due to him. It has done excellent work in providing for the education in Great Britain of students from all countries, particularly from the Dominions. In 1920 it founded a research association which has done excellent work. During the past few years electrical manufacturers have begun to increase their exports to Europe, a sign of competitive efficiency. The Association took a leading part in encouraging the World Power Conference and also in encouraging the National Grid Scheme, the largest electrical achievement in the world.
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The British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association (‘Beama’). Nature 132, 23 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132023a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132023a0