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THERE is a general impression on the Continent, and even in England, that English teachers of science carry on their work with little direct relation to one another. Twenty-five years ago this impression was not incorrect, but any one who will take the trouble to read the “Calendar and General Directory of the Science and Art Department for the year 1887,” lately published, will see that it is no longer true, and that very important steps have been taken towards the establishment of an organised and efficient system of scientific instruction. At South Kensington we have now a School of Science, which maintains the most intimate connection with a vast number of science schools and classes in all parts of the United Kingdom. Here we have at least the germs of a proper system, and it depends upon the country itself whether we are to remain content with what has been achieved, or are to continue the work we have begun until it can be pronounced completely adequate to the needs of modern times.
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The Calendar and General Directory of the Science and Art Department . Nature 35, 320–321 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035320a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/035320a0