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The British Scientific Instrument-making Trade

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THE progress of science as the result of experience gained during the present war will call for increased effort on the part of British manufacturers of scientific instruments at the conclusion of hostilities. Moreover, the knowledge gained by our principal enemy by virtue of the British blockade will give her a lead over us in many directions, since she has been forced to bring the brains of her leaders of scientific thought to bear on many problems of vital moment to the life of their country.

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HODGSON, E. The British Scientific Instrument-making Trade. Nature 100, 444–445 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100444c0

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