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TO ensure that the full benefits of science shall be secured to the Naval Service, a Department of Scientific Research and Experiment has been set up under the Third Sea Lord and Controller. As the Scientific Adviser of the Admiralty, and in charge of this Department, Mr. F. E. Smith, F.R.S., has been* appointed with the title of Director of Scientific Research. It is the duty of the Department to keep the Navy in touch with outside scientific establishments and to ensure that the work at the various naval experimental establishments proceeds with full cognisance of scientific progress and methods. The Director of Scientific Research will work in close association with the Naval Staff, thus ensuring that naval policy is framed with due consideration of the possibly practical applications of scientific progress in relation to naval needs, and enabling requirements as to types and weapons to be formulated with a knowledge of the latest scientific possibilities.
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Naval Research and Experiment. Nature 105, 245–246 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105245c0
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