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THE seventeenth annual report, for 1933-34, of the National Research Council of Canada, in addition to reviewing the researches on analysis and testing conducted in the National Research Laboratories, gives a summary of the activities of associate committees and of assisted researches in university and other laboratories and under scholarships. A financial statement is included, together with particulars of the personnel of the various research, advisory and special committees. Among the researches completed in the National Research Laboratories during the year may be mentioned investigations on the suitability of Canadian clays for oil-refining, the bonding of rubber to metal, the chemical investigation of Canadian weeds poisonous to livestock, the suitability of Canadian wools for the manufacture of cloth, the causes of premature seeding in turnips, the stability of aircraft floats and the correction of instability in aircraft used for photographic survey work. Researches conducted under associate committees have dealt with methods for combating losses due to animal and plant diseases; the evaluation of insulating materials; the incidence and control of dangerous parasites in the livestock and wild life of Canada; the distribution and eradication of destructive weeds. Increasing use is being made of the research information service, and attention is directed to the desirability of expanding the National Research Library. The report surveys the outlook for the work of the Council, and concludes that every indication points to the more intensive application of science to industry, including agriculture, than in the past. The opportunities in the survey of resources, in standardisation, and particularly in the building industry and the utilisation of agricultural wastes, are stressed.
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National Research Council, Canada. Nature 135, 867–868 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135867d0
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