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THE British Industries Fair, 1936, which opened on February 17, is not only the largest trade fair in the world, but it is also this year larger than it has ever been since it was first held in 1915. Its object is to assemble before the greatest number of potential buyers, both from Great Britain and from overseas, the greatest possible concentration of British manufactures. Only goods manufactured or produced within the British Empire are permitted to be displayed, and no exhibitor may exhibit articles other than those of his own manufacture. Thus the Fair forms a visible microcosm, showing the variety, range and character of the goods manufactured or produced within the British Empire. It would, of course, be an impossible task to attempt to review the twenty-four miles of exhibits that constitute the combined stand frontage at London (including Olympia and the White City) and Birmingham. All that can usefully be attempted here is to direct attention to some features, selected somewhat arbitrarily, of the scientific exhibits at Olympia.
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British Industries Fair: Scientific Exhibits. Nature 137, 331–332 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137331a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137331a0