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A TECHNICAL exhibition was held in the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, on April 24-25. This exhibition was organised by the students of the College for two purposes: to provide the public with an opportunity of inspecting the College, and to provide past and present students and their friends with the opportunity of meeting one another socially. During these days each Department of the College was open for inspection, and was demonstrating the processes illustrating the various subjects studied in the College. In addition, the students obtained the co-operation of nearly forty outside firms, which sent numerous exhibits to supplement those on view in the Departments. The exhibition was officially opened by Mr. J. W. Peck, secretary of the Scottish Education Department; Mr. G. M. Smith being in the chair. The public was given the opportunity, for the first time, of viewing the wind tunnel recently installed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the purpose of aeronautical research, and also the distillation plant which was presented six months ago to the Technical Chemistry Department. Other exhibits of interest included a demonstration of television, glass-blowing, metal-spray ing, spectro-graphic analysis, ultra-violet radiation, and many others that were of interest not only to the scientifically trained person, but also to the public. A Former Students' Association has been formed, and the inaugural meeting was held immediately after the opening ceremony, Mr. J. W. Peck being the chairman.
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Technical Exhibition at Glasgow. Nature 137, 735 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137735a0
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