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THE discussion on September 14 in Section A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences) of the British Association, on the production and technical application of high voltages, was one of those selected by the Council of the Association as having a direct bearing on the life of the community. The high-voltage transmission system connecting our major power stations, and the extensive use of X-rays in hospitals, are but two examples of the impact of high-voltage science upon society, and the extent of the applicability of this science is increasing rapidly. In no other science are physics and engineering more interdependent, and it is significant that nuclear physics would have been almost a closed book without the application of high voltages.
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A., T. Production and Technical Application of High Voltages. Nature 138, 605–606 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138605a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138605a0