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THE first meeting of the newly founded Association for Scientific Photography was held at the Royal Institution on June 5. Prof. J. Yule Bogue, in his opening address, on applied photography, said that with the rapid growth of science and technology in the last decade, workers, whether they be in the industrial or purely scientific fields, have found it increasingly difficult to keep in touch with the recent advances in fields other than their own. Any particular branch of industry or science is largely dependent for its own advancement upon the progress made in other branches. In order that the maximum benefits may accrue, it is essential that knowledge of these advancements be disseminated as widely as possible. The Association for Scientific Photography has been formed to do this in respect of the development and application of photography as a scientific instrument in industry, technology, medicine and science. The association will assist its members in the solution of problems of development, production and research, by the application of photographic methods. It caters primarily for those who apply or could apply photographic techniques to their work, as opposed to photographers who are interested in the application of their work to scientific problems. It is essential, therefore, that there shall be close co-operation with those concerned with the technical developments of photographic science, so that the results of their work shall be readily available for application by those working in science and industry.
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PHOTOGRAPHY AS A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT. Nature 151, 718–721 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151718a0
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