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The first annual report of the Design and Research Centre for the Gold, Silver and Jewellery Industries has been issued (Goldsmiths' Hall, Foster Lane, London, E.C.2); the Centre was inaugurated on October 1, 1946. After referring briefly to the initiation of market and consumer research, the training of designers, including the provision of refresher courses and the plans for development of the library and reading room and information service, the report deals with the plans of the research section. Prof. R. S. Hutton was originally appointed honorary acting director of research, and an Advisory Research Committee has formulated a research programme and initiated investigations on tarnish-resisting silver at the Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and on polishing processes, temper-hardened silver, coloured patina and other metal finishes at the Sir John Cass Institute, London. Dr. C. E. Garden was appointed director of research and took up his duties on June 2, 1947, and an industrial liaison officer has also been appointed. An information bulletin is being issued, and a research laboratory is being established at Goldsmiths' Hall, London.
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Research in the Jewellery Industry. Nature 160, 863 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160863a0
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