Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government business related research & development activities
Notes:
Established in 1914 to promote scientific and industrial research. Financed research proposals and otherwise encouraged research associations in private industry and research in universities. Came to administer various government research stations including Building Research Station, Fuel Research Station and National Engineering Laboratory. Closed in 1965
Publications:
- Department of Scientific & Industrial Research by Melville, Harry
- Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. A study in the growth of organised science by Varcoe, I M
- Government, Industry and Scientific Research. Twenty years of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, 1915-1935 by Cruickshank, A D
- Scientists, government and organised research in Great Britain, 1914-16. The early history of the DSIR by Varcoe, I M
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government business related research & development activities
Notes:
Established in 1914 to promote scientific and industrial research. Financed research proposals and otherwise encouraged research associations in private industry and research in universities. Came to administer various government research stations including Building Research Station, Fuel Research Station and National Engineering Laboratory. Closed in 1965Publications:
- Department of Scientific & Industrial Research by Melville, Harry
- Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. A study in the growth of organised science by Varcoe, I M
- Government, Industry and Scientific Research. Twenty years of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, 1915-1935 by Cruickshank, A D
- Scientists, government and organised research in Great Britain, 1914-16. The early history of the DSIR by Varcoe, I M