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... THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. | The sudden collapse of the central powers, and the consequent swift transition from war to peace conditions, fortunately did not take the National Research Council wholly unawares.
From page 46...
... 2 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918. mittees and its members dealt actively with military and naval prob- lems of precisely the same type as those which have insistently pressed for solution during the present war.
From page 48...
... 4 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918. there must come broad surveys of the larger possibilities of research, indicating opportunities likely to be missed by the investigator con- cerned with limited branches of science, and pointing the way to the occupation of many fields where great return may be expected to result from well-organized effort.
From page 49...
... RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICE. 5 tions; and contribute in other ways toward international cooperation in research.
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... 4 6 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918, utmost of cordial cooperation be shown by each of the bureaus and committees in question with the Research Information Committee. To secure this the following is directed: (a)
From page 51...
... RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICE. "7 as luminous zinc sulphide, special aviators': goggles, ear valves, Aldis sights, camera mountings, etc.
From page 52...
... 8 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918. received, together with a brief statement of the nature and content of the reports.
From page 54...
... 10 § ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918, (rh) The maintenance of the necessary contact between the officers in London and Paris, in order that provision may be made for the direct and prompt inter- change of important scientific and technical information.
From page 56...
... 12 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918. 27, 1919, after conducting the office with marked success throughout the greater part of the war.
From page 60...
... 16 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1918. In support of all these activities, the common efforts of all who realize the importance of research, in science and in its applications, should be strongly united.
From page 61...
... INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 17 After discussion by the conference, this recommendation for the establishment in each of the participating countries of a national re- search council, and the federation of these bodies to form an inter- national research council, was unanimously adopted.
From page 63...
... INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 19 Italy -- _Gaudenzio Fantoll, Raffaello Nasini, Vincenzo Reina, Annibale Riccd, Vito Volterra.

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