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Catalogue description Admiralty: Directorate of Materials Research and predecessors: Registered Files (EN Series) and Branch Folders
| Reference: | ADM 278 |
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| Title: | Admiralty: Directorate of Materials Research and predecessors: Registered Files (EN Series) and Branch Folders |
| Description: |
This series consists of files and branch folders of the Directorate of Materials Research. The Directorate of Aeronautical and Engineering Research, later the Directorate of Engineering and Materials Research and finally the Directorate of Materials Research was one of the four divisions of the R.N. Scientific Service as established in 1946. |
| Date: | 1941-1970 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Aeronautical and Engineering Research, 1946-1959 Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Engineering and Materials Research, 1946-1964 Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Materials Research, 1959-1964 Board of Admiralty, Scientific Research and Experiment Department, 1918-1946 |
| Physical description: | 9 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1985 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Directorate was one of the three directorates established on the formation of the Royal Naval Scientific Service in 1946. It was originally called the Directorate of Aeronautical and Engineering Research (DAER), and was responsible not only for these subjects but also the whole field of chemistry and metallurgy. The Directorate was renamed Engineering and Materials Research (DEMR) and became the Directorate of Materials Research in 1959 (DMR or DMR(N)). The Directorate also provided headquarters direction for the Admiralty Materials Laboratory (AML) at Holton Heath. |
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