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Catalogue description SECTION C THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY
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| Reference: | CSAC 89.7.82/C.1 - C.52 |
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| Title: | SECTION C THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY |
| Description: |
C.1 - C.10 APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION C.11 - C.35 INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION C.36 - C.52 RELATIONS WITH THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND DSIR |
| Held by: | Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Sutherland was appointed as Director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in succession to E.C. Bullard in January 1956. He took up his appointment in September of that year and remained in office until 1964 when he resigned in order to become Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. During Sutherland's Directorship the NPL underwent a period of growth and change. An increase in both staff and facilities was accompanied by the reorganisation of the Electricity, Metrology and Physics Divisions of the laboratory into Standards, Applied Physics and Basic Physics, by which he hoped to raise the calibre of fundamental research work at the NPL and attract staff of a higher quality than had previously been possible. The following papers illustrate some aspects of these administrative changes and of the daily life of the NPL during this period. |
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