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CLERKS DEPRESSED
A WELL‐CONDUCTED survey by a man with unusual experience both in education and industry brings out clearly the way in which the status of the clerk has changed over the last few…
Notes and News
Sir Frederick Handley Page, who died recently at the age of 76, had remarkable achievements to his credit in the development of aviation. He designed his famous bomber for World…
USSR CRAFT AND TECHNICAL TRAINING — 1
J. LongdenRecent studies in the USSR reveal the provision of full‐time further education and training courses up to three years in length for all the more skilled trades. These normally…
PUPILS INTO STUDENTS
J.T. Young, C.H. LayneIn order to ease the transition from school to college and to assist in the correct placement of students on technical courses, the Crowther Report advocated that experiments…
TEACHERS FROM INDUSTRY … 2
W.A.G. EastonSecond of a series designed to be of special interest to the new college teacher — and the potential recruit
Centenaries, '62: V. PARKES AND PLASTICS
In February 1846, the Swiss chemist Schönbein wrote to Michael Faraday acquainting him with
THE COMMON MARKET: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS
John WellensThe ultimate decision on whether to join the Six will be made solely on political and economic considerations. It is a fair bet that social and cultural aspects will not affect…
SYMPOSIUM Part 2 ELECTRICAL TEACHING LABORATORIES: Their design, equipment and use
R.J. HartlesThe total volume of information and ideas presented by the writers in this Symposium is so large that no purpose would be served by an attempted summing‐up. The value of the…
PLANNING AND EQUIPPING AN ELECTRONICS LAB
B.F. GrayWe have all seen the type of electronics laboratory where there is one socket outlet per bench, where the measurements room is bang next to the machine shop and the electrical…
LABORATORY POWER SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS
C.T. BaldwinThe principal criteria one needs to keep in mind when arranging laboratory power supplies are fairly obvious — but nevertheless worth stating. They can be expressed in brief as…
ELECTRICAL MACHINES FOR TEACHING PURPOSES
A.H. MortonThe purpose of an electrical machines laboratory is (a) to provide the student with practical knowledge of the handling of electrical machines, (b) to correlate the theoretical…
ORGANISING LABORATORY WORK
D. ComleyHow frequently should laboratory work be done, and how long should the periods be?
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