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Aeronautical Research at the NPL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. L. Nayler
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In 1909, Sir Richard Glazebrook (then Dr.) was Director of the National Physical Laboratory and under him the Superintendent of the Engineering Division was Sir Thomas Stanton (then Dr.). These two scientists were responsible for initiating aeronautical research at the NPL. The main stimulus came, however, from the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, formed in May 1909 with Lord Rayleigh as President and Glazebrook as Chairman. This committee obtained a grant from the Treasury for aeronautical work amounting to £1923 13s 5d for the seven months of that year, with a grant at the same rate for the year 1910; this money was spent at the NPL.

Type
A Century of British Aeronautics
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 661 , January 1966 , pp. 82 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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