Series
Board of Longitude: Papers
Catalogue reference: RGO 14
Date: 1605-1830
Records of the Board of Longitude.These include papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John...
Series
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Advisory Council and Committees,...
Catalogue reference: DSIR 2
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DSIR 2
Files preserved in this series contain complete sets of papers for the meetings of the Advisory Council from 1925 to 1956, and the following from Committees which assisted the Council: the Applications Committee, 1917 to 1927; the Scientific...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DSIR 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Advisory Council and Committees, Meetings Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files preserved in this series contain complete sets of papers for the meetings of the Advisory Council from 1925 to 1956, and the following from Committees which assisted the Council: the Applications Committee, 1917 to 1927; the Scientific Grants Committee, 1927 to 1956; the Million Fund Committee, 1923 to 1927, and the Industrial Grants Committee, 1927 to 1956.
There are no files for Advisory Council meetings for the period 1915-24
The papers include memoranda and progress reports on research projects, reports from the individual committees, reports from research associations, applications for renewal of grants, and the agenda sheets and approved minutes of each meeting.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later post-1956 papers of the Research Grants Committee, see EV 1
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Advisory Council, 1916-1956
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Applications Committee, 1917-1927
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Industrial Grants Committee, 1927-1956
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Million Fund Committee, 1923-1927
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Scientific Grants Committee, 1927-1956
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 792 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Research
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6334/
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