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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: Intelligence Division: Registered...
Catalogue reference: DSIR 45
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DSIR 45
Files of the Intelligence Division (later renamed the Information Division) reflecting its responsibility for disseminating information about research work, for overseas liaison on scientific matters, for collaboration with the Industrial...
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- DSIR 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Intelligence Division: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Intelligence Division (later renamed the Information Division) reflecting its responsibility for disseminating information about research work, for overseas liaison on scientific matters, for collaboration with the Industrial Research Association, and for running the National Lending Library for Science and Technology.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Overseas Liaison Division, comprising BCSO and UKSM reports, are in FV 7
Pamphlets of the Industrial Operations Unit are in BT 182
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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, Information Division, 1959-1965
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Intelligence Division, 1946-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 55 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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- Topics
- Research
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The Intelligence Division was formed at the headquarters offices of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in February 1946, its function being the distribution of information concerning the results of research work carried out by the department, a function previously carried out by the Ministry of Production prior to its dissolution. An Overseas Liaison Division was set up in association with the British Commonwealth Scientific Offices (BCSO) in London and Washington, and was responsible for organising and maintaining common services for those offices; it was merged with the Information Division in 1959. In the course of its work the division (later renamed the Information Division) absorbed the functions of the Technical Information Documents Unit upon its transfer from the Board of Trade in April 1951. From 1954 the division included an Industrial Operations Unit which studied and advised on the application of improved industrial engineering techniques in conjunction with the Industrial Research Association, and from 1962 was responsible for the running of the National Lending Library for Science and Technology
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6377/
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