Conference on Industrial Physics

Abstract

THE first Conference on Industrial Physics to be held in Great Britain took place in Manchester under the auspices of the Institute of Physics on March 28-30. The subject chosen for the Conference was “Vacuum Devices in Research and Industry”, and its chief object was to direct attention to the important part which physics and physicists can and do play in modern industrial life. Nearly six hundred people registered as members of the Conference, of which about a hundred were members of the Institute. The majority of the others were engaged in Government and industrial research laboratories and works, some coming from a considerable distance to attend the meetings. The outstanding success of this new venture of the Institute of Physics has demonstrated beyond all possible doubt that there exists a very large number of men who are engaged in f apply ing physics to the solution of industrial problems, in addition to many who are employing its methods for industrial work of a more routine character. One of the objects of the Institute is to provide facilities for the interchange of ideas among those engaged on industrial physics problems by means of meetings and special journals. Many propositions towards the achievement of these objects will doubtless come to earlier fruition as a direct result of this Conference.