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VICE-ADMIRAL SIR PERCY DOUGLAS, who died on November 4 at the age of sixty-three years, joined the surveying branch of the Royal Navy in 1898 and at once showed marked aptitude for this type of work. He possessed an alert brain and was more than a little interested in ‘gadgets’; anything which could relieve the labours of the surveyor in the field was of particular interest to him, and being of an inventive turn of mind, he did a great deal to lighten their work and expedite production.
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EDGELL, J. Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Douglas, K.C.B., C.M.G.. Nature 144, 932 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144932a0
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