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The Universities, the Technical Colleges, and the Army
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The Universities, the Technical Colleges, and the Army

  • A. P. LAURIE1 

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A COUPLE of months ago it occurred to myself and the staff of the Heriot-Watt College that the first-year engineering course for the diploma would—with a few modifications—form an excellent preliminary scientific training for boys entering the Army who might hope for promotion to an officer cadet unit, the course at the same time still to remain an integral part of our diploma course.

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LAURIE, A. The Universities, the Technical Colleges, and the Army. Nature 97, 441 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097441b0

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