The Scientific work of a School of Technology

Abstract

THE eighth volume of the Record of Investigations undertaken by members of the Manchester Municipal School of Technology, covering technological researches carried out during the year 1914, has just been issued. It is a highly interesting record of work accomplished, and is comprised in 258 quarto pages replete with explanatory diagrams and photographs illustrative of the text. This attempt to put upon permanent record the investigations conducted by members of the staff and by advanced students was begun in 1905, and has now extended to 2346 pages, and in its eight volumes covers researches carried out since the year 1900 in all departments of the school, including pure and applied mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics and electrical engineering, pure and applied chemistry and metallurgy, the science and practice of sanitation and building, textile manufacture, and the photographic and printing industries.