Great Britain
JUN 01, 1949
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066552
It was the impact of the first World War which led the British Government to organized action regarding scientific research in the civil field. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, usually known as DSIR, was established during that war as a separate department with the Lord President of the Council as the responsible Minister, and organizations, also under the Lord President, were also formed for agricultural and medical research.
© 1949. American Institute of Physics
