[1000] SIGNATURES OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH on the date of the Retirement of its First Secretary

Presentation volume inscribed by a distinguished roster of 1000 scientists and officials of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as a retirement present for its founder. Expensively bound with Frank Heath’s initials on the upper cover, all edges gilt, manuscript title page and 50 card leaves. Vellum-bound list of signers in rear pocket. Signers include: H T Tizard (Rector Imperial College); Vera Troman; Building Research Station: R L Amoore, Chemical Research Laboratory: Richard Threlfall (established School Physics, Sydney); Food Investigation: William B Hardy, biologist; Muriel Onslow, British biochemist (worked with Frederick Bateson); Forest Products Research Laboratory: Ralph Pearson; Fuel Research: Margaret Fishenden; Geological Survey: John Flett, geologist; National Physical Laboratory: Joseph Petavel; Aerodynamics department: Ernest Relf; Electricity Dept: Edwin H Rayner; Engineering Department: Metallury Dept: Walter Rosenhain; Metrology Dept; Physics Dept: G W C Kaye; William Froude National Tank: William Froude National Tank (ship testing); Radio Research Station: L Bainbridge-Bell