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The Royal Institute has produced some of the most important scientific discoveries of the last century - a revival is in order
The pursuit of new knowledge differentiated the Royal Institute from competitors
Ludwig Mond (1839-1909) was one of the greatest ever industrial chemists and an extraordinarily generous benefactor. Co-founder of Imperial Chemical Industries and founder of the Mond Nickel Company, inventor of Mond gas (used for street lighting) and discoverer of nickel carbonyl (a 'volatile metal'). His exceptional collection of Old Masters was bequeathed to the National Gallery, his accumulated masterpieces of German literature to King's College, London and the Royal Society was the beneficiary of a massive financial bequest.
In 1894, Mond made a stupendous proposal to the Royal Institution (founded by Count Rumford in 1799 in 21 Albemarle Street) - an offer to set up a new research laboratory under the RI's wing. He had already purchased Number 20 Albemarle Street, an 18 century house next door to the RI. He would give this house, equipped to be a national laboratory. Among other things it would provide more room for Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Dewar (the resident professors at the RI) to pursue their scientific researches.
Following Mond's generous additional bequest of £100,000, the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (DFRL) was opened by the Prince of Wales on 22 December 1896. The December issue of the journal Nature reported Mond's address, which referred to the "enlightened mind" of Prince Albert who, he said, had "fully realised that the pursuit of pure science was the most potent factor in the promotion of the intellectual as well as the material progress of this or any other nation or of humanity at large". In his address, Mond also disclosed that he had decided "to found in London a laboratory or research in purely scientific chemistry and physical chemistry form, from which, we might hope to learn more about the real nature of things than from any other branch of natural science." He had come to the conclusion that "such a laboratory would derive the greatest advantage if it could be associated with the RI, which had during its long existence made the promotion of original research in these sciences one of its main objects." He added that the DFRL of the RI "was unique of its kind, being the only public laboratory in the world solely devoted to research in pure science".
It was a source of great gratification to Ludwig Mond that the eminent successors of Davy and Faraday, namely Lord Rayleigh and Professor Dewar (the inventor of the thermos flask) had consented to undertake the duties of directors of the DFRL without payment.
In his low-temperature studies, Dewar succeeded in liquefying oxygen and hydrogen. Lord Rayleigh, one of the greatest classical physicists ever, was awarded the first ever Nobel Prize to a British citizen (in 1904) for the discovery (at the DRFL) of the noble gas argon. Dewar's successor in 1923 was Sir William Bragg who, jointly with his son, Lawrence, had been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1915 for the analysis of crystal structures by X-rays.
Sir William was a brilliant leader of other scientists and a superb experimentalist. He set up one of the best research groups on condensed matter physics in the world. WT Astbury (1889-1961), prompted by Bragg, started investigating fibres such as wool, hair and silk by X-ray diffraction. JD Bernal (1901-71), shortly after arriving from Cambridge, demonstrated his scientific excellence by determining, using X-rays, the structure of graphite. Bernal returned to the Cavendish Laboratory where, with Dorothy Hodgkin and Max Perutz, he pioneered the ways to approach the structures of enzymes.
A graduate of Bristol University, EG Cox – later Sir Gordon - became such an excellent X-ray crystallographer that he was called on by Sir Norman Howarth at Birmingham University to establish the detailed atomic structure of vitamin C. Kathleen Yardley (later Dame Kathleen Lonsdale) came to the DFRL from Bedford College, London aged 21. After marriage and the birth of her three children she returned there for nearly 20 years, and achieved fame by establishing the planarity of the benzene molecule, thus vindicating the structure German chemist August Kekule had predicted in a daydream while journeying on a horse-drawn London bus in 1855. With Astbury, Lonsdale (who later became the first tenured woman professor at UCL, and one of the first two women Fellows of the Royal Society in 1945) was responsible for the birth of International tables for X-ray crystallography, compilations that are an essential aid even now for all X-ray crystallographers worldwide.
Sir Lawrence Bragg stepped in to fill his father's position upon the latter's retirement and also ran a powerful workshop, manned by expert technicians. With such facilities Phillips and Arndt built a linear X-ray diffractometer, the first in the world. This instrument, adapted to make multiple simultaneous measurements of X-ray intensities, was to have profound consequences. With it, Kendrew and Phillips, solved the structure of myoglobin in atomic detail in 1958, the first ever protein structure to be determined: some 70,000 have now been reported. And in 1965, David Phillips and his PhD student Louise (later Dame Louise) Johnson solved the structure and explained the mode of action of lysozyme, the first-ever enzyme to yield its atomic details to X-ray analysis.
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This kind of world-class work in the boundaries between physics, chemistry and biology, were triumphantly continued by Sir George (later Lord) Porter when he succeeded Sir Lawrence Bragg as Resident Professor and Director of the DFRL in 1966. Porter was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry, jointly with Norrish (Cambridge) and Eigen (Göttingen) in 1967 for tracking fast photochemical reactions. Porter's team at the DFRL over a period of 20 years took photochemistry and, later, photobiology to new heights. His successor, appointed in 1986, introduced solid-state chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis to the DFRL. This work earned him many international prizes.
His Deputy as Director, and Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy, CRA Catlow (now Dean of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at UCL) pioneered computational chemistry; and in 1991, research in superconductivity was pursued by the new Director. An indication of quite recent strength of the research activity at the DFRL is given by the fact that, in the period 1989-2007, close to 1000 research publications (which have been cited over 30,000 times) appeared in international scientific journals. Senior workers there were also recipients of numerous national and international awards for original research.
Now, however, little research work is pursued at the DFRL. The workshop has disappeared; and, in the current debates concerning the future of the RI – which might indeed be put up for sale - little mention is made of resuscitating the DFRL.
One of the key features of the RI's activities that has distinguished it from all other institutions in the kingdom that also specialise in the public presentation and understanding of science is the pursuit of new knowledge. Less than a decade ago, research at the DFRL was flourishing and financially viable, with over a dozen PhD students (registered for higher degrees in London) and two dozen or so postdoctoral workers, many of whom now occupy prestigious chairs in five continents. Is it too much to hope that it will prosper again in a secure future?
Sir John Meurig Thomas, worked at the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory for 20 years as Director of the RI, its Fullerian Professor, and Director and Emeritus Professor of the DFRL.
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1,202,953. Patented oet. 31,1916.
Specification of Letters Patent.
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Application ledkT/[arch 6, 1916. Serial No. 82,454.Y
To all whom 'it may concern:
Be it known that I, RALPH ADAMS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in Falls City, in the county kof Polk and State of Cregon7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spark-Arresters, of which the following is a specification. l
This invention relates to that class of spark arresters in which the smoke and vapors pass to the outlet of the furnace stack' through screens of wire cloth which serve to arrest the sparks and enable them to be delivered separately or apart from the smoke and vapors to a suitable receptacle or to the ground. y
The object of my invention is to provide a spark arrester of the kind referred to in which an extensive screen surface is afforded which will not unduly retard the draft, and whereby screens of small mesh may be employed. f Another object of the invention is to provide means for producing a strong draft through the fiues which will keep the screens clear of soot,4 etc. y
Another object is to provide means for regulating the draft so that when starting the fire, or first getting up steam7 a freer draft may be obtained.
My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure l is a view mainly in vertical central section but partly in elevation of a smoke stack with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification.
The hood A of the boiler is provided with a stack B having a reduced portion B hinged at b to the body of the stack and carrying an outlet-pipe B2 of reduced diameter. A frustum shaped screen C is mountedk in the lower portion of the stack and is preferably circular in cross-section, being wider at the bottom than at the top. lt is reinforced at its lower end where it is riveted or bolted to the hood A. The upper end of the screen carries a cap l), the outer edge of which is bolted or riveted to the upper edge f of the screen and it is formed with an annular spark-receiving chamber d. The central portion d of the cap is open and on one side the chamber d communicates with a pipe E leading to the ground or to a suitable recep tacle. This pipey is provided with a reticulated portion c which permits the escape of smoke and vapors but past which the the stack at it and connected at its outer end with an operating rod I by means of which the cone may be raised and lowered. J indicates an exhaust steam pipe from the engine delivering to the stack below the screens and K indicates a similar exhaust pipe delivering to the stack above the screens. Either one or both exhaust pipes may be used to create a strong draft through the stack.
lWhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. l the products of combustion pass into the space between the inner and outer screens. Smoke and vapors pass through the sides of the outer screen and thence rise to the upper portion of the stack and pass out at the delivery end thereof. Smoke and vapors also pass through thek inner screen and continue up through the circular opene ing of the cap and pass out through the stack. The sparks are arrested by the screens and are received by the annular cap D, entering the chamber Z and passing out through the pipe E. Steam from the eX- haust pipe J passing upwardly through the screens creates a kstrong draft therein and causes the sparks, to be directed against the inclined surfaces of the screens. This has the effect of scraping or rasping the screens and keeping them clear of soot. Steam from the exhaust pipe K creates a draft above the screen and tends to produce a vacuum or a suction which promotes the draft. 1While I preferably use both exhaust pipes, only one of them need be employed.
When starting the fire, or when getting up steam, the inner screen cone F may be lowered so as to increase the draft. This may be done ty means of the rod l operating upon the lever H in such manner as to lower the screen F and permit the products of combustion to pass more freely out through the opening d of the cap. After this the rod l may be operated to draw the upper edge of the screen close to the edge of the cap. Any suitable means may be v employed for locking the rod l'. to hold the cone F in place.
ln Fig. 2 I, have shown a modification. In this case the stack A delivers to an enlarged upper portion B which is supported on the lower portion A by flanges M. l
The screen C is attached at its lower end to a. ring c which is supported on the flanges M. rllhe cap D is similar to that shown in Fig. l and communicates with a discharge pipe E like that before referred to. The inner cone F is also similar to that before described and it is operated in a similar way. ln this case the rod l is shown as being threaded at its lower end z' and carrying a nut z". The lower portion of the rod engages a stop plate These 'devices may be employed for holding the cone F in its closed position or permitting it to be lowered. riChe lower portion A of the stack is shown as being provided with openings a near its upper end over which are' arranged wings or deiectors a against which some of the sparks and vapors strike and are deflected through the openings a and Yrise to the outer portion of the screen'C. In this way the draft is (somewhat 'equali'z'ed My improvements maybe applied to locomotives, donkey engines, hoisting engines, traction engines, or vin 'fact Yall kinds 'of engines burning any fuel except oil. EXperience has Vde'i'm'mstrate'd that a's'park arrester constructed in accordance with my invention is most eiiicien't 'asY the draft Vcan be 'easily regulated, screens of line mesh may be employed so as to prevent 4the escape of v'sparks with the smoke, and the screens may passing upwardly between' the screens, a pipe connected with said cap for conducting sparks from the stack,a guide rod for the low r end of the cone, and means for raising and lowering the cone toward and away from the spark-receiving cap.
2. A spark arrester, comprising Va stack, a frustum-shaped screen within the stack, an inverted cone-shaped screen within the screen first mentioned, a spark-receiving cap above the' screens having an annular cham* ber for receiving sparks passing upwardly between the screens and which is open at bottom and has an inclined top wall, a dise charge pipe Yfor sparks connected with said annular chamber, a 'guide rod for the llower end of the cone, and means for raising and lowering Vthe cone rtoward and away from the spark-receiving cap. Y
3. A spark arrester, comprising a stack,a
frustum-shaped screen within the stack, an
inverted vcone-shaped vscreen "within the screen ii'rst mentioned, a Isparkire'ceiving cap above the screens for receiving sparks pass ing upwardly between the screens, a steam exhaust pipe deliverying below lsaid cone- -shaped screen, and 'a lsteam lexhaust pipe delii'ferin'g inthe 'stack above said screens.
i. A spark arrester, 'comprising a stack, a frustum-shaped screen within the stack, 'an inverted 'cone shaped screen v'within V.the
screen frstmentioned, a y'spark-r'ecei'ving cap above the screens having an annularfchamber for receiving sparks passing upwardly Y between the screens -and a centralopening above the tcp ofthe cone-shaped screen and which is 'of substantiallythe same diameter as the top ofthe cone'shaped screen, and
means lforraising and loweringv the coneshaped screen toward and away from said cap. p Y 'Y Y In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivel cents each, ln'yf addressing the v"Ctnnmissioner 'of Patents,
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19/08/2012 11:20:23
Agitated over the police action against party rank and file who protested against the arrest of party district secretary P Jayarajan, CPM Kannur leadership is set to launch an all-out attack on the state police force. CPM leader M V Jayarajan, who now holds the charge of secretary in Kannur, has announced a list of 13 police officers who, according to the CPM, has been leading the attack against the party activists in the district.
Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, M V Jayarajan accused these police officers of charging false cases against party members and said that a complaint has been given to Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan against them.
"The party would launch public protest against these police officers and also moot legal actions against them," he said. The list given by M V Jayarajan includes Kannur DySP P Sukumaran, Thalassery DySP A P Shoukathali, Payyanur CI M V Dhananjay Babu, Thalassery CI Biju John Lukose, Panur CI Jayan Dominic, SIs of Thalassery, Kelakam, Payyannur, Kannur, Chakkarakkal and Mattannur police stations, Peravur ASI Nanu and Thalassery Civil Police Officer Shaju.
Jayarajan added that the party would erect flex boards featuring details of police officers who resort to physical torture against CPM leaders and members.
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The self proclaimed guards of Indian democracy never had followed or provided democratic rights to others, including to their own cadres and leaders. We all are aware of the history of the Stalin theory of democracy.
Now the youngsters of the new generation don't believe in it. So, nothing to be worried of Communists. As they have already started of hiring criminals to kill opponents and also for "Morcha" or public rally indicates the support base they are loosing. They are almost finished and people lost faith in their loud speaker revolution. Why most of their second generation of communist leaders dont follow the foot step of their fathers are good examples.
By joining with Congress for ruling India, we have seen their greed for power. Instead of killing and breeding criminals, now the communist cadres will start working and it would increase production and income. They know that they can not survive otherwise.
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Rioters targetted Chinese factories, in wake of Beijing's recent deployment of an oil drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea
Vietnamese police rushed to restore order at two Singapore-run industrial parks targeted on Tuesday by anti-China protesters who attacked and looted factories.
"Local police have re-established security control," the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) said in a statement yesterday, adding that 99 factories were damaged. The two parks are located in south-eastern Binh Duong province, an hour's drive north of Ho Chi Minh City.
Overnight on Tuesday, some 2,000 policemen were outnumbered by up to 20,000 workers targeting Chinese factories but who also mistakenly attacked Taiwanese-owned ones in the industrial parks, joint ventures between Becamex IDC Corp and a Singapore consortium led by Sembcorp Development. Reports said two Taiwanese were injured in the unrest, sparked by China's recent deployment of an oil rig in waters that Hanoi says belong to Vietnam.
"Police have been deployed to protect Taiwanese factories," Binh Duong's propaganda department chief Vo Minh Giao told The Straits Times yesterday.
Separately, the provincial authorities urged people not to give in to "provocateurs" and vowed to nab the culprits.
Reports said about 500 people had been arrested.
By yesterday afternoon, all gates to the parks were being protected by "hundreds of police", according to Yutaka Murakami, an engineer at a Thai construction firm in one of the parks.
Tuesday's rampage forced many Taiwanese and Chinese support staff to leave the parks, with some flying out of the country.
Anger has been growing in Vietnam since China announced the deployment on May 3 and skirmishes broke out subsequently between Vietnamese and Chinese ships in waters near the oil rig.
At the weekend, Vietnam allowed rallies to be held in major cities against what state media calls the "Chinese incursion".
"I felt anti-Chinese sentiment all around as I talked to locals at the weekend," a Singaporean executive visiting Ho Chi Minh City said in an e-mail. "I have been advised not to speak Mandarin. All events in the city like (yesterday's) Hong Kong business group meeting have been cancelled."
In Dong Nai, east of Ho Chi Minh City, a Vietnamese woman who works for a Taiwanese shoe company told The Straits Times her employer closed its four factories after protesters tried to smash its gates. Some 1,000 protesters were on motorcycles and waving Vietnamese flags.
"People can't tell the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese," said the woman, who did not want to be named.
Singapore and Taiwan have summoned Vietnam's ambassadors over the incidents.
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it registered "serious concerns about… the attacks on foreign companies in the two industrial parks". It also called for order to be restored before the situation worsened and investor confidence was undermined.
In Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying yesterday accused Vietnam of deliberately staging incidents at sea for the media. She also said Vietnamese ships rammed Chinese vessels 169 times yesterday alone.
Sembcorp said in a statement that over 200 people had been evacuated from the parks, adding that it was working closely with VSIP to continue to provide assistance to affected tenants.
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Luxury home prices in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles fell from year-ago levels, and real estate agents think the current quarter could look even worse, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Index.
The San Francisco bank's quarterly survey released this week said that the value of Bay Area's luxury homes fell 1.3 percent in the second quarter from a year ago but rose 1.8 percent from this year's's first quarter.
In Los Angeles, luxury home values fell 5.9 percent from a year ago and decreased 1 percent from this year's first quarter. In San Diego, luxury home values dropped 2.1 percent from a year ago and fell 0.3 percent from this year's first quarter.
"Luxury homes in most high-end communities in California held their value in the second quarter of 2010," said Katherine August-deWilde, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Republic Bank. "Prices have stabilized since the beginning of the year. Although buyers are somewhat uncertain due to current economic conditions, low mortgage rates are attracting buyer attention."
Real estate agents say that stock market performance plays a large role in buyer confidence in the luxury home market. That may reflect the level of wealth tied to stocks, stock options and private companies that depend on a robust stock market to go public or be acquired at a high prices.
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His team was the best in Marlborough club football all season and he was consistently one of its best players, so it was hardly a surprise when Blenheim Valley Development's Taine Swete was named men's division one player of the year at the Marlborough Senior Football Awards on Saturday night.
The 16-year-old, who played a sweeping role in behind midfield for Development this year, also beat out strong opposition to win the colt of the year award and is the third teenager on the trot to win Marlborough football's highest individual accolade.
Tore Waechter won the award in 2010 while Simon Kalberer took home the silverware last year.
Winning division one player of the year honours at such a young age is not the only thing that testifies to Swete's tremendous talent.
He was also one of the smallest players in this year's competition. However, what he lacks in size he more than makes up for with speed, skill and a smart football brain.
Swete was a key member of the Development side and played a crucial role as they completed a dominant season with just one loss. As well as winning the round one Marlborough division one title, over the weekend they were confirmed as the Knockout Cup and Top of the South League champions.
Unsurprisingly, those results saw them collect the coveted Swift Trophy for the division one men's team who scored the highest number of points over the entire season.
Meanwhile, for a remarkable 10th time, Leighanne Jones collected the big prize in the women's awards when she was presented with the Sportsperson trophy. Player/coach of the Redwood women's team in 2012, Jones first won the prize in 1985 and last bagged it in 2004.
Marlborough Girls' College defender Brianna Sutherland was the Marlborough women's player of the year in the Top of the South League, while Kate Rawcliffe was the division two women's player of the year.
Young Picton player Jesse Rawlings added the division two player of the year award to his one for best novice referee and, for the third straight year, Redwood's Lee Holmes was named division three player of the year.
Other major individual prizes were picked up by BV Development's Marius Diconi (Masters player of the year), Central's Mark Gear (goalkeeper of the year) and Dave Baker (referee of the year).
Marlborough Football senior awards 2012
Team awards: Pre-season tournament men's, Ranger Pirates. Round one division three, BV Titans. Round one division two (Goodwin Shield), Rangers Rogues. Round one division one (Holloway Cup), BV Development. Round two division three (MFA Presidents Cup), Redwood. Round two division two (Soccer Assn Cup), Rangers Rogues. Round two division one, Rangers Pirates. Round three division three, Rangers Aces. Round three division two (MFA Cup), Biddy Kate's Rangers. Round three division one, BV Masters. Top of the South League (TOS Cup for top Marlborough team), BV Development. Sports team of the year (Referee's nomination), Rangers United. Division one team highest points overall (Swift Cup), BV Development.
Knockout Cup awards: Knockout Consolation Plate (Soccer Consolation Plate), BV Colts. Knockout Bowl (MFA Knockout Bowl), BV Titans. Knockout Plate (Kaikoura Plate), Rangers Saints. Knockout Cup runner-up (Finlayson Cup), Central. Knockout Cup winner (Alexander Robertson Cup), BV Development.
Individual awards Golden Boots: Women's division two, Leighanne Jones. Women's Top of the South, Emily Hall. Men's division three, Felipe Palacios. Men's division two, Hayden Hall. Men's division one, Omar Guardiola. Most improved U19 (women's), Casey Mischeski. Most improved overall (women's comp), Tylar Rarity. Personality award (women's), Leighanne Jones. Personality award (men's), Paul McClean (BV Masters). Media award, Glenn Kirby (MORE FM). Achievement award (women's), Arna Roberts. Inspiration to others (men's), Paul Archer. Most promising junior girl, Monique Topp. Most promising U19 female, Arna Roberts. Novice referee of the year, Jesse Rawlings. Referee of the year, Dave Baker.
Goalkeeper of the year (men's), Mark Gear (Central). Colt of the year (men's), Taine Swete (BV Development). Masters player of the year (men's), Marius Diconi (BV Development).
Women's player of the year (Division two): Kate Rawcliffe. Women's player of the year (Top of the South League), Brianna Sutherland. Sportsperson (women's), Leighanne Jones. Player of the year (men's division three), Lee Holmes. Player of the year (men's division two), Jesse Rawlings. Player of the year (Men's division one): Taine Swete.
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