James watt memorial institute, birmingham
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ABSTRACT ON May 15, Mr. A. E. L. Chorlton, M.P., president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, opened the James Watt Memorial Institute in Great Charles Street, Birmingham, which has
been provided out of the funds subscribed at the James Watt Centenary in 1919. The original scheme for which the funds were raised included both the endowment of a chair at the University
of Birmingham and the erection of a building for the joint use of engineering societies. The sum subscribed, however, did not allow of the scheme being carried out in its entirety, and after
establishing a research scholarship and defraying other expenses, the balance was placed in the hands of trustees, by whom the present premises have been leased and fitted up with a hall,
committee room and library. In declaring the premises open, Mr. Chorlton reminded those present that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers had its birth in Birmingham and remarked that the
Memorial Institute could not fail to contribute to progress by bringing engineers together for intercourse and discussion. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview
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CITE THIS ARTICLE James Watt Memorial Institute, Birmingham. _Nature_ 131, 757 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131757b0 Download citation * Issue Date: 27 May 1933 * DOI:
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