The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1916. BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1916. BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

The war that has brougnt sorrows aim losses to every part ot the British Jliiiip.re lias conferred .beneJits also. .'ls people are being knit together inoiu ciosely than aforetime, ancl the resolution and endurance oi tlio nation js Jveyedi up to a point that must ensure (.111 the coming tinies or peace; a more eifectivo degree of endeavour in the avenues ol industry and art. Even ui the present disturbed tune we a'vo p.issing through there is a broadunng < I -British trado and a development ot our empire's activities. from a note in the weekly edition ot the Londin limes of 2-lth September we note that in the construction oi dolicato instruments such as those used by scientists in various schools of research the British maker is extending and improving his held. Hitherto Uermany has Jea the world in the manuiacture of scientiiic instruments and apparatus. An analysis of the trade returns up to the outbreak of war indicates that if the volume of British exports of this class of goods was not small, that of Uerniany was on a far larger scale, attaining its greatest value in tblescopcs, held glasses, microscopes and other optical apparatus, audi in recording and measuring instruments. There are signs this supremacy is not likely to be retained by Germany alter the war. British manufacturers, even ii tlioy needed dislocation of trade caused by the war tn enable them to demonstrate the lact, are able to supply the present needs for scientific instruments in workshops and manufacturing laboratories, ami have also lately given evidence of their capacity to design new types of instruments for resoaich work. it woulfl! I'e easy to supply instances ot the important part which such apparatus plays fti modern manufacture; one example will, however, suffice. It is recognised tint in the manufacture ot steel tor armour plate, guns and projectiles the physical properties of the steel are absolutely dependent upon accurate measurements of temperature, owing to the important changes which take place 'within a comparatively small range. Sir Robert' Hadfield, whose views on the subject carry /weight, recently stated before the Society of Arts that thore is no longer any neod to rely on foreign manufacturers for pyrometers or similar apparatus, the best types ol which are now produced in British workshops. It is hoped that in Ihe near future it may be possible to make a similar statement in connection with all the scientific instruments which are such important weapons in the hands 01 tho modern manufacturer.