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xliv annual report An apparatus loaned to the Department by the Air Ministry for research upon fuel injection in heavy oil engines Professor Cook continued to serve as member of the Springs Com- mittee of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as Secretary of Section of the British Association and was appointed member of the Board of Education Advisory Committee on Education for the Engineering Industry Mr Davies became member of the University Research Panel of the Aeronautical Research Committee During the Christmas vacation he delivered courses of lectures at the Technical High Schools of Charlottenburg and Dresden Department of Electrical Engineering The number of students in the Department was 53 of whom 34 were in the Second Year 14 in the Third Year were Post-graduate students and was taking Chemical Engineering Higher Degrees Sc Eng with Distinction Mr Morgan Critical Study of the Rupturing Capacity of Low-pressure Ordinary Duty Fusible Cut-outs Ph Eng Mr Bowker Variation of Spark Potential with Temperature in Gases at or above Atmospheric Ph Eng Mr Robinson Experimental Researches on the Three-phase Series Commutator Motor Researches Mr Blake was engaged upon research on the X-Ray analysis of internal strain in reinforced concrete Mr Nickels investi- gated advanced problems in distortionless amplification Mr Η Clarke continued his researches on loud speakers Professor Wilson investigated corona loss in aluminium and its alloys of nickel as affected by corrosion due to atmospheric exposure He was also engaged upon further researches into the electrical con- ductivity of refractory minerals at high temperatures Departmental Notes Professor Wilson was elected Chairman of the Board of Studies in Electrical Engineering at the beginning of the year and he has recently been elected member of the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Mr Robinson was awarded Bursary by the British Associa- tion and Rhodes Trustees to attend the South Africa Meeting of the British Association Cape Town Johannesburg Pretoria Mr Robin- son was also awarded Commonwealth Fund Fellowship tenable for two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering Professor Wilson delivered Centenary Lecture on Electrical