HC Deb 20 March 1940 vol 358 c1999

Terms of Reference.—To consider and report on the possibilities of developing the use of coal-oil mixtures for steam raising on land or sea and in furnaces.

Constitution.

Chairman.

Mr. Irvine Geddes.

Members.

Mr. S. B. Freeman, C.B.E., M.Inst.C.E.

Sir Leonard Pearce, C.B.E., D.Sc, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E.

Professor E. K. Rideal, M.B.E., F.R.S., F.I.C.

Mr. W. J. Drummond, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E.

Mr. H. Hicken.

Assessors.

Mr. A. T. Barber, B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E.

Mr. R. A. Acton Taylor, M.Sc., A.R.C.S.

This Committee is dealing with the practical application of the successful experiments carried out originally by the Cunard Steamship Company and later by the Mines Department, the Fuel Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Messrs. Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Limited, into the use of coal-oil mixtures as fuel.