HC Deb 27 June 1950 vol 476 c2097
53. Mr. Erroll

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will give an indication of the research work carried out and the scientific results achieved by the Hydraulics Research Organisation since its inception four years ago.

The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison)

Marked advances in instrumentation have included (a) methods for the continuous measurement of velocities in the sea and in streams without appreciable interference with the flow of the water and (b) the development of a pneumatic tide generator, which automatically reproduces any desired tidal conditions. Basic problems under investigation include: (a) the characteristics of natural water channels; (b) some problems of coast erosion; (c) the behaviour of channels in estuaries. Some problems of the Rivers Forth and Wyre have been studied with models.