§ Mr. Saltasked the President of the Board of Trade the names and qualifications of the various scientific advisers attached to his Department; and what are their particular functions?
§ Captain WaterhouseThe only scientific advisers holding definite appointments from the Board of Trade are Sir Charles V. Boys, F.R.S., and Mr. W. J. A. Butterfield, F.I.C., F.C.S. These gentlemen formerly held office as gas referees under the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, and in 1939 were appointed to advise the Board of Trade as to the improvement of the methods and apparatus for testing gas. Sir Charles Boys has great knowledge of calorimetry and has been responsible for a number of inventions in that field. Mr. Butter field, who is a consulting chemist, has a long experience of the problems associated with gas testing.