DETECTION OF CRIME
Centenary Of D.S.I.R.
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 15. The extent to which machines have taken guesswork and painstaking testing out of scientific, crime detection are one of the things which will be evident when the chemistry division of the D.S.I.R. opens its Auckland laboraties to the public tomorrow.
The division has one machine into which a tiny piece of mattress or fabric salvaged from a fire can be inserted. A minute amount of moisture in it can be distilled and the machine draws a graph that reveals to the expert eye if methylated spirit, turpentine, kerosene, petrol or any similar agent has been used to set the material on fire. The laboratories are being opened to the public as part of the division’s celebration of its centenary.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30857, 16 September 1965, Page 10
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