[4] It was formed from the research department of the Combustion (formerly Coal-burning) Appliance Manufacturer's Association becoming a separate entity.
[7] During the Second World War it developed small units for the manufacture of producer gas from coal to use in vehicles in place of petrol.
[8] A £1000,000 five-year programme was also begun with a view not only to the needs of wartime but also for industry afterwards with fuels and chemicals from coal and greater efficiency of domestic appliances.
[11] As the National Coal Board became the dominant industrial member of the Association the government decided to run down its grant from 1968 and NCB would take over BCURA as a subsidiary, which it did in 1971.
[13] The family of John G. Bennett have a web site that contains information about him and BCURA [1] Peter H. Given, Head of Organic Chemistry, went on to Pennsylvania State University, achieving distinction in U.S. [2] BCURA activities were subject of a review published in Nature Volume 153 Number 3873 p 104 (22 January 1944).