Great Britain. Ministry of Technology

found: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills archived website, viewed 1 February 2018:under History: The Board of Trade 1621-1970 (the Ministry of Technology was formed in 1964 partly from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and partly from the Board of Trade; absorbed the Ministry of Power on 6 October 1969, and the Board of Trade's remaining industrial sponsorship functions were also transferred to the Ministry of Technology; the Department of Trade and Industry came into being on the 20 October 1970, uniting the trade and industrial policy functions previously carried out by the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Technology)