Lord Melchett opened the Electrodeposition Exhibition at the Science Museum in South Kensington Electrodeposition - of which electroplating is the best known branch - is the deposition of metals alloys and compounds from suitable solutions by the application of an electric current Photo shows Lord Melchett interested in a cleansing tank at the Exhibition Left to right is Lord Melchett with Lady Melchett and Colonel E E B Mackintosh DSO - director of the Science Museum July 25th 1935