Preparing the path of progress for the gas industry
โ Scribed by Milne-Watson, David
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1938
- Weight
- 613 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
\'lien I JWS invited to iiild niy contd)iit,ioti to t h vscclleiit, serics of nftcr-luiich tliscoitrscs tliiit you h v c cnjoycd in tjlic pnst threc ycrirs, iny first clioicc of ii subject wns Part III of the Con1 Alincs Bill. You will t,lic injusticcs nictcd out by t81ic prcscnt conl-selling sclieiiics upoii the itlmost dcfcnceless cnstolncr nntl piirsucd wit,li csl)ecinl wngcrincc towiirtls thosc iindcrtakings grouped under thc generic titlc of l'ublic Utilities. 1 understnnd, hoivcvcr, t h n t you hnvc drcudy Iind thrcc discourses deiiling with vnrious nspccts of t,his .13ill mil pcrhnps n cliniig~ is indiciitctl. I-Intl I kept. to lily first clioicc I-~lioitltl Iiii.c trictl to SIIOW yoii t,hnt tAe control of pis qiiiility tint1 purity I J ~ the Clovcrniiicnt,, i t n d tlic lcgislnt,ioii cnsiiring ii proper iclntioiisliip IJct\vccn gas lirico i t i d . divitlciids pnid on c:npitnl, all of which werr itiipciscd on o w i i d u s t q whcn it. wns it monopoly, I'oriiicd itscfiil Iircccdciits for sit t.isfrtctory cod-selling wliciiics t:o-thy. I-lowover, just. as I was iiiiikiiig m y tlccision, I liatl laid before iiie tlic rc!ports of tlic work done in the past yenr in our rcsciiri*li tint1 tlcvclop~ncnt lnborntorjcs, i i n d h e , T felt., wns ii iiiiiss of vitally intcrcsting inf'oriliation, sonic of the iiiorc gclicrnl iipplicntions of wliicli I could, wit,h :itl.alitiigc, tell p i nhoitt. In t,lic first plncc, may I rcinind you thut 'I'lic Clns light S; Coke C'oinpany is in sizc onc-sist.li of tlic gcis intlust,ry in this coent,ry. Its rcscnrcli js ilivklcd hito t.1irc.c scctiiitistlciiling rkspectivcly wit;h :-( I ) gns intiuufiicturc i d piirifcntion it ntl coil1 cnrl)oiiizntion, (2) the working up of tm and nininoiiin products, iiiitl (3) npplinnccs for mcthoda of using gns nnd coke. Tlic t o t d uniiual csp(wdit,urc on this work hy 'I'hc Chis l i g h t S; Cokc Coiiipiiy csrccds f100,000.
'l'lic grciit wricty of o w prolileiiis is rcllucted i n t,hc vnricd tcchiiicnl stnfi which we fccl it iiccrssiiry to cmploy. \'c liiivc riniilyticnl cliciiiists, orgiinic chcniist,s, pliysiciil cheiiiist.q, physicists, liKlit,iag cxpcrte, mctnllurgists, iiiccliniiicrtl engineers, itiitl cvcn hiologists-;ill ciigugcd on resenrch . wid tle\dolriucnt. work, rind iii t,hese groups iirc spcciiilists of OIIC Hort or rinothcr : one is cspert on cutnlyais, iiiiotlicr on liigli pressitre resciirch rind tcchniqua, rinotlier on roiitl tiiittcrinls, ot>Iicrs on coiulnistion of giis, Liirncr tlcuigi!, vitruniiiu in foood, designs of owns rind furnnccu, hciit,ing of wntw, rnclinnt Iierit, vcntilntion, nnd comfort conditioiis, ntid we cvcn linvc people with piilntcu MI good cnough to distinguish good cooking froni b i d I All these pcoplc, too, lire closely in t,oiicli with tlie rcsciircli work going oil all over t.lir: country iiIit1 cvqwcinlly with nniwrsitics
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