Profitable science in industry: By Dwight T. Farnham, James A. Hall, R. W. King and H. E. Howe. x–291 pages, illustrations, small 8vo. New York, The Macmillan Company. Price, $3.50
✍ Scribed by Henry Leffmann
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1925
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 199
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
This work, in the preparation of which four well-known scientists have collaborated, is intended to set forth in everyday language the value of pure science in the industries, a service especially needed in this country. The United States enjoys a high and well-deserved reputation in the field of mechanical invention, especially of labor-saving machinery, but in applied chemical science, no striking record has been made. The telegraph, telephone, high-power printing press, typewriter and type-setting machines, and the several forms of agricultural machinery testify to the ability, originality and practical spirit of American inventors. Perhaps we ought also to include the vacuum cleaner and cash register. Other nations have surpassed us in the development of important chemical industries. The triumph of Germany in the coal-tar industries is now so well known that it is tiresome to hear it quoted. There are other lackings, however, such as the contact process for sulphuric acid and the production of ammonia by nitrogen fixation.