EVERY industry concerned with manufacture relies upon the work of the scientist for the knowledge which makes its existence possible.
Progress in the industry may come from increased efficiency in method, from improvements based upon existing knowledge or from new knowledge furnished by scientific laboratories . This last fact is obvious, It is even realized by those who control the industries . Many of our largest manufacturing companies support research laboratories where work of the truest scientific character is carried on, in which the investigators are forbidden to consider the possible practical applications of the fruit of their labor . These enlightened companies know that what is most needed and what is the most difficult to obtain is a continuous increase of knowledge of new facts, new phenomena concerning electricity, radiation, chemical reactions, and, in reality, all nature . The men who can do this research work are not easily found, while those who can apply the new knowledge to practical purposes abound . It happens but rarely that a man has *Presented at a meeting of the Section of Physics and Chemistry of The Franklin Institute, held Thursday, November 23, 5922 .
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