Table 3-8. Estimated basic research expenditures in universities 

 and colleges, by field of science, 1964-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



' See Table 3-8a for descriptions of tfiese fields 



^ Preliminary data 



> GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 



NOTE, Detail may not add to totals because of rounding 



SOURCE National Science Foundation, special tabulations. 



Table 3-8a. Fields and subfields of R&D expenditures 

 at colleges and universities 



Field of science 



Illustrative subfields 



Engineering 



Aeronautical, agricultural, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, metallurgical, mining, 

 nuclear, petroleum, blo-and-blomedical, energy, textile, architecture 



Physical sciences 



Astronomy: astrophysics, optical and radio. X-ray, Gamma-ray, neutrino 



Chemistry: Inorganic, organo-metallic, organic, physical, analytical, pharmaceutical, polymer 

 science {excludes biochemistry) 



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