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papers, 18 books which are standard reference works in thou- 

 sands of libraries, and 5600 data sheets tabulating the important 

 physical properties of various hydrocarbons and other com- 

 pounds present in petroleum. Much of these detailed and pre- 

 cise data would never have been obtained by individual com- 

 panies, and what were obtained would have cost far more, 

 because of duplication of effort. In addition to this, there have 

 been many by-products of this continuing cooperative effort 

 to support basic research. Among them might be cited: 



1. There has been stimulation of scientific education bv 

 these grants in support of basic research, and it has helped to 

 hold many teachers at universities by giving them modest 

 additions to income or helping to finance needed research ap- 

 paratus and assistance. 



2. Many teachers and graduate students have become 

 better informed about, and interested in, the basic problems 

 of the industry, and much additional research has thereby been 

 stimulated. Many of the graduate students have been attracted 

 into the industry. 



3. As the result of the contacts between the university 

 investigators and the industry scientists on the various com- 

 mittees, many of the latter have become more familiar with 

 the methods of basic research, and this has led to more basic 

 research in the industry laboratories. The committee meetings 

 and the hundreds of papers resulting from the work have also 

 proved very stimulating to many, both within and without the 

 industry. 



4. Possibly the most important of the indirect results of 

 the program was the impetus it gave to the Petroleum Research 

 Fund, which now finances a somewhat larger amount of even 

 more basic research related to the industry. This fund was 

 established in 1 944 by the gift of several large oil companies to 



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