370 ROSA: SCIENTIFIC WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT 



permitted. The metallurgical industries have been greatly 

 developed in recent years through scientific research, and there 

 is now greater activity than ever in this field. The metallurgical 

 division of the Bureau of Standards works in close cooperation 

 with the engineering societies and manufacturers, and is doing 

 work of very great industrial importance. The manufacture of 

 glass, porcelain, tile, and other clay products has been greatly 

 stimulated during the war by the cooperation of scientific labora- 

 tories, and vast benefit would be derived by these industries if 

 this cooperation could be continued and even increased. The 

 measurement of temperatures and especially high temperatures 

 is a problem of continually increasing importance in the indus- 

 tries, and many scientific investigations are continually arising 

 in this connection. The intelligent and efficient development 

 of aeronautics depends on the possession of full and reliable 

 information as to the properties of materials, the accurate mea- 

 surement of the performance of machines, experimental researches 

 in mechanics and aerodynamics, and the most intelligent utiliza- 

 tion of existing and newly developed information. Considering 

 the amount of money that is being expended in the development 

 of aeronautics it would seem that a very considerable amount 

 should go into scientific research. The measurement of color 

 and of illumination and of the optical properties of materials 

 and the development of optical methods and instruments form 

 together a field of investigation of great scientific and economic 

 value. It is impossible even to mention all the subjects of 

 importance in this connection, but enough has been said to show 

 how vast the field and how practical the results that are obtained 

 whenever science is appealed to in answering the problems 

 arising in the industries. 



RESEARCH BY LARGE CORPORATIONS 



29. The Standard Oil Company has attained a wonderful 

 reputation for its technical and commercial success in deriving 

 valuable products from petroleum, a result which could never 

 have been reached without extensive scientific research. 



