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view taken l)y Sir Charles Oppenheimer, British consul-general at 

 Frankfort, in a recent review of the status and prospects of the German 

 Empire. 



The Reichsanstalt is the top stone of Germany's scientific edifice. It 

 has also contributed much to her industrial renown. It is necessar}- 

 to cite only her manufactures invohing high temperatures, such as 

 the porcelain industry, to appreciate the help afforded by the Reich- 

 sanstalt. The methods and instruments elaborated there for the exact 

 measurement of high temperatures constitute a splendid contribution 

 toward industrial supremacy in those lines. The German Govern- 

 uient sees with great clearness that the Reichsanstalt justifies the expend- 

 iture made for its maintenance, not by the fees received for certifica- 

 tions and calilirations, but by the support it gives to the higher indus- 

 tries requiring the application of the greatest intelligence. In this 

 connection it should be thankfully acknowledged that the services of 

 this imperial establishment are placed at the disposal of foreign insti- 

 tutions of learning with the most generous liberality. The charges 

 for calibration are only about one-fourth the expense incurred in 

 making them, but the support thus given to German makers of instru- 

 ments of precision, I)}" increasing their foreign orders, is deemed a 

 sufficient return for the services rendered. 



