INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 



Contents 



Pace 

 1 



Summary of Findings and Recommendations 



I. A Report on Industrial Research as a National Resource— Introduction 5 



II. Research in the National Economy 17 



1. The Development of Industrial Research in the United States 19 



2. Research — A Resource to Small Companies 78 



3. Coordination Between Industries in Industrial Research 85 



4. Technical Research by Trade Associations 88 



5. Fundamental Research in Industry 98 



6. Careers in Research 108 



7. Research as a Growth Factor in Industry 120 



8. Industrial Research Expenditures 124 



III. Examples of Research in Industry 127 



1. Research in Aeronautics 129 



2. Research in the Petroleum Industry 144 



3. Research in the Iron and Steel Industry 157 



IV. Location and Extent of Industrial Research Activity in the United States 171 

 V. Research Abroad ^^^ 



VI. Men in Research 221 



1. Chemistry in Industrial Research 223 



2. Physical Research in Industry as a National Resource 236 



3. The Role of the Biologist in Industry 253 



4. Industrial Mathematics 268 



5. Metallurgical Research as a National Resource 289 



6. The Chemical Engineer in Industrial Research 306 



7. Industrial Research in the Field of Electrical Engineering 316 



8. Industrial Research by Mechanical Engineers 328 



9. The Significance of Industrial Research in Border-line Fields 347 



VII. Appendix ^^'^ 



1. The Relationship of the National Research Council to Industrial 



Research '■^^^ 



2. Acknowledgments -'70 



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