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National Resources Planning Board 



Mathematics in Industry 



Subjects Used 



Types of Service Performed by Mathematics 



Mathematics in Some Particular Industries 

 Communications 

 Electrical Manufacturing 

 The Petroleum Industry 

 Aircraft Manufacture 

 Industrial Statistics and Statisticians 



Statisticians in Industry 



Statistics in Industry 

 Conclusion 

 Bibliography 

 Metallurgical Research as a National Resource 

 Scope of Metallurgy 



Economic Consequences of Metallurgical Research 

 Group vs. Individual Research 

 Lessons from the Past 

 Machining and Machinability 

 Joining of Metals 

 Outstanding Work in the Steel Industry 



Continuous Rolling 



Continuous Tubing 



Continuous Forming from the Melt 



Raw Materials 



New Viewpoints 



Copper and Phosphorus in Steels 



Stainless Steels 



Clad Metals 



Hydrogen in Steel 



The Rare Elements Put to Use 

 Nonferrous Examples 



Zinc 



Magnesium 



Aluminum and Precipitation Hardening 

 Powder Metallurgy 

 Adaptations From Other Sciences — Electron 



Diffraction 

 Mineralogical Methods Utilized 

 Instruments and Equipment 



The Pyrometer 



The Induction Furnace 



New Arms, New Conquests 

 Provision for the Future 



Whence Will Come the Fundamental Metal- 

 lurgical Research of the Future? 



The Supply of Future Workers 

 The Personality of a Research Man 

 The Education of a Metallurgical Research 

 Worker 



His Development 



Job Stability 



Working Conditions 



The Written Word 



Cooperative Effort 



Modes of Joint Research 



Utilization of Outside Aid in Research 

 Public Funds Not Available for Metallurgical 



Research 

 Competition vs. Monopoly in Research 

 Research in Relation to Employment 

 Research on Research 

 True vs. Alleged Research 



