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written more than once on this subject, and 

 indeed the applications of science to industry 

 have been the work of the National Physical 

 Laboratory since the twentieth century began. 



Speaking at the opening of the Labora- 

 tory in 1902, His Majesty then Prince of 

 Wales said: "The object of the scheme is, 

 I understand, to bring scientific knowledge to 

 bear practically upon our everyday industrial 

 and commercial life, to break down the 

 barrier between theory and practice, to effect 

 a union between science and commerce/' and 

 these words still express our aims. 



Various writers have pointed out recently 

 that in this process three distinct stages are 

 generally required. We need 



(1) The work of the man of science in 



his Laboratory ; 



(2) The investigations which go on in a 



Laboratory of Industrial Research, 



