28 SCIENCE 



But there is another need. The step 

 between the University laboratory and the 

 Works laboratory is a long one. Discoveries 

 do not leave the man of science in a form which 

 can be at once assimilated by the engineer, 

 the shipbuilder, or the manufacturer. Some 

 means are needed to make them available to 

 such men, to secure for them the advantages 

 which come from the growth of knowledge by 

 which alone they may keep in the forefront of 

 their trade. The problem has recently been 

 discussed in a paper by Dr Mees published by 

 the Department of Scientific and Industrial 

 Research, and by Dr Rosenhain in a lecture, 

 delivered at Glasgow, on "The National 

 Physical Laboratory Its work and aims/' 

 Dr Mees writes : "This kind of research work 

 involves a laboratory very different from the 

 ordinary works laboratory, and also investi- 

 gations of a different type from those employed 



