REPRINT AND CIRCULAR SERIES 



OF THE 



NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 



NUMBER 8 



SCIENCE AND THE INDUSTRIES* 

 BY JOHN J. CARTY 



VICE-PRESIDENT, AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 



Because of the stupendous upheaval of the European War with 

 its startling agencies of destruction the product of both science 

 and the industries and because of the deplorable unpreparedness 

 of our own country to defend itself against attack, there began a 

 great awakening of the American people. The awful shock of 

 arms aroused them to the vital importance of the products of science 

 in the national defense. Their minds were startled by warfare 

 combining the scientific dreams of Jules Verne with the horrors of 

 Armageddon. They witnessed as never before the spectacle of 

 men warring with each other upon the earth, and under the earth, 

 and in the air, and on the sea, and down deep in the waters of the 

 ocean itself. Even in the very ether, scientific offensive and de- 

 fensive measures were carried out in the effort to maintain or 

 destroy communications. 



Although peace has not yet come, hostilities have ceased, let 

 us hope forever, and having concluded its work of organizing 

 science for the war, the National Research Council now turns to 

 its even greater purpose of encouraging and organizing scientific 

 research in America for the advancement of scientific knowledge, 

 and for the attainment of those immeasurable advantages which 

 will accrue from the practical application of such knowledge to the 

 affairs of men. 



We must preach and we must prove that, great as were the 

 achievements of science in war, they can be made incalculably 

 greater in peace. Scientific research has proved to be an invaluable 



* An address delivered under the auspices of the National Research Council at 

 Washington, D. C., February 6, 1920. 



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