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RESEARCH 
TORIES.” ' 
The Organisation of Industrial Research. 
T is generally conceded by those engaged in the 
direction of industrial research that, in order to 
be efficient, research laboratories of this type should 
be as thoroughly equipped as possible. In the case 
of industrial concerns having a number of plants and 
in the case of organisations of manufacturers, the 
tendency of organisation should undoubtedly be 
towards concentration and co-operation in the main- 
tenance of one large well-equipped research labora- 
tory, rather than towards the erection and support of 
a number of smaller separated laboratories. It is, of 
course, necessary, especially in the case of chemical 
plants, that the analytical and control work should be 
carried out in situ, but experience indicates that it is 
much better practice to centralise the research work. 
Since the policy which ensures adequate guidance to 
a research organisation must be based upon the accu- 
mulation of facts, method in laboratory administration 
should provide for facilities for securing detailed in- 
formation on a vast field, and for competent counsel 
from those who have a store of specialised knowledge. 
When the laboratory executive’s work has passed the 
one-man stage, a division of labour comes about, and 
it is here that he must see to it that he surrounds 
himself with men who are capable of effective effort— 
alert, original investigators of initiative and leader- 
ship. 
An organised research administrative staff should 
result not only in effective division of labour, but also 
1 Report of a Sub-committee on Research in Industrial Laboratories, con- 
sisting of Drs. R. F. Bacon (chairman), C. E.'K. Mees, W. H. Walker, 
M. C. Whitaker,-W. R Whitney, and presented atithe meeting of the Com- 
mittee of One Hundred on Scientific Research, New York, of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, December 26, 1916. 
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