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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 Laboratory 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,
