The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-04-12
Agencies Cooperate in Effort to
Salvage the knowledge
Gained in World War.
CONDUCT INDUSTRIAL STUDY
Special Committees Are Formed to
Collect and Disseminate lnforma-
tion--Hundreds of Big Plants
Fostering Research Work.

an era of Industrial research In which
corporations, large and small, are
linked with government agencies, en-
cheering organizations and universe
ties, in systematic effort to salvage
the knowledge gained In war and to
awaken the nations latent industrial
and economic power. Hundreds OF
plants are fostering these researches,
for which a permanent national sys-
TEN is being worked out by Engineer
ing Foundation, an instrumentality of
the United Engineering society to ad-
vance the rapidly developing science
of engineering.
1t Is only recently, however, that
research has become a really national
undertaking.
Activity in Industrial research must
he co-ordinated and expanded. said
Robert NJ. Raymond, professor Of min
ing In the schools Of mines, engineer
ing and chemistry of Columbia. The
university, said Professor Raymond, Is
now conducting industrial research
which will be of great value to the
nation. Prof. Arthur NJ. Greene Of
| Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute. Troy.
| N Y, chairman Of the research COM
mittee of the American Society of Me
| chanical Engineers, took the same
view.
For Specific Research.
This committee. Professor Greene
explained, is accomplishing It's work
| by organizing special committees for
| specific research and by collecting and
publishing research inf rmation. The
American Society OF Mechanical En-
gineers Is one of II" four founder so
cieties for which tie United Engineer
ing society holds certain endowments.
Engineering -Four alton. devoted to re.
search, under the headship Of Charles
F. Rand of ths city. past president
of the Ameriis,n Institute OF Mining
and Metalur. cal Engineers. is de-
partment of United Engineering soci-
ETY., the OTHER organizations which IL
comprises being the American Society
of Civil Engineers, the American In
stitute of Mining and Metallurgical En-
gineers and the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers
1.-THE life Of every American citi-
zen and the destiny of the republic
will be vitality affected by the work
In industrial research now going on"
said Professor Raymond, who Is
member of the Engineering Founda-
ton board. representing. with Prof.
Joseph w. Richards of Lehigh uni
versity. the American Institute Of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Researches already conducted at
Columbia and on which work is now
progressing" Professor Raymond add
ed, ENABLED Prof william Campbell.
professor of metallury In the schools
Of mines, engineering and chemis-
istry. to ascertain within a few hours
just what was the mechanical defect
In the shafts of the German ships
which were overhauled In New York
harbor. AS result Of the expert.
ments he Is making In testing the con.
struction of metals, Professor Camp
bell can Immediately tell. for exam
pie, In what process the defect In
piece Of steel arose. and can inform
the manufacturer how to correct the
fault.
Experiments In Ores.
columbia has recently equipped
an ore-dressing laboratory, In which
Prof. Arthur T. Taggart is conduct
ing experiments In the filtration OF
ores. The laboratory is so equipped
that both large and small quantities
or ore can be studied Another Co
lumbia professor, Edward F. Kern. AS
sistant professor OF metallurgy. Is con,
Quoting experiments in the treatment
OF ores. Industrial reasearch Is also
being carried on In several other I'm
portant fields at Columbia. notable ex-
amples of this being the work of
Michael f. Pupin. professor Of cleo
tro-mechanics at Columbia. and Wal
ter I. Slichter, professor of electrical
engineering.
''The assertion by government ex.
perts that this nations supply of crude
oil cannot last for more than 20
years makes Increasingly important
experiments conducted at Columbia
a number of years ago to determine
the amount Of gasoline which can be
drawn from crude oil and the by
products of the oil. Research work
Of enormous value to the nation
should be done Immediately to ascer-
tain If a larger percentage OF the crude
oil could not be used for gasoline. It
would be possible to continue this
work at Columbia, the logical place for
| II. IL sufficient funds were available
Conservation of the nations re-
sources. which, 1t is commonly agreed,
we have been using with too lavish
hand. is the direct result OF large
amount of research work now being
done. Big Industrial corporations are
| taking cognizance of this and lntroduc-
ing new methods for the handling Of
materials. The United States Steel
corporation. which mines the coal
from which they make coke to be used
| In the manufacture of steel. is one Of