Co-Operation Between Science and Industry in Canada
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Excerpt from Co-Operation Between Science and Industry in Canada: The Royal Canadian Institute as an Intermediary for Its Promotion; Establishment of a Bureau of Scientific and Industrial Research It has practically transformed human life, to such an extent that the experience of men and women to-day is something radically different from what it has ever been before." Dr. Griffith, after citing the well known fact that Pasteur saved for his country more lives than were lost in the Franco-Prussian war, proceeded: "It should be our mission to make evident to the working man his indebtedness to the pioneers of science. Demonstrate to him the close connection between the price of his meat and the use of refrigerating processes founded on the investigations of Joule and Thomson; between the purity of his beer (this for the Englishman)! and the labours of Pasteur. Show the collier that his safety is to no small extent due to Humphrey Davy; the driver of the electric tramcar that his wages were coined by Faraday. Make the worker in steel realise his obligation to Bessemer and Nasmyth; the telegraphist his indebtedness to Volta and Wheatstone, and the man at the ´wireless´ station that his employment is due to Hertz. Tell the soldier that the successful extraction of the bullet he received during the South African War was accomplished by the aid of Rontgen. Convince the sailor that his good ´landfall´ was achieved by the help of mathematicians and astronomers; that Tyndall had much to do with the brilliancy of the lights which warned him of danger, and that to Kelvin he owed the perfection of his compass and sounding-line. Impress upon all wage-earners the probability that had it not been for the researches of Lister, they, or some member of their family, would not be living to enjoy the fruits of their labours. If we - could but bring some 5 per cent. of our voters to believe that their employment, their security, their comfort, their health are the fruits of scientific investigation, then, but not until then, should we see the attitude of those in authority towards this great question of the encouragement of research change from indifference to enthusiasm, and from opposition to support. When we have educated the man in the street it is possible that we may succeed in the hardest task - that of educating our legislators." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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