Industrial research foundations
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066839
The development of industrial research foundations as an important force in the advance of applied science is unquestionably one of the major contributions of this century in the field of technological progress. Their appearance on the scene—in the United States at least—ended an era of hit‐or miss invention and unorganized technical development characterized by the free lance investigator in his attic or backyard workshop.
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Haldon A. Leedy. Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Francis W. Godwin. International Division for Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology.
