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A SIXTH edition has recently been issued of the valuable list prepared by the National Research Council of the Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: National Research Council. Pp. 270. Paper cover, 2.50 dollars; cloth, 3 dollars). It consists of an alphabetical directory of commercial companies in the United States which maintain research laboratories, and is compiled from information obtained in each case from the director of research of the laboratory concerned. In asking for this information, it was pointed out that laboratories concerned merely with routine testing should not be included, but it was left to the director of research to decide whether his laboratory came within this category or whether it could be said to conduct research. The present list comprises no less than 1,709 entries, each of which gives such data as officers-in-charge, address, fields of science or engineering represented, research activities, publications, co-operative research supported and number of personnel. Federal, State and municipal laboratories are not included, except the National Bureau of Standards, while those in educational institutions have been omitted unless they are directly supported by industry. Four indexes are provided: serial publications; geographical distribution; principal personnel; and subjects of research.
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U.S. Industrial Research Laboratories. Nature 144, 438 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144438a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144438a0