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THE Institution of Mechanical Engineers have decided to take a step which must meet with the approval of all who have the progress of engineering at heart. Like all other arts, that of the engineer, to be fully efficient, must be based on the laws which govern matter; and it is evident that the better we know these laws the more efficiently will our engineers be able to do their work. The only method of discovering these laws and their action under all the conditions with which engineering has to deal, is by systematic and thorough research; and since in this country our Government are so slow to see its true interests, the work, as far as possible, must be undertaken by individuals and bodies such as the Society of Mechanical Engineers. That Society is to be congratulated on its enterprise and the clear perception possessed by its members of the foundation on which their all-important art should be established. At a recent meeting of the Society it was resolved that the Council should be empowered to expend during the present year a sum of not more than 300l. “for the purpose of promoting practical research in mechanical subjects.” What the nature and aims of this research are likely to be we learn from a circular which has been distributed among the members for the purpose of eliciting suggestions.
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Engineering Research . Nature 19, 324 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019324a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/019324a0