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THE annual meeting of the Society of Chemical Industry -1 was held at the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, on Wednesday, July 12, the president, Mr. Walter F. Reid, being in the chair. In˜his presidential address, Mr. Reid dwelt on the rapid developments of the application of science to industry, and said it was quite impossible for anyone to keep up to date˜in all branches of applied science. But, though the tendency of the present age was towards specialisation, too minute sub-division had its disadvantages, and there would always be a demand for trained men who had a good general knowledge of science and of the methods of applying it. Manufacturing chemists frequently receive advice from those engaged in other industries to employ more skilled assistants in the factories. Mr. Reid quoted some figures given by Mr. Barker North, in his recent presidential address to the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions at Southport, showing that the chemical factories stood at the head of all our great industries as regards the proportion of skilled supervision employed. The value of the net annual output per head of those employed in the manufacture of chemicals, coal-tar products, drugs, and perfumery, was also considerably in excess of that in any other of the nine chief trades of the country, the amount being 185l. per year, while the next was iron and steel with 118l.
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Applications of Science to Industry . Nature 87, 94–95 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087094a0
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