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The great inventions of former ages were made in countries where practical life, industry, and commerce were most advanced; but the great invfntions of the last fifty years in chemistry and electricity and the science of heat have been made in the scientific laboratory: the former were stimulated by practical wants, the latter themselves produced new practical requirements, and created new spheres of labour, industry, and commerce.—J. T. MERZ.
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GREGORY, R. The Promotion of Research. Nature 104, 259–261 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104259a0
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