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THE theme of the presidential address by Sir J. Arthur Fleming Section G (Engineering) is that industrial research and development form the bridge between scientific discovery and its practical application Past technological achievements were obtained by the patient and persistent work of inventors and industrialists based on fundamental discoveries of scientific men. Such discoveries will always be the starting point ; but to-day, as well as providing new ideas, science must also at every stage provide the means whereby their industrial application can be most completely achieved.
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Bridging the Gap between Science and Industry. Nature 164, 391–392 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164391b0
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