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What has Engineering Research Done?
Pages 5-6

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... Refinements in the quality and performance of such things as microwave tubes and devices, electronic instrumentation, and computers, which come out of engineering, nourish the progress of scientific research. The resulting new scientific principles can in turn facilitate engineering research and development on new processes, devices, and instruments.
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... It must produce more in-depth and usually more quantitative information that will allow for continuing improvements in the performance, economics, and range of application of the original invention or technical demonstration. Progress in the development of prime movers and power plants -- from steam engines to internal combustion engines and gas turbines -- was mainly the result of engineering research and development, although advances in engine and turbine materials benefited from scientific research in physics and chemistry.
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