Word: toole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...responsibility of the scientist is to find out about the physical world," he contended, "and to increase our power over nature. How these tools are used is clearly not the responsibility of the scientist. For instance, a nuclear explosion can be used for aggression; it can also be used to deter aggression, build harbors, deflect rivers, or as a scientific tool to find out more about nature. By itself a nuclear explosion is neither good nor bad. The way it is used makes it either good...
...scientists should be required to take an introductory, laboratory course in one of the scientific departments. These courses are of two kinds. The survey, such as Psychology 50, covers all the major areas and techniques of the field. The "tool" course provides the fundamental concepts and techniques on which all further work is based, though not covering the substance of the further work; e.g. the chemical calculations taught in Chemistry 2 are needed for organic chemistry, but Chemistry 2 includes no organic chemistry. Both kinds of courses will supply the first-hand experience with the science on which the "insights...
...machine tool industry, which makes the machines that other industries use to produce $174 billion worth of the nation's durable goods, is in the midst of the greatest upsurge in new orders in seven years. Machine tools range from simple drilling and stamping presses to wondrously complicated automated machines that bore an auto engine block in one continuous process. Since they sometimes take as long as two years to build, new orders are a key indicator of how businessmen feel about the future. For the first quarter of 1963, U.S. machine toolmakers received...
...machine tool does not necessarily wear out after ten years, but by that time a new model has usually been developed that does the job more efficiently and at a lower cost. Partly because their plants were either blown up or worn out by the war and partly because of more liberal tax and depreciation allowances, the Europeans have outdistanced the U.S. in modernizing; 59% of Britain's machine tools are under ten years old, 58% of France's, and an estimated 85% of West Germany's. In the Soviet Union about 50% are under ten years...
...faster than before; under a more liberal tax credit plan, they can deduct 7% on plant modernization costs from their taxes. The Treasury estimates that these two plans place an additional $2.5 billion at the disposal of U.S. companies this year. Businessmen seem eager to reach for the new tools that the machine tool industry is anxious to supply...