1928-In Scientific Progress Its Extent and Probable Benefit to the Confectionery Industry

摘要

THE editor has asked me to write a brief review of scientific progress, especially in chemistry, during the last year, and to forecast its probable influence upon the candy industry. It may be well to take apace at the beginning of this brief article to explain the limitations and difficulty in forecasting the exact practical application of new contributions to fundamental knowledge. While it may be regarded as certain that the candy industry will profit in a material way from recent scientific progress, the exact form which this will take can be predicted in a general way. The sum total of human knowledge, regarded from the standpoint of its practical use and application, may be said to advance in two general ways: (1) By accidental direct observation, and (2) through the working out of basic principals which pave the way for subsequent practical applications. It has been well said that the theory of today is the practice of tomorrow.