George E. Hale

A Joint Investigation of the Constitution of Matter and the Nature of Radiation

The establishment of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics, if my estimate is correct, is an event of no small significance in the progress of science. Dr. Millikan has explained its bearing on scientific and technical education, and pointed out that research, as conducted in the Bridge Laboratory and the Gates Chemical Laboratory, accompanied by the best instruction in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, must provide the firmest of foundations for the entire superstructure of the California Institute of Technology. It remains for me to speak of a joint investigation of the constitution of matter and the nature of radiation which the organization of the Bridge and Gates Laboratories has rendered possible.