Excerpt from Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 185: Devoted to Science and the Mechanic Arts; Nos. 1105-1110; January-June, 1918 Immediately, answers to these questions are developed. Even in approximate form, multitudes Of further questions arise, some of which are Of the most fundamental importance. One of these is the question Of standardization. TO what extent shall an attempt be made to standardize the engine and plane, thus facilitating rapid and economic production, and to what extent shall several competitive types be employed. Thus aiming at. Constant competition and evolution bv a process Of selection - the survival Of the fittest? Advantages and disad vantages lie with either policy, and neither should be pushed to the extreme. Broadly speaking, the Germans, during the war, have adopted and worked consistently on the policy Of a high degree Of standardization and the limitation Of the number Of different types. Types or designs few in number and a consist ent effort to improve and perfect those types or designs - such, in general, has been the German policy. On the other hand, the French and English have adopted a more Open policy regarding the number of types and designs and have placed less importance on the economic results to be derived from close standardization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.