Ofcourse，nothingbutthemostmeagreandsketchiestoutlineofthismatterispracticableinthisplace，andeventhatonlyinitsrelationtothemachineindustryduringthepastonehundredyearsorso。WhatissaidaboveoftheBritishleadinmodernsciencemayperhapsbequestioned，anditisnotnecessaryforthepresentpurposetoinsistonitstruth；butsomuchseemsbeyondhazardasthattheleadinthematerialscienceslaywiththeBritishthroughtheearlymachineage，andthattheprovenanceofthismodernscientificresearchto-daydoesnotextend，inanypronounceddegree，beyondthosecommunitiesthatliewithintheareaofthemodernmachineindustry。
Intimeandspacetheprevalenceofthemodernmaterialisticscienceisroughlyextensivewiththatofthemachineprocess。Itis，nodoubt，relatedtoitbothascauseandaseffect；butthatitsrelationtomodernindustryismorethatofeffectthancauseseemsatleastbroadlysuggestedbythedecaywhichpresentlyovertookscientificresearch，e。g。，inthesouthofEuropewhenthosepeoplesturnedtheirattentionfrommaterialtospiritualandpoliticalaffairs。28*
Whatisofimmediateinterestisthechangethathascomeoverthescopeandmethodofscientificresearchsincethedominanceofthemachineprocess，incomparisonwithwhatprecededthecomingofthemachineage。Thebeginningsofmodernscienceareolderthantheindustrialrevolution；theprinciplesofscientificresearchcausalexplanationandexactmeasurement
antedatetheregimeofthemachineprocess。Butachangehastakenplaceinthepostulatesandanimusofscientificresearchsincemodernsciencefirstbegan，andthischangeinthepostulatesofscientificknowledgeisrelatedtothegrowthofthemachinetechnology。
ItisunnecessaryheretoharkbacktothatscholasticscienceorphilosophythatservedasanintellectualexpressionoftheecclesiasticalandpoliticalcultureoftheMiddleAges。