NON-MANUFACTURING GENERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELDS OF METALLURGY, CHEMISTRY, AND CERAMICS-NAMELY, INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE REFRACTORY MATERIALS; MATERIALS AND COMPOUNDS HAVING UNUSUAL ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; CALCIUM SILICATE AND OTHER MINERALS MINED IN THE ADIRONDACKS; TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, AND THEIR COMPOUNDS; AND METHODS, PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING SUCH MATERIALS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AND USEFUL IN SPECIAL PROJECTS AND FOR GENERAL AND SPECIAL PURPOSES