AMERICAN CHEMICAL EVENTS E. R. WEIDLEIN Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa. AND L. W. BASS 350 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.
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W. R. Whitney was awarded the Franklin Medal. HE celebration of the Tercentenary of J. A. Wilson received the Nichols Medal for his contributions American Chemical Industry to be held a t to leather chemistry. New York this month led to a request that the chronological outline of American chemistry which =193has appeared previously in INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING J. J. Abel was awarded the Conni5 Medal of The Chemists’ CHEMISTRY be brought up to date [C. A. Browne, 18, 884 Club for his contributions to medical chemistry. (1926); W. A. Hamor and L. W. Bass, 23, 10 (1931)l. SugAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers celebrated silver gestions for the correction of the following list will be welcomed. anniversary, Washington. =1931= C. H. Bailey was awarded the Osborne Medal for his researches in cereal chemistry. AMERICANCHEMICAL SOCIETY Award in Pure Chemistry was C. F. Burgess received the Perkin Medal for his contributions initiated by A. C. Langmuir. to electrochemistry. American Medical Association Chemical Laboratory, ChiW. H. Charch was given the Schoellkopf Medal for his work cago, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. on moisture-proof Cellophane. Chemical Abstracts passed its twenty-fifth anniversary. Chemists and Chemical Engineers’ Unemployment and E. F. Cook was awarded the Remington Medal for his reRelief Committee was organized in New York. searches in pharmacy. G. L. Clark received the Grasselli Medal for applications of Duprene was produced in commercial quantities by E. I. x-rays to industrial problems. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. J. B. Conant was awarded the Chandler Medal and the Hercules Powder Company Chemical Laboratories were comNichols Medal for his researches in organic and biological pleted. chemistry. C. S. Hudson received the Hillebrand Prize for his researches Degassed ceramic products were introduced. in sugar chemistry. Dowel1 process for oil production was introduced. Hydrogen isotopes were discovered by H. C. Urey. Fertilizers were produced in concentrated form containing P. A. Levene was awarded the Gibbs Medal for his researches all essential elements. in biological chemistry. Forest Products Laboratory Building was completed, MadiA. D. Little received the Perkin Medal for his contributions son, R i s . to industrial chemistry. E. C. Franklin received the Gibbs Medal for his researches in Manganese was shown by researches of E. V. bIcCollum organic chemistry. to be essential in nutrition. Halogen methane derivatives were developed as refrigerants. A. W. Mellon and R. B. Mellon were awarded the Xedal of C. H. Herty was awarded the Medal of the American Instithe American Institute of Chemists for their support of tute of Chemists for his contributions to the chemical inscientific research. dustry of the South. E, F. Northrup received the Acheson h1edal for his developHydrofluoric acid in anhydrous form was manufactured. ment of inductive heating. Oxygen was transported in liquid form in commercial quanIllustrations, courtesy of Journal of Chemical Educatzon tities by the Linde Air Products Company. Jacob Papish announced the discovery of element 87. Picatinny Arsenal Chemical Laboratories were completed. Potash was first shaft-mined in the United States by the U. S. Potash Company a t Carlsbad, N. Mexico. L. V. Redman was awarded the Grasselli Medal for his work on synthetic resins. Sodium metaphosphate was marketed commercially. Sodium metasilicate was applied as a detergent. Synthetic drying oil (S-D-0) was developed by the du Pont Company. Titanium oxide was produced by Southern Mineral Products Corporation. E’. J. Tone received the Schoellkopf Medal for his work on abrasives. DIORAMAS OF RUBBERPLANTATIONS; University of Indiana Chemistry Building n-as dedicated.
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Irving Langmuir was awarded the Nobel Prize for his researches in physical chemistry. G. E. F. Lundell received the Hillebrand Prize for contributions to inorganic analysis. A. A. Noyes was awarded the Richards Medal for his work in analytical and physical chemistry. C. L. Parsons was given the Priestley Medal for AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY activities. Plastics became available in increasing variety (Alkyds, Aroclors, Beetle, Catalin, Celloglass, Haveg, Marblette, Plaskon, Plioform, Pliolite, Styrol, Thiokol, Tornesit, Vinylite, etc., were developed during the period covered by this survey). Positron was discovered by C. D. Anderson. Robertson Bonded Metal was developed at Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. Rotenone structure was determined by F. B. LttForge and H. L. Haller. Tungsten electrodeposition was developed by C. G. Fink. Vitamin C was isolated by C. G. King.
Leather with nonscuffable properties was developed a t Mellon Institute. Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated the George Eastman Research Laboratories. Merck Laboratory was dedicated a t Rahway, N. J. George Oenslager was awarded the Perkin Medal for hia contributions to rubber chemistry. Oxygen-free high-conductivity copper was produced. Paper was produced from southern pine by C. H. Herty. Potash was mined by Potash Company of America. Rubber from guayule was again given commercial tests. H. C. Sherman was awarded the Medal of the American Institute of Chemists for his work on nutrition. Solvent-refining of lubricants was developed. Stainless-clad steels were used industrially. Steels of controlled grain size became commercially important. Sulfur-mining under water was perfected. J. G. Vail was awarded the Chemical Industry Medal for his work on the chemistry of silicates.
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-1933= Acetamide was produced commercially. Fred Allison received the Herty Medal for his work on magnetooptics. Alumilite process for coloring aluminum was developed. C. E. Brigham was appointed chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. Camphor was produced commercially by synthesis by the du Pont Company. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation received the Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Award for commercial development of synthetic aliphatic chemicals. Century of Progress Exposition was held a t Chicago. Chemical Alliance was revived to handle the master chemical code under NRA. “Children of Depression” exhibit was organized by INDUSTRIAL AKD ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY a t the Fourteenth Exposition of Chemical Industries, n’ew York. Chlorinated diphenyl was used as transformer oil. Chlorinated solvents were developed commercially. G. 0. Curme was awarded the Chandler Medal for his work on the commercial development of aliphatic chemicals. H. D. Dakin was awarded the Conn6 Medal for medicochemical researches. Dowmetal gondola was used for a stratosphere flight. FlakIce was developed commercially by Crosby Field. R. E. Hall received the Pittsburgh Award for his contributions to boiler water conditioning. F. A. Hartman was awarded the Schoellkopf Medal for his work on cortin. Iodine was produced from California oil-well brines.
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Alkali plants were completed in the South (Mathieson, Solvay, Southern). American Institute of Pharmacy building was dedicated a t Washington. G. P. Baxter received the Richards Medal for his work on atomic weights. W. B. Bell was awarded the ChemicaZ Industries Medal for economic services. Boron carbide was produced by the Norton Company. Bromine was produced from sea water by Ethyl-Dow Corp. Chemical air-conditioning was investigated by Weiss & Downs. J. B. Conant was awarded the Medal of the American Institute of Chemists for his researches. Diphenyl oxide was used as a heat transfer agent. J. C. Downs received the Schoellkopf Medal for development of the sodium cell. C. G. Fink was awarded the Perkin Medal for his contributions to electrochemistry. Fog dispersal by chemical spray was investigated. General Electric Company was swarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of the City of New York. C. H. Herty was awarded the Herty Medal. Isooctane was employed as an aviation fuel. Irving Langmuir was awarded the Franklin Medal. Lilly Research Laboratories were dedicated. J. G. Lipman received the Chandler Medal for contributions t o agricultural chemistry. F. J. Metzger was awarded the Chemical Industry Medal for his work on rare gases. Phosphorus was isolated in a new allotropic form by P. W. Bridgman. Potassium carbonate was manufactured in the United States. Protoactinium was isolated in elemental form by A. V. Grosse. H. C. Sherman was awarded the Nichols Medal for his work on vitamins. Sodium carbonate and sulfate were produced from Searles Lake brines. Sodium oxide was marketed commercially. Sulfonated alcohol cleansing agents were introduced. Telescope mirrors of huge dimensions were made by Corning Glass Works. H. C. Urey received the Nobel Prize and the Gibbs Medal for his work on isotopes, E. W. Washburn was awarded the Hillebrand Prize (posthumously) for research on isotopes.
