INDUSTRISL, A N D ENGINEERING CHEAWISTRY
March, 1926 No.
IWENTOR
1,535,963 1,538,076
Tanner Young
DATE 4 /28/25 5 ’19/25
1,544,687 1,544,688
Sebrell, el 02. Sebrell, et nl.
7/7/25 7/7/25
1,546,713 1,546,876
Bruni Weijs
7/21/25 7 ’21/25
SUBSTANCE US~D Halogenated alkylamine Unsymmetrical ditolyl substituted guanidine Benzothiazole disulfide Lead salt of mercaptobenzothiazole 1-Anilinobenzothiazole Reaction product of diphenylguanidine and dimethyldithiocarbamic acid
317 DATE
NO. 1,546,877
INVENTOR Weiss
7/21/2.5
1,547,554 1,547,553
Bogemann, et al. Bogemann. el al.
7/28/25 7/28/25
1,558,707 Nolony 1,559,196 Stevens 1,559,197 Stevens 1,559,198 Stevens 1,559,393 Whittelsey
10/27/25 10/27/25 10/27/25 10/27/25 10/2;/23
SCBSTANCE USED Disubstituted guanidine and 1mercaptobenzothiazole Dipiperidyl base Di-mer hydrogenated quinoline compounds Tetramethylthiuram disulfide Tetratolytricarbodiimide Tetraxylitricarbodiimide Tetraphenyltricarbodiimide Phenylimidothiosulfurous acid
Chemists’ Club Honors William Henry Nichols HE annual dinner of the Chemists’ Club was held on Wednesday evening, January 27, 1926, and was in honor of William Henry hTichols. This is the first time t h a t one of these annual affairs has had for its main object the honoring of a man who has attained success in the chemical profession. Marston T.Bogert acted as toastmaster. Frank Bailey, chairman of the board of directors of the Prudence Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., a n intimate friend of long standing spoke of Dr. Nichols, particularly as a sentimentalist, as a lover of youth, and as a man of great belief and confidence in the future. H e pointed out t h a t Dr. Nichols’ gifts are not found listed among those great institutions which are attended by the sons of the wealthy, but rather among those schools 90 per cent of whose attendance is made up of boys who could not pay their expenses to our great institutions. Dr. Nichols not only gives of his money, but follows i t up with his personal attention and devotion t o the enterprises in which he is interested. Mr. Bailey attributed much of Dr. Nichols’ success t o his being a believer in young men. In his associations with him for many years in the Title Guaranty & Trust Company, Mr. Bailey said: “I never suggested a man for the board from Brooklyn who had not been in his Sunday School class. H e believed in t h a t Sunday School class, and there was no man in that Sunday
School class who, in the Doctor’s judgment, was not worthy of being the President of the United States.” Dr. Nichols responded, for the most part, in a facetious vein, %ut before closing his remarks referred to the first meeting of which was attended by the AMERICANCHEMICALSOCIETY thirty-five, of whom he and Dr. Niese are the sole survivors. He said t h a t the chemist has “a great advantage over men of very many other professions. He has a profession t o which there is no end,” and “in future the chemist is going to be called upon more and more. The very life of the world and the happenings of the world depend tremendously upon what the chemists do as chemists, but if they want to use their efforts t o produce the greatest results they will not only follow out the idea of improving and extending their knowledge as much as they can as they go along, but they will fit themselves so t h a t by their ordinary intelligence, by their citizenship, by their association with their fellowmen, they will not only be shown to be chemists and to know chemistry but to be men who know men and know how t o help men.” James F. Norris, president of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and professor of organic chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, made the principal address of the evening, which follows.
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William H. Nichols By James F. Norris
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T WAS a happy idea of the past presidents of this club
to give the members an opportunity each year to get together t o do honor to the men of achievement in our science. To be selected as the first t o be so honored is a distinction in itself. I accepted with keen pleasure a n invitation to speak, because I thought highly of the plan, and because I was eager t o do my part in recognizing the work of Dr. Nichols. When I came t o think over how the opportunity was to be met, the conclusion was forced upon me t h a t I was not so well qualified t o evaluate the services of our honored guest as others who have devoted their energies in the field of applied science. The most distinguished critics of the fine arts have not themselves been experts with the tools of these arts; too close an acquaintance with the details of technic may lead t o a point of view so restricted t h a t the broader aspects are not appreciated. It is possible, therefore, t h a t one who has centered his attention largely on pure science may be able t o see the significance of the achievements of a man whose place in the scientific world has been won by his ability t o apply the results of research t o the advancement of civilization. And, further, it takes no knowledge of technical details to recognize true character, high ideals, the spirit of the fellowship of man in world progress, and sane judgment in meeting perplexing prob-
lems.
I want to tell you something of Dr. Nichols’ contributions t o the industrial development of America, and I am again in a difficult position. Our inbred sense of propriety makes us feel t h a t we should not praise a man to his face. It is only in the realm of what is called love t h a t one feels free to heap up encomiums: and love is, as you know, a kind of madness-but of a delightful variety. I know all of you will pardon me if I throw away propriety and speak my true convictions, and I hope also t h a t Dr. Nichols will take a more or less detached point of view during the recital of the story of a great individual and at the end perhaps decide whether the hero of the tale utilized t o the best the ability given him and the opportunities presented. Many of the things I shall mention are known t o you, but i t is good, once in a while, t o tell over an inspiring tale. The story opens with a young man eighteen years of age who has just won the degree of bachelor of science a t New York University. H e had previously prepared for college a t the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and as a young lad had thought out plans for his life work. After weighing the opportunities in different fields and examining these in the light of his own capabilities, he decided t o take up the study of chemistry. H e had found in the chemical business that there were few who had been carefully educated for it through exact scientific
