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75 EVENTFUL YEARS"
52b pages . . ; cloth bound illustrated with portraits. Êrice, $5.00. Order from: American Chemical Society , 1155 Sixteenth St if N.W; Washington 6, D. C.
By CHARLES ALBERT BROWNE and MARY ELVIRA WEEKS
A History of the
AMERICAN CHEMKAL SOCIETY The
evolution
of
the American
Chemica
Society f r o m a small a n d essentially local organization t o t h e largest chemical society in the world parallels the development of chemistry in A m e r i c a . Therefore t h e record o f events described in this book is of value to all concerned w i t h the
science, the
profes-
sion and the industry. Topics treated in detail which are of wide genera! interest include the chapters dealing with the beginning and subsequent development of industrial chemistry as exemplified by the stories
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of the A C S Divisions: the activities of the
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Preface snivisi(;ri$ .
tions, in the story of the granting of the Federal Charter and in the growth of the publications. A
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9 i ' V I I I . ~ International Relations, 1 8 7 0 - 1914 ." - " I X . .The American Chemical Society and the Fïrst World War 1CW , ' , χ . T h e Society Completes I t s First Half C e n t u r y . . . , . . . . . , - . . V27 .' X I . The Start of the Society's Sccocd Kali C e n t u r y . , • ..139
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detailed chronology provides a compact record of t h e notable events of the 75 eventful years.
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