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Tenth Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy and Exposition of Modern Laboratory Equipment, Pittsburgh, Pa. Page 52 A.
Mar. 6
The Society for Analytical Chemistry. Annual general meeting. Royal Society, Burlington House, London. Contact: SAC, 14 Belgrave Square, London S.W. 1, England.
Mar. 10
American Association of Spectrographers, Western Society of Engineers Building, Chicago, 111. Topic: Industrial Applications of X - R a y Fluorescence Analysis. Speaker: G. W. Anderman or J. W. Kemp, Applied Research Laboratories. Contact: C. A. Lucchesi, Sherwin-Williams Co., Chicago 28, 111.
Mar. 12
American Chemical Society, Analytical and Microchemical Group, Philadelphia Section. Philadelphia Textile Institute. Topic: Automation in the Field of Analysis. Speaker: Andres Ferrari, Technicon Instruments Corp. Contact: Sidney Alpert, National Drug Co., Haines and McCallum Streets, Philadelphia 44, P a .
Mar. 17
Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Philadelphia College of Phar macy. Joint meeting of New York and Philadelphia Sections. Topic: Applications of Emission Spectroscopy to Determination of Gaseous Impurities in Metals. Speaker: V. A. Fassell, Iowa State University. Contact: Paul Lublin, Sylvania Research Laboratories, Bayside, Ν . Υ.
Mar. 18
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Mellon Institute. Subject: Visit to Gulf Research and Development Co. laboratories. Con tact: A. G. Sharkey, U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1200 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh 13, P a .
Mar. 19
Metropolitan Microchemical Society, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Topic: Microbiological Methods for Assay of Trace Metals. Speaker : R. G. Esposito, Lederle Laboratories. Contact: Erik R. Hoffmann, Ethicon, Inc., P . O. Box 151, Somerville, N . J.
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Metropolitan Microchemical Society, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Topic: Submicromethods of Organic Anal ysis. Speaker: R. Belcher, University of Birmingham, England. Contact: Erik R. Hoffmann, Ethicon, Inc., P . O. Box 151, Somerville, N . J.
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Mellon Institute. Topic : T h e Place of Infrared in the Analytical Laboratory. Speaker: A. Lee Smith, Dow Corning. Contact: A. G. Sharkey, U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1200 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh 13, Pa.
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American Association of Spectrographers, Western Society of Engineers Building, Chicago, 111. Topic: Analytical Applications of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Speaker : R. F . Goddu, Hercules Powder Co. Contact: C. A. Lucchesi, Sherwin-Williams Co., Chicago 28, 111.
Feb. 17
POTS, TRAYS Non-absorbent, non-cata lytic, non-porous, immune to e x t r e m e e l e c t r i c a l , thermal a n d chemical c o n d i t i o n s . M a n y sizes and types in stock. Prompt delivery for spesizes.
Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Hotel New Yorker, New York. Topic: "Stump t h e Experts." Speakers: E . J. Rosenbaum, Drexel Institute; R. J. Bell, Lucius Pitkin; W. A. Zingaro, Philips Electronics. Contact: Paul Lublin, Sylvania Research Labora tories, Bayside, Ν . Υ.
Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Philadelphia College of Phar macy. Topic: Recent Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Reso nance. Speaker: P . C. Lauterbur, Mellon Institute. Contact: Paul Lublin, Sylvania Research Laboratories, Bayside, Ν . Υ.
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American Society for Testing Materials. Committee Week. PennSheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh. Meeting of 30 main technical com mittees. Contact: ASTM, 1916 Race St., Phila. 3.. P a .
April 1 to 3—Radiofrequency Spectroscopy Group and Group for Study of Atoms and Molecules for Kadioelectronic Coming· Events Research. Joint meeting. London, England. Contact: D . J. E . Ingram, the University, Southampton, England. April 5 to 10—American Chemical Society, 135th national meeting, Boston, Mass. April 5 to 10—1959 Nuclear Congress and International Atomic Exposition, Inc., Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: H . S. Kindler, ISA, 313 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Page 39 A. April 6 to 7—2nd National Symposium on Chemical and Petroleum Instrumentation, St. Louis, Mo. Instrument Society of America. April 6 to 11—International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, London, Eng land. Sponsor: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Contact: The Chemical Society, Burlington House, London W. 1, England.
