In 1949 We Are 20 Years Old HE coming year will witness the 20th anniversary of the founding of the hnalytical Edition of Industrzal and Enginerring Chemistry, non ASALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. The January 1929 issue of the Industrial Edition commented editorially on the neu- plan of two editions (the Analytical Edition carried no editcrial page) :
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Jr.. Thomas Midgley, Jr., Alfred J. Stamm, Byron .I. Soulc, C’. C. DeWitt. Geo. Granger Brown, R. E. Zinn, H. B. Trickery, R. 31. Fuoss, J. 31. NcIlvain, G. E. Symons, A . AT. Buswell, and C. C. Furnas, to mention
a fen appearing in the first few issues. It is of more than passing interest hon- many of these names are now prominently connected with chemical engineering. The July issue contains a report of the Society’s \Tithout regard to the way in w-hich the nork of chemistry Committee on Analytical Reagents signed by IT7. D. may be classified or subdivided, analytical chemistry is vital to all. Its accomplishments may not be sprctacular, much of i t Collins, H. V. Farr, Joseph Rosin, G. C. Spencer, and seems routine, and usually the part it contributes to the success Edward Wichers, the latter now chairman of the comof important work is unnoticed. The contributions of analytical mittee. Of course, Dr. Collins is still a very active and chemistrv may not be appreciated by the plant manager, nor by valuable member, currently struggling with still another the director of the laboratory, nor by the chief of the bureau, but revision of “Recommended Specifications for -4nalytievery chemist knows to what extent n e depend upon the accuracy in this field of 55ork. For a number of years the leaders in this cal Reagent Chemicals.” important part of our science have stresaed the need for the segWe are inclined to think that the field of instruregation of articles primarily of importance to the analyst, mentation is one of the outstanding developments of pointing out the greater ease with which they could then be recent years and it is, but the first article in Volume I, made available to him and the wider utility they might be exNo. 1, is a paper on “Quantitative Analysis with the pected to have in every field of chemistry. I t has not been possible hcretofore t o meet this need. The matter has been the Spectrograph,” contributed by Charles C. Nitchie of subject of many conversations with those interested, and more the New Jersey Zinc Co., and in the same issue B. E. recently we have devoted much thought to the possibilities. Lesley and A. W. Christie of the Fruit Products LaboraSeveral plans have been discussed R ith the Executive Committee tory, University of California, discuss the “Use of the of the Society and a long-contemplated step has noiv been authorRefractometric Method in Determination of Oil in ized by the Directors, who have reached their decision not alone on the basis of service to be rendered but upon financial Avocados.” grounds a? well. As we turn the pages of the first volume we cannot help but notice that by far the majority of manuscripts We firmly believe that the recognition given the are contributions from college and university laboraanalytical chemist today is vastly greater than it was tories. Today industrial laboratories proportionally when the late Harrison E. Howe penned the editcrial are better represented. Quite likely this is just one just quoted in part. Part of that improvement, we more proof that industry now is more publicationbelieve, is the direct result of the influence of the publication we now are happy to know as ANALYTICAL minded. CHEMISTRY.For 20 years it has recorded the spectacuBut enough of reminiscing! Your editorial staff looks forward, not backward. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, lar development of analytical chemistry. The record is impressive. now a complete journal in every sense of the word, will The Analytical Edition of 1929 appeared on a continue to expand to meet the ever-growing needs of quarterly basis and contained 238 text pages and 36l/2 analytical chemistry and analytical chemists. pages of advertising. In 1948 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY The most pleasant way of celebrating an anniversary through the November issue contains 1152 text pages is to provide something new of practical value to our and 404 pages of advertising. From 1929 to 1932 the readers. The January and February 1949 issues will Analytical Edition continued to be published as a be devoted in part to a review of the outstanding dequarterly; it then was issued bimonthly for four years velopments in the science of analytical chemistry durand in 1937 was established as a monthly. ing the past five or six years, the beginning of an annual Leafing through the first volume we note several feature of this publication. The 37 authors, each an well known names--N. L. Drake, E. W. Rice, D. F. outstanding authority in his field, and the editors cordiOthmer, Duncan A. MacInnes, Malcolm Dole, Thomas ally invite you to ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY’S 20th birthR. Cunningham, G. Frederick Smith, Lyman Chalkley, day party. 997
