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CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE RESEARCH DIVISION REUNION Col. G. A. Burrell, late in charge of the Research Division of the Chemical Warfare Service, is contemplating a reunion of the Research Division in Philadelphia during the meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. The reunion will take the form of a dinner on Thursday evening September 4,from 6 to 8 P.M. It is hoped that as many of the men a s possible of the Research Division will attend the reunion. It will be appreciated if all those who expect to attend will notify Col. Burrell a t 62 Cedar Street, New York City, in order that proper arrangements for the dinner may be made.
AMERICAN ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY FALL MEETING The tentative program for the Chicagohfeeting of the American Electrochemical Society, September 23-25, 1919, has been announced by the board of directors. Several sessions will be held jointly with the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, which meets in Chicago, September 2 2 to 27, 1919. On Tuesday, September 23, the Society and Institute will go by boat to Gary, Ind., to visit the plant of the United States Steel Corporation. A symposium on electric steel will be held on the boat and continued a t the Congress Hotel in the evening. Wednesday morning the Society will hold a general session and in the afternoon a joint session with the A. I. M. E. in a symposium on nonferrous electrometallurgy. In the evening a special visit will be made to the electric furnace display a t the National Exposition of Chemical Industries a t the Coliseum. Thursday will be devoted to a symposium on “Catalysis,” t o be followed by a smoker in the evening. On Friday the Institute will probably hold its symposium on “Pyrometry,” to which members of the Society are invited. Headquarters of both the Society and the Institute will be a t the Congress Hotel, and according to present plans all sessions will be held there. The American Electrochemical Society’s headquarters a t the Exposition of Chemical Industries will be Booth 2 2 9 , on the balcony of the Coliseum. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHEMICAL SPELLINGS, NAMES, AND PRONUNCIATIONS ? I t is the plan of the Committee on Spellings, Nomenclature, and Pronunciation of the AMERICANCHEMICALSOCIETY to
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attempt to standardize usage in these fields to the extent that this is possible. An effort will be made gradually to build up lists of approved rules covering spellings, nomenclature, and pronunciation and to secure observance of them. As a first step we are endeavoring to compile a list of all chemists who are particularly interested in any or all of these subjects. We will need many opinions from time to time and it is particularly our desire that no one be left off our list who would like to take part in the work of determining best usage. If interested, please tell the chairman, whose address is Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. E. J. CRANE,Chairman DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The last directory of the Division of Industrial Chemists and Chemical Engineers appeared in 1913. The Executive Committee of the Division has under consideration the question of issuing a new directory but does not wish to decide the matter without hearing from a considerable number of the Division members. Obviously, if it is to be of any value, the directory must be kept up to date and printed frequently, thereby involving both considerable expense and work. The Executive Committee question whether the results to be obtained justify this effort, and the Secretary would like to hear from as many as possible, and asks that those writing him indicate whether they would.be prepared to pay their portion of the expense. HARRISON E. HOW$,Secretary 1201 SIXTEENTH STREET WASHINGTON D. C.
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS American Chemical Society-Fifty-eighth (Annual) Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., September 2 to 6 , 1919. National Exposition of Chemical Industries (Fifth)-Coliseum Chicago, Ill., September 2 2 to 27, 1919. SOCIETIES MEETING I N CHICAGO DURING EXPOSITION WEEK
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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE SKIN DISEASES FROM CERTAIN LUBRICANTS By CHARLESBASKERVILLE~
The British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research -has published some results of studies on oil rashes. They appear to be due ( a ) to plugging small glands a t hair roots (especially on workers’ arms and legs), and ( h ) to mechanical injury t o the skin by metallic particles suspended in the cutting lubricant. In the first type mentioned the mixture of oil and dirt blocks up the gland openings, causing infiammation, which may lead to suppuration or even abscesses. If the former, when many hairs are involved, there may be red spots with black centers, or yellow heads in the event abscesses have been produced. These statements are based upon the information as t o the report a t hand. In the second type mentioned, namely, when 1 Chairman, Committee on Occupational Diseases, American Chemical Society, who assumes responsibility for the statements contained in this communication in so far as the committee is concerned.
the surface is abraded through mechanical injury by the metallic particles, the familiar conditions for germ and septic infection are favorable. The Commission recommends liberal washing and dusting of parts with a compound of equal parts of starch and zinc oxide. Conditions favorable to the formation of free fatty acids are to be avoided and the removal of metal particles, with frequent cleaning of the machines, is recommended. Frequent examination of machines is advisable. Workers affected should not operate machines as they are likely to spread infection. The addition of I to 2 per cent carbolic acid or other antiseptics to the lubricant was tried, but not found to be reliable. The treatment recommended is frequent washing with hot water and soap, and in the event of septic infection there should be an application of antiseptic dressings. Experience of the writer, supported by numerous reports of accidents, as well as cases of cuts, abrasions, and other injuries caused by metallic bodies of various composition, more or less
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contaminated by germs of likely infectious character, proved by bacteriological tests, prompts him to recommend regular washing with a soap with a notable amount of pine oil as a constituent. The surfaces are not only thoroughly cleansed, but the parts are thus rendered thoroughly sterile, bacteriologically. Such compositions must not be applied to the eyes or taken internally. COLLEGE OF THE CITYOF NEWYORK N E W YORKCITY,July 8, 1919
WOOL GREASE AHRENS’ “SAMMLUNG CHEMISCHER UND CHEMISCHTECHNISCHER VORTRAGE” Editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: When making a careful search for the more important references to wool grease in the scattered literature of that subject, the only real monograph that I was able to find on this interesting and complex substance, was the following: “Das Wollfett,” by Ed. Donath and B. M. Margosches; in Ahrens’ “Sammlung chemischer und chemisch-technischer Vortrage,” 6 (rgor), 39-160. But few chemists appear to know of the existence of this really valuable monograph and the reason seems to be that, while many chemical libraries have the Sammlung, few of the librarians catalogue the details of each monograph, with the names of the respective authors, but usually list the whole under the heading of Ahrens. Of course, the Sammlung has many other valuable papers which may escape the attention of special searchers; and it is suggested that the matter be brought to the attention of the librarians concerned. The writer has studied the libraries of many of the larger cities and also of some of the large schools of technology, with the result described. The writer would be glad to get in touch with those fellowchemists who are interested in the general subject of wool grease. MELLON ~NSTITUTB CHARLES S. PALMER PITTSBURGH, P A .
July 8. 1919
WAR TRADE BOARD TRANSFER TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE By Executive Order of the President, the War Trade Board has been merged into the Department of State and all the present personnel of the Board have been transferred to the Department of State. By direction of the Secretary of State, the War Trade Board organization thus transferred has been established as the War Trade Board Section of the Department of State and has been placed under the direction of Mr. Lawrence Bennett, who has been designated as chief of the Section. The activities of the Board will continue without interruption or alteration in present practice except as specifically noted below. For all practical purposes, the status of the employees of the Board will be unchanged. The present internal organization will remain intact and all routine administrative matters will continue to be performed by the officials who have heretofore performed such functions. Licenses and refusals will continue to be issued in accordance with the present regulations. Changes in the present regulations and new regulations will be issued by the Chief of the Section in like manner as instructions of the War Trade Board have been issued heretofore. All routine correspondence will continue to be conducted on the letterheads of the War Trade Board and may be signed by the officials who have heretofore customarily signed such letters. Licenses and refusals will continue to be issued upon the present forms and may be issued and signed by the officials who have heretofore customarily performed such acts. In
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signing letters, however, it is no longer proper to use the name “War Trade Board” as a part of the signature. It will be sufficient to use simply the name of the Bureau, as for example, , “Bureau of Exports, By Certified copies of documents included in the records of the War Trade Board and of licenses or refusals thereof and of regulations issued by the War Trade Board may no longer be authenticated by the War Trade Board officials. They may be authenticated only in the name of the Secretary of State under the seal of the Department of State by the Chief Clerk. Forms for this purpose are in the course of preparation.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GENERAL BAKELITE COMPANY FELLOWSHIP The General Bakelite Company has provided the funds for an industrial fellowship in the department of chemical engineering of Columbia University. This fellowship differs from the general type of industrial fellowships in that in addition t o the amounts paid to the Fellow and for the chemicals and apparatus used by the Fellow, an additional sum is paid to the University to compensate it €or the use of the laboratories and other facilities used by the worker. A further difference is that no time or other limitation is put upon the publication of the results of the investigation. Mr. Mortimer Harvey has been appointed to the General Bakelite Company Fellowship for 1919-1920.
FIXED NITROGEN RESEARCH LABORATORY A “Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory” has been organized in the Nitrate Division of the Ordnance Department, with headquarters a t the American University, in buildings formerly occupied by the Chemical Warfare Service. Lt. Col. A. B. Lamb, of the Chemical Warfare Service, is director; Dr. R. C. Tolman, formerly of the Chemical Warfare Service, and Prof. W. C. Bray, of the University of California, are associate directors; and Dr. H. A. Curtis, formerly of the Nitrate Division, Ordnance Department, is executive officer. The work carried on during the war on the fixation of nitrogen in the Department of Agriculture laboratories a t Arlington, Virginia, the Geophysical Laboratory, and elsewhere, will be concentrated a t the American University. I n the absence of Col. Lamb in Europe, Dr. Tolman is acting director. At present the staff consists of fiftyfive persons.
A HIGHLY UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON IN SHARK LIVER OIL-CORRECTION In the article of the above title [THISJOURNAL, 8 (1916), 889 3, the following corrections should be made: Page 895 895
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TREATMENT OF LOW-GRADE NICKEL ORESCORRECTION In the article of the above title [THIS JOURNAL, I I ( ~ g ~ g6441, ), the following correction should be made: Page 645, 1st column, ninth line from the bottom, “unsaturated” should read “untreated.” July 7 , 1919 . CHARLES W. DAVIS
