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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 CHARLESS. 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 at 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 . CHARLESW. DAVIS
