T H E JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Oct., 1922
991
Personals
Industrials
Mr. Robert I. Wray and Mr. Fulton B. Flick have accepted positions in the Research Bureau of the Aluminum Company of America, New Kensington, Pa. Mr. John W. Crombie is now research associate a t the American Sheet & Tin Plate Research Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Donald E. Cable has resigned as assistant research chemist in the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wyoming and has been awarded a university fellowship in chemical engineering a t Columbia University. On July 31, Dr. H. D. Gibbs resigned his connection as research chemist with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., and will take a much-needed vacation. For the present his address will be c/o Chemists’ Club, New York, N. Y., or c/o Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. On July 1, A. A. Holmes resigned from the staff of E. B. Badger & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., to accept the sales managership for the Trona Corporation. His headquarters will be in the Woolworth Building, New York, N. Y. Dr. James Kendall has been promoted to a full professorship at Columbia University. He is to begin his sabbatical leave of absence next February, and has arranged to divide his time between Stanford University and the University of California. Mr* H*Gardner McKerrow, who for the past three years has been advertising manager for the National Aniline & Chemical CO., Inc., has resigned and will engage in business in New York, as a n advertising and merchandizing consultant, specializing in textile and chemical matters. Mr. M. B. Crowe has severed his connections with the Crown Oil & Refining Company and has accepted a position in the Acid Recovery Department of the United Lead Co., Houston, Texas. M ~ m. i c ~ ~ bCorm., has ~ resigned from ~ the Atlas Powder co,,where he was engaged in experimental development work. Dr. Gerald L. Wendt resigned on July 1 as associate professor of chemistry a t the University of Chicago t o join the staff of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana in the direction of research. Mr. Leslie H. Webb, vice president of the Wedge Mechanical Furnace Co., is now in charge of the Pittsburgh office of the Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co., of which the Wedge Company is a subsidiary. At a recent meeting the State Board of Regents changed the form of administration of the graduate work of the University of North Dakota from that of a department in charge of a graduate committee to that of a graduate school, and Dr. G. A. Abbott, head of the chemistry department, was appointed dean of the graduate school. Dr. H. C. Trimble, associate professor of organic and physiological chemistry in the University of North Dakota, has been granted leave of absence in order to pursue special studies with Dr. Folin of Harvard. Mr. Washington Platt has resigned his position as production manager of the Harris Laboratories to become associated with the Merrell-Soule Sales Corporation of Syracuse, N. Y., as manager of the Technical Service Department. Mr. F. W. Barker, Jr., has resigned from the National Aniline & Chemical Co., Inc., and has become associated with The Kaumagraph Co., New York, N. Y. Prof. Robert E. Wilson has left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was director of the Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, to assume direction of research for the Standard Oil Company a t Whiting, Indiana. Dr. J. A. LeClerc has severed his connections as chief chemist with the Miner-Hillard Milling Company and has assumed his duties as Special Agent in the Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Dr. T. T. Read, chief of the Information Service of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, was appointed official representative of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers to attend the International Congress of Engineering held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September. The Trustees of Columbia University have granted Victor K. LaMer, instructor in chemistry, leave of absence for the year 1922-23 to accept the Wm. Bayard Cutting Traveling Fellowship. Dr. LaMer sailed about September 15 for England and Denmark, where he will continue his studies in physical chemistry.
On July 26, 1922, the new laboratories ofLth4’Research Association of British Rubber & Tire Manufacturers a t Croyden, England, were formally opened. The association was formed in 1919 for the study of the fundamental problems of therubber industry, the preparation of information dealing with control of manufacturing operations, the testing of raw materials and final products for practical use, the collection of rubber literature, the adjudication of scientific disputes, and the coordination of scientific and technical work in national emergencies. Some practical work in the study of physical and chemical problems has been carried on in laboratories at University College, London, but with the opening of the new laboratories it is expected that the full program will soon be put into execution.
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As a direct result of the amalgamation of the General Bakelite Co., the Condensite Company of America, and the Redmanol Chemical Products Co., the Electroplax Company has been established a t Toronto. The company is being financed entirely by Canadian money, and will produce the cold molded products and the various industrial articles now made by all the companies in the United States. The officers of the new company are: president and general manager, H. E. Corey; vice president, L. V. Redman; manager, W. M. Davidson; factory superintendent, J. B. Rathbun; chemist, W. A. Campbell. Celite Products Limited has been established in Canada t o market Sil-O-Cel and Filter-Cel as produced by the Cellte Company in the United States. Sil-o-Cel is used for the prevention of excessive heat loss from boilers, furnaces, etc., while Filter-Cel is used in filtering to secure greater clarity and brilliance of filtrate. Mr. Lawrence Russel has been appointed Canadian manager, with officesin the New Birks Building, Montreal. Brotherton & Company Ltd., Leeds, England, have published a booklet entitled “Hydros” which gives in some detail the ~ ~ ~ , method employed by them in the quantitative determination of sodium hydrosulfite. Jayne & Sidebottom, Inc., New York City, have been appointed by the Darco Sales Corporation as sole selling agents in the New York metropolitan district and New Jersey for Darco decolorizing carbons. The Salt Lake Insecticide Co., Salt Lake, Utah, has begun work on its plant for manufacturing calcium arsenate from the Scorodite ore found in the Gold Hill district, Utah. The arsenic ore is said to be high grade and is located in a hill of limestonegranodiorite. Dr. Frank K. Cameron discovered the process by which the ore can be economically treated and manufactured into calcium arsenate, and will act as general manager of the plant. The Westmoreland Chemical & Color Co., Philadelphia, Pa., has had its plant closed as a public nuisance by order of the director of the Health Department. For several years there have been complaints that the escape of sulfuric acid fumes has caused considerable damage to property and the health of the residents in that section of the city, but until recently the company has been able to have definite action deferred on the plea that it was working on a special washer that would enable i t t o recover the acid. The present order requires that the plant shall remain closed until a system shall have been installed that will effectually prevent the escape of the acid fumes. The Cellulose Products Co., incorporated under the laws of Delaware for the purpose of manufacturing artificial straw and hair, is to have a modern brick and steel factory building erected for it by the Chamber of Commerce of Milford, Del. It is said that this plant will be the first of its kind in America. The following statistics are given relative to the exports from and imports into the United States of dyes during June 1922: Exports VEGETABLE Dye EXTRACTS Logwood extract.. Other dye extracts.. COAL-TAR COLORS, ETC. Color lakes.. Other colors, dyes, and stains..
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Alizarin and alizarin d y e s . . Colors or dyes.. Indigo synthetic.. Extracts and decoctions for dyeing..
LBS. 366,871 286,864 282 398,976
LSS. 74,887 292,676 8,310 323,239
