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Prize Winners in Chemistry . 1 1 , 104 . 1 9 3 3 ) .
Edward Goodrich Acheson Gold Medal a n Society once in two years t o that person who has made a distinguished contribu Carborundum fame, established in tion: to wit, (a) a discovery pertain 1928 a 1 fund with t h e Electrochemical ing to elect rochem is t r y , electrometal Society, the interest of which is t o be used for t h e promotion of t h e science a n d a r t of lurgy, electrothermics, or electronics; a n d / o r (b) an invention of a plan, process, elect rochemistry. or device, or research, evidenced by a A gold medal a n d thousand-dollar prize are awarded b y t h e Electrochemical paper embodying information, useful,
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DWARD G . ACHESON, of graphite and
CONTRIBUTION
DATE
AWARDED TO
1929
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Acheson Graphite Corp.
1931 1933
E d w i n Fitch Northrup Colin Garfield Fink
Northrup Electrothermic Corp. Columbia University
1935
Frank J. Tone
Carborundum C o .
ADDRESS
1
Private communication from the secretary. » Trans. Am. Electrochem. Soc. 56. 7 (1929). •Ibid.. 60, 8 (1931).
•Ibid.,
d Prize valuable, or significant in t h e t h e o r y of practice of electrochemistry, electro metallurgy, electrothermics, or electronics · a n d / o r (c) distinguished services rendered to t h e society. Awards a r e m a d e without distinction on account of sex, citizenship, race, o r residence. 1
Accomplishments the field of artificial graphite a n d Carborundum. 2 Work in connection with high-frequency induction furnaces. 3 D i s t i n c t i o n as an original investigator, as a n inventor a n d electrochemist of international reputation. 4 Outstanding accomplishments in electrothermics. 6
64. 2 Π933).
• Ibid., 68, 2 (1935); I N D . E N O . CHEM., N E W S E D . , 13, 407 (1935>.
T h o m a s Burr Osborne Gold Medal
T
HIS medal was established in 1926 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists. I t s purpose is " t o honor those DATE
AWARDED TO
1928 1932 1936
T h o m a s Burr Osborne C l y d e H . Bailey Morris J. Blish
scientists who have contributed signally to t h e advancement of o u r knowledge in this field of specialization—the award
to be made only a t such times a s were justified 1by unusually meritorious contri bution." CONTRIBUTION
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment S t a t i o n University of Minnesota University of Nebraska
ι IND. ENG. CHEM., N E W S E D . . 10, 126 ί1932).
* Osborne, "Vegetable Proteins." 2nd rev. éd.. Mew York, Longmans. Green & Co.. 1924.
Classical studies i n the field of plant proteins. 1 ·*·* Lifetime of work i n cereal c h e m i s t r y . l Work o n the w h e a t flour proteins.
1 Chittenden. "Development of Physiological Chemistry in the U. S.," A. C. S. Monograph 54. New York. Chemical Catalog Co.. 1930.
( To be continued) Germany Buying Nitrates ERMANY'S duty-free import q u o t a of G Chilean nitrates, originally set a t 80,000 metric tons per a n n u m and in-
creased t o 85,120 tons for the year 193536, has been advanced further t o 99,504 metric tons for t h e current fertilizer year, according t o t h e Commerce Department.
The increase is in accordance with Germany's agreement with t h e I n t e r n a tional Nitrogen Cartel which provides t h a t Chile may supply 3.5 per cent of Germany's nitrogen fertilizer requirements, a n d indicates t h a t consumption increased in t h a t country 17 per cent t o t h e record-breaking level of approximately 497,000 metric tons during the past fertilizer year.
Germany accepts n a t u r a l Chilean n i trates, notwithstanding its enormous capacity for producing s y n t h e t i c nitrogen, in order to create credits in Chile. As a consequence, German exports of general merchandise t o Chile have gained s u b s t a n tially a n d G e r m a n credits, formerly frozen in t h a t country, have been reduced t o normal commercial proportions.
