News
Edition Published by the American Chemical Society
Vol. 2, No. 5
MARCH 10, 1924
Excursions a t Washington Meeting Special attention has been given by the Convention Committee for the Washington meeting of the American Chemical Society, to the matter of excursions. The following arrangements have been made: EDGEWOOD ARSENAL
On Saturday, April 26. through the courtesy of the Chemical Warfare Service, the Society will visit the Edgewood Arsenal, situated on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad about 20 miles north of Baltimore. The Arsenal covers 1000 acres and the cost of the entire project was over $30,000,000. The forenoon will be devoted to an inspection of plants and laboratories of which a few are the following : Phosphorus Filling Plant, Physical Laboratory, Toxicological Laboratory, Phosgene Plant (C0 2 , CO, and 0 2 Plants), Phosgene Filling Plant, Ethylene Plant, Brombenzylcyanide Plant, and Mustard Plant. Visiting chemists will also have an opportunity to see something of the ex tremely important work on the treatment of colds by chlorine, of which a full report will soon be made in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Lunch will be served on the grounds, and in the afternoon there will be a Field Demonstration of Chemical Warfare Ser vice and Equipment. Nearly all the methods of using chemicals in warfare will be shown, and of particular interest will be the sprinkling of a smoke screen— considered by many t o be the most im portant development since the close of the war. Special train will leave the Union Station, Washington, at about 8.15 A.M. Tickets (probably $3.82) must be pur chase d at the Registration Desk not later than Thursday afternoon. LABORATORIES
On Wednesday and Friday afternoons (April 23 and 25) the various laboratories in Washington will be open to members of the Society and their friends. In some cases there will be specially con ducted excursions; in others there will be informal visits. The many activities of the various departments, pure research as well as applied chemistry» may be seen, and special features of general interest will be exhibited. The Department of Agriculture covers through its several bureaus many fields of chemical work. The following six bureaus are concerned more or less directly with the vital subject of food supply: Bureau of Chemistry. Bureau of Animal Industry, Bureau of Soils,
The Bureau of Mines at which the prin cipal objects of interest are the cryogenic research laboratory and the petroleum division laboratory, and the Geological Survey, where the work of the chemical laboratory and of the water-resources laboratory may be seen. The Hygienic Laboratory, a research branch of the U. S. Public Health Service, carries on work of many kinds in its four divisions: Pathology and Bacteri ology, Zoology, Pharmacology, and Chem istry. The Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, de scribed on page 5, will also be visited.
Come to Washington ! April 21-26, 1924 Washington affords unexcelled fa cilities for popular and technical sightseeing. It has admirable con vention facilities. In fact, it is perhaps the leading convention city of the country. A profitable and enjoyable meeting of the American Chemical Society is, therefore, as sured. The Washington chemists are striving to make the plans for the spring meeting of the Society as nearly perfect as ma ν be. They extend to every member of the Society a most cordial invitation to attend and participate in both scientific and entertainment pro grams. R.
S.
MCBRIDE,
Industrial Division to Hold Heat Transfer Symposium
President,
Chemical Society of Washington. Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Bureau of Home Economics Other laboratories of this department to be visited are: Color Laboratory, at Arlington Farm; Bureau of Public Roads and Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory. The Bureau of Standards occupies 14 permanent buildings and employs over 800 people. Its work is extremely varied, covering not only chemistry and industrial chemistry, but also nearly every branch of manufacturing industry and of physics and of engineering. The Interior Department has two bureaus of especial interest t o chemists:
The Division of Industrial and Engi neering Chemistry, American Chemical Society, will start the Heat Transfer Symposium scheduled for the Washington meeting on Tuesday afternoon, April 22nd, Professor W. H. McAdams will be the chairman. Practically all of the papers of this symposium, which will occupy all of Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morn ing, have been preprinted and distributed to the paid members of the Industrial Division. B y this method it is antic ipated that much valuable discussion will take the place of the formal reading of the papers. It is planned to edit this discussion and print it at a later date. This symposium promises to be one of the most important which the Division has ever held. Thursday morning will be devoted
An Invitation from General Fries To Members of the A merican Chemical Society: The American Chemical Society has been invited to visit Edgewood Arsenal, Mary land, where are located the laboratories and manufacturing plants of the Chemical Warfare Service, during the convention to be held in Washington in April, 1924. This invitation was transmitted to the Convention Committee which accepted for the society, and requested that April 26th be designated as the date for the visit. The editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry has kindly agreed to publish this letter in the N e w s Edition as a more personal invitation to the members of the society. On April 26, 1924, a very interesting program will be conducted at Edgewood Ar senal for the American Chemical Society and the American Electrochemical Society, which has also accepted an invitation to be present. The forenoon will be spent in visit ing the chemical plants, laboratories and other interesting places at the arsenal. In the afternoon a highly interesting demonstration of chemical warfare material, and. recent developments in the art of chemical warfare, will be held. It is sincerely hoped that the members of the American Chemical Society will be able to visit the arsenal on the date set. Details of the program to be carried out will be published at a later date. Sincerely, AMOS A. F R I E S ,
Brigadier General, V. S. Army, Chief, Chemical Warfare Service
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t o papers of a general nature and also two reports of various standing committees. On Friday m o r n i n g short talks will he given by m e m b e r s of the various Government b u r e a u s on problems which will relate directly t o a large number of industrial chemical applications. This part of the program is being arranged by Dr. Collins and Dr. Concannon. If one is planning to present a paper before the Division i t should be remembered that the completed paper, not to exceed ;if»()
