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NOTICE-Publications for which price is indicated can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Other publications can usually be supplied from the Bureau or Department from which they originate. Consular Reports are received by all large libraries and may be consulted there, or single numbers can be secured by application t o the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington. The regular ,subscription rate for these Consular Reports mailed daily is $ 2 . 5 0 per year, payable in advance, t o the Superintendent of Documents. BUREAU OF FOREIQN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE Foreign Commerce and Navigation of U. S. 907 pp. Cloth, $1.00. This is a voluminous set of statistics covering the commerce of this country for the year ending June 30, 1914. Only a few of the data are of chemical interest. South American Market for Soap. Special Consular Reports 66. 16 pp. Paper, 5 cents. This is one of the series of publications of this Bureau intended to increase the commerce of the South American countries. Information is given as to prices, consumption, grades, packing, etc., as well as some data on the character of the soaps which are in demand or in common use in the various South American countries. Foreign Markets for Coal. Special Consular Reports 69. 24 pp. Paper, 5 cents. This is similar to the article described in the previous abstract. It covers however, the principal European and some other countries as well as the South American countries. Information is given as to the character of the coal in demand for different purposes in the several districts. The Pottery Industry. Miscellaneous Series 2 1 . 709 pp. Paper, 50 cents. This is a detailed report on the cost of production in the earthenware and china industries in the United States, England, Germany and Austria. It is the result of a detailed study of the origin and growth of the industry in each country and includes a description of the buildings, machinery and equipment employed, the materials used, the methods of manufacture, costs, the character of the employees and their wages, and a general discussion of the conditions which affect manufacturing costs and efficiency. The elaborate technical descriptions included make it a valuable guide to the commercial processes in use a t the present time for each portion of the work. The character of the raw materials used and various criteria for judging its quality are discussed in an extended section. Japanese Market for American Lumber. Special Agents Series 94. FRANKLIN H. SMITH. Paper, 5 cents. This describes the forest resources of Japan; the importations; the woodusing industries; methods of buying; and gives general information including freight rates, and names of buyers and users of wood and wood products. Tobacco Trade of the World. Special Consular Report 68. 48 pp. Paper, 5 cents. A statistical review of the conditions of the tobacco trade with general export and import data. South American Market for Jewelry and Silverware. Special Consular Report 7 0 . 23 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Similar t o the above report on soap. Cooking Fats in South America. Special Consular Report 67. 15 pp. Paper, 5 cents. Similar t o above report on soap. COMMERCE REPORTS-APRIL,
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Although the German embargo on potash still exists, the German Potash Syndicate has published the amounts that will be furnished when the embargo is raised. (P. IO.) The United States Department of Agriculture is stimulating the cultivation of soy beans in the southern states. (P. 28.)
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The English government has acquired almost the entire crop of natural indigo in India. (P. 34.) Arrangements have been made in Germany for a n unrestricted sugar beet crop, 75 per cent of which is to be used for sugar production, and the balance for stock food or alcohol manufacture. The planting of sugar beets for seed is to be only 5 0 per cent of t h e normal. (P. 69.) While the American demand for paper pulp from Norway and Sweden continues, the output is restricted, owing t o difficulty in importing sulfur, coal, etc., and to high freight rates. (P. 7 0 . ) Results of exploration for petroleum in Alberta, Canada, are promising, though not yet definite. (P. 74.) Sweden now imports coal and coke from Germany. (P. 91.) Statistics of the mineral products of Canada include gold, silver, copper, lead, coal, coke, talc, feldspar, mica and pyrites. (P. 104.) While natural indigo is again being cultivated in China there will be little or none available for export. (P. 107.) The Philippine Insular Government has just put into effect new standards for fiber, etc. (P. 161.) The cultivation of “New Zealand flax” in the Azores, as a source of fiber for paper stock is increasing. (P. 174.) The cultivation of peanuts is an important industry in Argentine. (P. 178.) Efforts are being made t o reorganize the sugar industry of western China, through the aid of American experts. (P. 212.) The use of henequen fiber (commonly known as sisal) from Yucatan as a substitute for jute in the manufacture of bagging, etc., is being urged. (P. 218.) A joint meeting of American and British committees on electrical standards has been held in London, the results of which will be confirmed by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. (P. 239.) Arrangements have been made for the release of two cargoes of German dyestuffs via Rotterdam, for consignment to the Secretary of Commerce and distribution t o the American Textile Alliance. (P. 2 5 7 . ) A factory has been started in Scotland for the extraction of radium from uranium ores and residues. (P. 268.) “Jatoba gum,” from Brazil, is now being used in varnishes. (P. 269.) The Russian government has announced a n international competition for premiums to be awarded t o persons inventing new methods or processes which will consume considerable quantities of alcohol. (P. 293.) The price of drugs in England and the United States has increased materially, examples being aspirin, salicylic acid, phenacetin, acetanilide, morphine, codeine, atropine, hyoscyamine, cocaine, lanolin, veronal, and salvarsan. (P. 298.) A conference of the various government departments has been called by the Bureau of Standards for the purpose of drawing up standard specifications for soap. (P. 299.) A company has been organized t o develop the asphalt and mineral oil deposits of Leyte Province, Philippine Is. (P. 307.) I n notes on the manufacture of American dyestuffs, attention is called to the increasing number of plants for the recovery of benzene, etc., and to additional plants or expansion of plants, for making dyestuffs. As yet no alizarin or synthetic indigo have been made in this country. An increased production of vegetable dyes and mineral dyestuffs is noted. (Pp. 338-40.) Statistics of the sugar industry of Russia are given. (P. 343 .) The price of tin plate in England has advanced considerably, due to shortage of steel, tin and acid. (P. 349.)
The extraction of mercury in Austria is conlined t o the India mine. (P. 355.) The new weights and measures law of China recognizes the metric as well as Chinese units. (P. 382.) An antimony smelter is being erected a t San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (P. 432.) Anthracite coal now mined in China contains 78.81 per cent carbon, 14.88 per cent volatile matter, 0 . 1 7 per cent sulfur, 5.29 per cent ash, and 0.8j per cent moisture. (P. 442.) The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has requested all American consumers and manufacturers of dyestuffs and chemicals to use that Bureau as a mutual clearing house of information. ( P . 465.) The price of rubber in Russia has doubled. (P. 475.) The manufacture of superphosphate has been started in Slobodsk Province, Russia. (P. 481 .) Statistics of the United States imports of potash salts are given. (P. 484.) The present shortage of the Russian coal supply is due principally to lack of workmen and poor transportation. (P. 500.) Copper pyrite and other copper ores have been discovered near Elisavetpol, Russia. (P. 502.) S O M E SP€:CIALS U P P L E M E S T S T o COMMERCE REPORTS-APRIL Scotland-A’o. 1Yf Argentina-RosarioBritish West IndiesX o . 38b. Trinidad and ToBirmingham--No. 198. France-So. 5a. Algeria-No. 63a. bago-Xo 22a. IsUnited KingdomKew Zealand-No. Spain-Canary Manchester-Xo. 61a. lands-No. 15a. 19e. Portugal-Xo. 1l a . Japan-Xo. 550.
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Lead Poisoning in the Manufacture of Storage Batteries. ALICE HAMILTON.Bulletin 165. 38 pp. Paper, I O cents. This is a well illustrated bulletin which includes a description of the processes used commercially in this country and abroad for making storage batteries. Each part of the manufacture is described in considerable detail, primarily, of course, from the standpoint of the poisoning hazard, but nevertheless in such form that considerable interesting information on this industry is made available. WATERTOWN ARSENAL
Report of Tests of Metals and Other Materials Made with United States Testing Machine at Watertown Arsenal, Fiscal Year 1914. War Department Document, 477. 2 1 7 pp. and IIZ plates. Cloth, 75 cents. This report covers the large number of tests made on iron, steel, and other structural materials, a t lx’atertown Arsenal during the year ending Junego, 1914. GENERAL SUPPLY COMMITTEE
Specifications and Proposals for Supplies for Executive Departments and Other Government Establishments. Additional sections of this publication on which bids for Government supplies are submitted have appeared as follows: Class 4, Drugs and medicines, and chemicals; Class IO. Groceries and provisions, meat and meat products, fish, and household supplies; Class 14, Fuel and ice, including as Appendix A, a description of the methods of sampling coal deliveries. See THIS JOURXAL, 7, 455. OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Proposals for Supplies. This is a bid form indicating supplies purchased by this Office for the Indian Service including the following materials some of which are of chemical interest. Groceries, earthenware, glassware, lamps, harness, leather, shoe findings, saddlery, etc., agricultural implements, glass, paints and oils, tin and stamped ware, stoves, hollow ware, tin, hose goods, hardware, iron, nails, plumbers’ and steam and gas fitters’ tools, fittings, and supplies, etc. BUREAU OF STANDARDS
The Composition, Properties, and Testing of Printing Inks. Circular j 3 . 35 pp. This circular gives a brief, historical review of printing inks and describes composition of inks now used, discussing the oils, pigments, and driers employed. The essential criteria for judging inks and suggestions as to tests and analyses and the interpretation of analyses are indicated. A Study of Some Recent Methods for the Determination of TechniTotal Sulfur in Rubber. J. B. TUTTLE AXD A. ISAACS. cal Paper 45. 16 pp. This report will be printed in full in THISJOURNAL in the near future. Standards for Gas Service. Circular 32, 3rd edition. 197 pp, A thoroughly revised and enlarged edition of the circular which discusses proper requirements as to the quality, purity and pressure of city gas supplies and regulations as to the testing of meters and certain matters of relations between company and consumer. A proposed form for municipal ordinances on this subject and a set of rules suggested for adoption by State Commissions is included and there is a full summary of such requirements as are now in force on this subject in the IJ. S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Turquoise. JOSEPH E. POCLX. llIemoirs of Sational Academy of Sciences, Tolume 1 2 , Part 2 , 3rd memoir. 206 pp. Paper, 40 cents. This memoir gives a study of the history, mineralogy, geology, ethnology, archaeology, mythology, folklore, and technology, with bibliography, etc.. of this gem. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Lavas of Hawaii and Their Relations. ~ ’ H I T X A K CROSS. Professional Paper 88. c ) i pp. Paper, 20 cents. This paper describes in detail. th? petrography of the Hawaiian Archipelago,
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treating each of the larger islands individually. “The paper also discusses the mineral, chemical, and normative composition of the Hawaiian lavas, as well their distribution and association, and the theoretical bearings of the data presented. A map of the islands, photomicrographs of the rocks, a diagram illustrating variation in normative composition of the lavas, and a table of normative ratios and symbols accompany the report.” Composition of Muds from Columbus Marsh, Nevada. W. B. HICKS. Professional Paper 95-A. 11 pp. This paper tells of the work done in 1913 and supplements that described previously in Bulletin 540-N. It relates particularly t o samples of surface muds and those obtained from drilling a shallow well. “After considering all the facts a t hand, the author expresses his belief that large amounts of potash have been absorbed from surrounding or percolating solutions and are held in loosely combined form by the muds of Columbus Marsh and perhaps by the muds of the desert basins in general, while the other salts, being less completely absorbed, have been gradually concentrated through evaporation. This theory explains the presence of the natural brines and salt incrustations with low potash content found in the desert regions of the United States a t the present time.” Reconnaissance of the Geology and Oil Prospects of Northwestern Oregon. CHESTER W WASHBURNE.Bulletin 590. 111 pp. Although primarily of a geologic nature this report includes a number of analyses of the natural gas in this district. Geology and Water Resources of Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. 0. E. MEINZERAND R. F. HARE. Water Supply Paper 343 317 pp. and 7 0 illustrations. “Describes the physiography, drainage, and geology of Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, with special reference to its underground resources and their availability for use in irrigation. The paper outlines the routes of travel through the basin, briefly describing the watering places t o be found on these routes, and contains analyses of some of the well, spring, and stream waters in this and adjoining areas.” Ground Water in Southeastern Nevada. EVERETT CARPENTER. Water Supply Paper 365. 86 pp. This report discusses the quality and sources of the water in several counties of hTevada and gives other related information of interest. List of Publications. A revised list of all publications of the Geological Survey up to March, 1915, has been prepared. This gives the names, scope, prices, etc., for more than one thousand publications, most of which are still available. A finding list of subjects and authors is included.
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A Bacteriological Study of Methods for the Disinfection of Hides Infected with Anthrax Spores. F. W. TILLEY.“Journal of Agricultural Research,” 4, 65-92 ; also available as a separate. Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry. This is primarily a comparison of the Seymour-Jones and the Schattenfroh methods of disinfection. Some tests on other disinfectants are also indicated. It is concluded that neither of the two methods mentioned exerts any injurious effects on the hides or the leather. From the standpoint of effectiveness of the disinfection the Shattenfroh method is given preference although it “cannot be regarded ‘as perfect.” Home-Made Lime-Sulfur Concentrates. E . W. SCOTT. Department Bulletin 197. From the Bureau of Entomology. 6 pp. Paper, 5 cents. This describes experiments in making lime-sulfur concentrates and suggests the most satisfactory formulas for this work. Potash from Kelp. Department Report 100. 122 pp. 40 plates and portfolio of 54 maps. Paper, $2.00. This report includes the following five articles: Pacific Kelp Beds as Sources K . CAMERON; of Potassium Salts (with bibliography), by FRANK Kelp Beds from Lower California to Puget Sound, by W. C. CRANDALL; Kelp Beds of Puget Sound, by GEORGEB. REG; Kelp Beds of Southeast Alaska, by T. C. FRYE; Kelp Beds of Western Alaska, by GEORGEB. RIGG. BUREAU OF MINES
The Smelting of Copper Ores in the Electric Furnace. D. A. LYONAND R. M. KEENEY. Bulletin 81. 80 pp. Paper, I O
cents. The bulletin presents: “ ( I ) a critical discussion of the possibility of smelting copper ores in the electric furnace; (2) the results of the experimental work of other investigators on the electric smelting of copper; (3) the results of experiments by the authors on the electric smelting of native copper concentrates and sulfide copper ores; (4) a comparison of the electric with the blast and the reverberatory furnace for copper smelting.’: The discussion of the several parts of the subject is accompanied by diagrammatic illustrations of the furnaces employed and experimental data which show results of operatio? on a small scale. It is concluded that the application of an electric furnace as a substitute for reverberatory or blast furnace is almost always possible since it is usually merely a question of substituting electric heat for the heat derived for the combustion of carbon. It is pointed out in that “in some cases the reaction would take place to better advantage in the neutral atmosphere of the electric furnace than in the reducing or partly reducing atmosphere of the combustion furnace.” It is apparent therefore that DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE the relative cost of coke and of electric power is usually the Availability of the Nitrogen in Pacific Coast Kelps. GUYR. determining factor in choice between an electric furnace and a STEWART. “Journal of Agricultural Research,” 4, 21-38; also furnace of coke-fire type. available as a separate. Contribution from the University of The Vapor Pressure of Arsenic Trioxide. H. V. WELSH AND California Agricultural Experiment Station. This article dis- I,. H. DUSCHAK.Technical Paper 81. 20 pp. Paper, 5 cents. cusses the availability of the nitrogen in the several species of The need for further knowledge as to the vapor pressure of kelp which are commercially obtainable and the variation of the arsenic trioxide in the proper designing and control of equipquantity of the useful nitrogen with different conditions of the ment for condensation of arsenic trioxide from smelter fumes has kelp and different methods of treatment. It is concluded that led t o this investigation. A method is described for the de“when using kelp in field practice, it is probable there would termination of the vapor pressure of solids a t temperatures a t be no interference with either ammonification or nitrification which the vapor pressure is very low (from 0.001 mm. up t o , a from either the kelp or the salts present in it.” few millimeters). Data are given for the vapor pressure, the Organic Constituents of Pacific Coast Kelps. D. R. HOAG- heating of sublimation, and the melting points of the two forms of AS208. “Preliminary experiments with rather richly arsenical LAND. “Journal of Agricultural Research,” 4, 39-58; also dust from the main flue of a copper smelter show that the arsenic available as a separate. A contribution from the University of trioxide vapor pressure exerted by it was only about half that California Agricultural Experiment Station. A large numbe; of analyses are given to indicate the percentage of the organic con- exerted by the pure material. Coal-Tar Products and the Possibility of Increasing Their stituents of various groups The economic phases of the question Manufacture in the United States. HORACEC. PORTER. With with reference to feeding value and utilization of the organic bya chapter on Coal-Tar Products Used in Explosives. C . G. products of the kelp industry are discussed, but no marked STORM. Technical Paper 89. 19 pp. Paper, 5 cents. commercial possibilities in this direction are noted
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