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Editor'.r Note: }J1o.fl feaclter.r alld oJ"ludentr oj chemi.ftry, we feel Jure, are unaware oj the valuable addition to lhe chemical Literature fa he found in the many trade journalJ and H/zOU.rC organ.r." Some oj the.re, appearing regularly, are not only attractive and heaulljully illuJ'~ !rated, but inlere.rling and .roundly informative. Each, within it.r own field, iJ' in a position to he authoritative and can draw Jor it.r material UP0lt the experience oj .rpeciaLi.rt.r. Only a Jew are very technical, but rather are written jor the intelligent lay reader. ddverli.ring, whae pre.renl, i.r generaLLy J'uhlle, J"eldom di.rLracling. The ruult l.r that by brow.ring among lhe.re .Fecolldary pert'odicaLr anyone with an interest in chemi.rtry can inform him.relj on many currenl development.r and .rpend many a delighljul and profilable hal} hour. We propo.re in thi.r column to ab.rlracl and re"iew .rome oj thi.r literature from lime to lime in the hope that .rome oj our reader.r may be inJ'pired to in"e.rtigale it further. }/OJ't of the publiJ'herJ', being indu.rlrial concernJ', maintain a free mailing li.rt, and anyone engaged in chemical education .rhould have little difficulty getting acceofJ" to the original J'ource.r mentioned here.
"METALS march to war on bubbles" in the January, 1944, Dow Diamond (Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan), deals with flotation in the metallurgical processes. The same number describes Stripcoat, the new packaging material which makes it possible to lIdip it, ship it, strip it."
Shell News, for January, 1944 (Shell Oil Company, 50 West 50th St., New York, New York), has a very interesting article on "directional" oil well drilling ("On the target-two miles deep"), describing how oil deposits are tapped when it is not possible to drill a well perpendicularly. Along the same line, an article in the December, 1943, number of the same periodical tells how drilling fluids containing oil instead of water are now being used to greater advantage.
To learn something about "Cast iron and our way of life" read Pig Iron Rough Notes, no. 95 (Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Birmingham, Alabama).
What's New (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois) is devoted almost entirely to pharmaceuticals but is currently running a series of color pictures on Naval Aviation by American artists. The January, 1944, number contains articles on the use of recently developed pharmaceuticals in the treatment of colds, tuberculosis, epilepsy, and meningitis. The February number includes a lood discussion of "The role of vitamin C in body defences." The attractive Steel Horizons, vol. 6, no. 1 (Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania) is a beautiful job of color work, mostly made up of wartime articles describing military applications of steel products-ordnance, airplane and aircraft instrument construction, tanks, Diesel motors.
Of many short articles in the Bakelite Rettiew for January, 1944 (Bakelite Corporation, 30 East 42nd St" New York, New York), one, "Propellers from pregwood," describes the making of airplane propellers from resin-bonded wood veneers, and a second, "Paint is a fighting weapon to the U. S. Navy," will be of special interest.
The Process Industries Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4 (International Nickel Company, 67 Wall St., New York, New York), carries pictures and a good description of "Salt from the sea," as well as an article on modern methods of electrotinning.
The Dupont Magazine (E. 1. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware) is chock-full of chemical information and interest. In vol. 38, no. 1, January-February, 1944, "Chemicals from salt work for victory behind the scenes." an excellent outline is shown of electrochemicals for all industries. How uncoated steel strip moves along the production line Shell Progress (also published by the Shell Oil Com- at the rate of 1000 feet per minute and comes out with pany) is a larger, more profusely illustrated periodical a mirror-like finish of tin plate is explained in another devoted to longer articles, of more general interest. article. Nylon rope is finding many applications, Most of the January-February, 1944, number has a among others in the aerial "pick-up" service and for wartime flavor. There is a good description of the towing gliders. This is described in "Tow lines for production of bombers at the Ford Willow Run plant, air transport." Use of synthetic and natural rubber in and an article on the making of metal tubing which "fairing" fighter plane propellers is another aeronautical has some incidental chemical interest. application of chemical knowledge described. In One of the best illustrated house organs we receive another article students, especially, will be interested is The Lamp (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, in a discussion of the distribution of researcher's time 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York). The between laboratory and library. Is it "Books or December, 1943, number is principally concerned with Bunsen burners?" the general problem of oil discovery and production. A The previous number of the same magazine, Novemfull page, entitled "Gasoline goes to war," gives a ber-December, 1943, contained a description of the graphic summary of the distribution of petroleum and use of chromated zinc chloride for fireproofing wood, its various products in the many avenues of application. and also for protection against termites, etc. How 197
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"Zelan helps cotton clothe an army for action" is also described.
Bulletin, of the Acheson Graphite Corporation (Port Huron, Michigan), no. 220.7.
Synthetic Organic Chemicals (Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York) usually contains one technical article and a few "shorts." It is primarily intended for the organic chemist; nearly every number contains interesting and valuable information, as, for instance,
