April 10, 1934
INDUSTRIAL
AND ENGINEERING
denced by the almost universal discussion. D r . Bogert's excellent review paper was the high light of the session. J O H N H. WALDO, Secretary
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY THE
meeting at St. Petersburg. Several papers dealing with carbohydrates led up to the paper by Austin and Humoller regarding the synthesis of two hexoses—allose and altrose—which was one of the high points of the meeting. CLAUDE S. HUDSON, Chairman
P A I N T AND V A R N I S H CHEMISTRY
APPROXIMATELY seventy-five attended the spring meeting of the division which was held a t the Soreno Hotel. R. J. Moore, chairman, presided. Eleven papers were presented. Of special interest were two papers dealing with new tools for use in the study of paint and varnish films—namely, "The Tonometer" as described by L. A. Wetlaufer, and "An Apparatus for Measuring the Adhesion of Dried Films" as described by R. P . Courtney and H. F. Wakefield. An addition to the program was a description of a new glossmeter by G. M. Sward, Paint and Varnish Institute. The joint banquet with the Division of Rubber Chemistry was without doubt the outstanding event for the paint and varnish R. H. KIENLE, Secretary
PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY T H E DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY was in
session two days. "A Symposium on the Isotopes of Hydrogen" was held the first day. Approximately three hundred were present to hear the introductory papers by Messrs. Urey, Brickwedde, Taylor, Dieke, and Allison, all of which were favorably received. Interest in the symposium was maintained throughout. The division was particularly fortunate in the quality of the contributed papers presented on t h e second day. Where time permitted, interesting discussions were held. This was especially true in the case of articles which described work in the field of the electrochemistry of solutions. Analytical chemists held their usual dinner and smoker. Attendance was good and much enthusiasm was shown. J. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary
RUBBER
CHEMISTRY
T H E DIVISION O F RUBBER CHEMISTRY held two sessions, one on
Wednesday morning and the second on Thursday morning. Both were well attended and a total of six papers was presented. The papers given before the Wednesday morning session will form a part of the monograph on rubber, now in preparation under the auspices of the division. The three remaining papers will appear in INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY.
The division
held a joint dinner with the Division of Paint and Varnish Chemistry on Wednesday evening. SUGAR
CHEMISTRY
H A L F the papers presented before this division dealt with starch. The papers were important and called attention to the fact that this division includes starches and gums. The sugar papers were divided between a valuable scientific presentation and an important work on the determination of dextrose and lévulose in the presence of sucrose. Included was an interesting résumé of startling explosions of molasses tanks. There was a larger attendance than had been anticipated and the discussions indicated keen interest. E. W. R I C E , Secretary W A T E R , S E W A G E , AND SANITATION CHEMISTRY
Two SESSIONS were held on Tuesday, with an attendance of sixty-two. Nine scientific papers and two committee reports were presented. The points of most general interest were: increasing emphasis upon the cooperation of industries, such as oil refining, with state and federal agencies in the solution of the important problem of industrial waste disposal ; the increasing importance of industrial hygiene, of water, and of air; and of peculiar local interest, the importance of ground waters of Florida with respect to intrusion of salt water and pollution through porous strata, as growing
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density of population of the State brings about larger withdrawals of fresh water for domestic, industrial, and irrigation purposes. C. R. HOOVER, Secretary pro tern
RUBBER DIVISION
DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY held a very interesting
chemists.
CHEMISTRY
DINNER
THE DIVISION OF RUBBER CHEMISTRY joined with t h e Division
of Paint and Varnish Chemistry in holding a dinner which has become a prominent feature of all meetings. With eighty-five present an elaborate vaudeville program was enjoyed and this was followed by an address by S. D. Kirkpatrick, editor of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, who chose a s his topic "Are Chemists Human Beings?" Mr. Kirkpatrick applied certain recognized psychological principles to the chemist and urged that all possible steps be taken to advance his professional status and widen recognition of the true chemist as a man of more than average attainments. Through the generosity of several firms, about twenty-five prizes had been provided and these were distributed by lot. W O M E N CHEMISTS D I N N E R
T H E WOMEN CHEMISTS held their dinner at the Shrine Club Tuesday, March 27. In the absence of Mrs. G. B. Rose, Miss Frances West of the local section presided. A musical program was given by Mrs. M. A. Spooner, accompanied by Mrs. Glascock. A communication from Mrs. Rose referring to a planned program of cooperation by women chemists was read, but, as the number of women present was small, no action was taken. Each guest introduced herself briefly, stating her training and present position. A note of thanks was given Miss West, and the group adjourned to hear the address given by Dr. Bogert.
Listening Post a t St. Petersburg HERE'S sand in your shoes! That being interpreted from the native dialect of Florida signifies "come again for we know you will want to do so." FLORIDA'S first meeting of the SOCIETY turned o u t to b e all
that could be desired and probably has inoculated many of the 730 registrants with the germ of the habit of "come again." So FAR as it was possible to learn from diligent inquiry none of the 205 papers interfered with anyone's enjoyment of the meeting. A CREW of orange squeezers in the basement of the Vinoy Park Hotel was kept busy throughout t h e meeting supplying orange juice to the big punch bowl in the eastern end of the hotel's lounge. Kept constantly full and enlarged a t least once during the great drought, this punch bowl had a throughput of 150 gallons of juice squeezed from fifty cases of oranges for the occasion. H. H. WILLARD, newly elected Director of the SOCIETY, spent
two days looking around the Vinoy for drinking water before he learned that the orange juice ladled from the punch bowl b y the charming young ladies in white was a present from the Florida Section and the hotels. FLORIDA boasts of the value of its tax on betting to which many chemists contributed rather generously at the greyhound races. At least one claims to have come out better than even, which is said to be not a t all the intention of either the State of Florida or the bookmakers. SEVERAL chemists elected to try issues with the Florida sun and are now busy feverishly conducting researches into sunburn remedies. EACH HOTEL ROOM occupied by a member or guest of the
SOCIETY was supplied with a continually replenished heap of fine oranges during the meeting with the joint compliments of the hotel and the Florida Section. Forty-five bushels of treeripened, Valencia oranges were thus consumed. This, despite the fact that many visitors were heard t o remark before arrival that they liked California orangés best! Such treason was drowned in orange juice! I F Y o n failed to read about North Carolina bromine in INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY for April, you have missed
a fascinating story, which was shown in movie form as well at St. Petersburg. You can share at least part of that thrill by reading the paper. HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, science editor of the Associated Press
and well known at meetings of the A. C. S. for several years past, was stricken with acute appendicitis on Wednesday and was forced to undergo an emergency operation a t once. At
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t h e close of t h e meeting his condition was reported still t o be serious. W . L. L A U R E N C E AND R . D. POTTER, special staff writers of t h e New York Times a n d the New York Herald-Tribune, re spectively, were on t h e job, even in far away St. Petersburg. B O G E R T is responsible for t h e statement t h a t " m e n marry perfumes, n o t w o m e n / ' which m a n y will deny on t h e grounds t h a t the first cost of perfume is t h e only cost. S E V E R A L cross-country drivers learned t h a t Florida is a long way frora almost anywhere. T h e r e are those who y e t prefer the air-eondrtioned comfort of a fast train t o long hours a t t h e wheel of^a knee-action, stream-lined modern car, b u t Charlie Parsons is n o t o n e of t h e m . N E W S t h a t tarpon were running in Charlotte H a r b o r came on F r i d a y a n d w a s t h e first inkling some h a d t h a t T a r p o n Springs is n o t e d for sponges a n d n o t tarpon. D R . HJBRTY laughingly recounts a recent experience when he was p r e s e n t e d to a young lady a n d described as t h e m a n who was doing so much work on paper from, southern pines. She ex claimed, " W h y , yes, I know t h a t delightful little town. I b u y m y h a t s -there." O F Ν Ε Ν Έ Τ Ε Ε Ν e n t r a n t s in the golf t o u r n a m e n t o n T h u r s d a y a t Clarke's Sunset Golf Course, six, or 31.5 per cent, won prizes which leaves N e w Orleans' record of 120 per cent unscathed. T h e prizes for first, second, a n d third low gross w e n t t o R . E , Wilson ( 7 9 ) , J . J . T a y l o r (82), a n d R . E . H u m p h r e y s (87), re spectively, a n d for blind bogey t o R . S. B l y (87 — 17 = 70), H . D . Bainbridge (85— 15 = 7 0 ) , tied for first, a n d G. O. Lines (88 — 1 6 = 72). Killeffer did his p a r t b y tying for high score. B Y SATURDAY t h e crowd had. scattered all over t h e S t a t e of Florida, t h e Island of Cuba, a n d surrounding waters, b u t the n u m b e r -who had b y t h a t time definitely headed homeward had best be r e p o r t e d as " t r a c e . " T H E R E P O R T E R S learned of a very fancy new camera in t h e kit of Allen Odell a n d thereafter refused t o seek information on new d e v e l o p m e n t s in photography from anyone else, even t h e E a s t m a n Kodak Co. H . C. TJREY objects t o the suggestion t h a t heavy hydrogen be n a m e d f o r i t s discoverer, using t h e customary " - i n e " ending for non-metals. H e was even unwilling t o consider substituting " e y " for " i " and allowing the fastidious t o give this diphthong a French, pronunciation. T H E S O C I E T Y ' S code committee, R . T . Baldwin, chairman, w i t h T h o m a s Midgley, J r . , acting in his absence, h a d a busy week in t r y i n g t o straighten out some of t h e entanglements of the Testing X a b o r a t o r y Code. R. E.
W I L S O N AND D O N A L D B . K E Y E S , pinch-hitting for the
Chicago Chemists' Club, bowed slightly t o Foster D . Snell and Graham. Edgar, unofficially representing t h e Chemists' Club (New Y o r k ) , over bridge at S t . Petersburg. Chicago claims it w a s n o t licked a n d will not be until forced to d o a real salaam. N e w Y o r k expects t o apply t h e force needed a t Cleveland. T H E A M E R I C A N CHEMICAL SOCIETY has always been fortunate
in t h e cooperation extended a t the time of its national meetings b y t h e official hotels. T h e Vinoy Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, h e a d q u a r t e r s for t h e Florida meeting, w a s no exception, for C. D . Elennedy, t h e managing director, took a personal interest in every detail a n d even found t i m e t o a t t e n d t h e general meeting. H e left n o t h i n g undone within his power t o make t h e meeting a success.
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L. N . B E N T , formerly general manager o f the N a v a l Stores D e p a r t m e n t , Hercules Powder Co., h a s been elected vice presid e n t of the company a n d a member of t r i e executive committee. A. B . N I X O N succeeds Mr. Bent a s general manager of t h e N a v a l Stores D e p a r t m e n t a n d is succeeded b y M. G . Milliken as general manager of the CeHulose Products D e p a r t m e n t . W. L . BRAGG, of Manchester Umversity a n d Non-Resident Lect u r e r in Chemistry a t Cornell University, delivered t h e third lecture under t h e Dohme lecture series for 1933-34 a t T h e J o h n s Hopkins University on April 6, h i s subject being " I n t e r metallic Compounds." J O H N V A N NOSTRAND D O R R left for E u r o p e o n M a r c h 28 t o be
gone five or six weeks. During his s t a y abroad h e will a t t e n d t h e International Congress of Pure and. Applied Chemistry in Madrid, acting as official delegate of "the N a t i o n a l Research Council and t h e American Institute of Chemical Engineers. FRANK B . J E W E T T , vice president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., and president of t h e B e l l Telephone Laboratories, h a s been elected to life membership o n the corporation of t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y . IRVING LANGMUIR, associate director of t h e Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., has b e e n appointed honorary chancellor of Union College, Schenectady, Ν. Υ., for t h e academic year. H e will deliver t h e principal address a t t h e commencement exercises on J u n e 1 1 . W. H . R O D E B U S H has been invited to give a paper on dipole moments a t t h e Oxford meeting of t h e F a r a d a y Society in April. H e h a s taken a leave of absence from the University of Illinois t o spend the semester abroad. WILLIAM F . SAILER, formerly with Alco ^Products, I n c . , a n d T h e Griscom-Russell Co., has recently m a d e connections with Steel a n d Tubes, I n e . H e will be located i n the Brooklyn office and will concentrate his efforts o n the oil refinery and m a r i n e fields. D. S. VILLARS h a s left the Standard Oil Co., Whiting, I n d . , t o t a k e a position as physical chemist w i t h t h e United States R u b b e r Co., Passaic, N . J. ARTHUR C. WILLARD, acting dean of t h e College of Engineering, h a s been elected to t h e presidency of t h e University of Illinois, succeeding H a r r y W . Chase. Professor Willard received t h e degree of bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. H e is a n authority in heating a n d ventilating engineering, having served as con sulting engineer during construction o f the Holland Vehicular Tunnel. As director of t h e Engineering Experiment Station a t Illinois, h e has supervised numerous cooperative projects. Professor Willard is a member of n u m e r o u s scientific a n d pro fessional organizations, among them being Omega Chi Epsilon, honorary chemical engineering society. H E N R Y J . W I N G has left Washington, D . C , t o accept a position as research chemist in the Antiocli I n d u s t r i a l Research Insti t u t e , Inc., Yellow Springs, Ohio.
H E R T Y W I N S LUCAS TROPHY FUTURE A. C. S. M E E T I N G S SCHEDULED S e p t e m b e r 10 t o 14, 1934 W e e k o f April 22, 1935 F a l l of 1935
Cleveland, Ohio N e w York, Ν . Υ San Francisco, Calit.
T H E LUCAS T R O P H Y is an award given annually t o t h e resi dent of Savannah, Ga., who performs the most worthwhile service for t h a t city. T h e award j u s t made to Charles H . H e r t y is t h e t e n t h in t h e series. I t was given i n recognition of t h e value of the work performed under D r . Herty's direction, looking t o t h e utilization of pine a n d possibly other woods common t o Georgia, in t h e manufacture of paper pxilp,
A. C. S. MEMBERSHIP AWARDS
HlLLEBRAND PRIZE AWARDED TO W A S H B U R I M
T H E SCHOLASTIC AWABDS offered b y t h e Delta Chapter, Phi L a m b d a , Upsilon, a t t h e University of Michigan, h a v e been m a d e t o R o b e r t G . Carney, literary student, and Russell W. H o w vener, engineering student. E a c h award goes t o a junior student a n d consists of a year's membership in t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL S O C I E T Y , including subscription to journals. One award is m a d e t o t h e s t u d e n t whose general academic average is t h e highest in t h e l i t e r a r y college, including chemistry courses. T h e other is m a d e t o a chemical engineer w h o has m e t t h e same requirements in t h e engineering college.
T H E HILLEBRAND P R I Z E of t h e Chemical Society of Washington for t h e year 1933 h a s been awarded t o the late E d w a r d Wight Washburn for t h e discovery of th.e first practical method of separating t h e isotopes of hydrogen. T h i s discovery—namely, t i i e electrolytic m e t h o d of separa tion—has made possible the subsequent research into t h e proper ties of t h e isotopes of hydrogen, and h a s thus initiated almost a new era in chemistry, consequent u p o n the differences in the chemical and physical properties of tnese isotopes a n d their compounds.
