674
INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
MEETINGS FORESHADOWER American Chemical Society 97TH M E E T I N G .
Baltimore, Md., April 3
to 7, 1939. 98TH MEETING. Boston, Mass., September 11 t o 15, 1939. 99TH MEETING. Cincinnati, Ohio, spring of 1940. 100TH MEETING. Detroit, Mich., fall of 1940. AKRON
RUBBER
GROUP.
Akron
City
Club, January 20, 1939. "Rubber Reborn," by William Welch. Motion picture. "Personal Experiences during the Russian Revolution," by Dietrich Rempel. FIFTH
CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
SYM-
POSIUM, Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, on "Fluid D y namics." Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 27 and 28, 1938. SIXTEENTH COLLOID SYMPOSIUM, Division
of Colloid Chemistry. Stanford University, Calif., July 6 to 8, 1939. T H I R D A N N U A L SYMPOSIUM, Division of
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, on "Intermolecular Action." Brown University, Providence, R. I., December 27 to 29, 1938.
Local Sections AKRON. Women's City Club, January 16. "Chlorination and Nitration of Saturated Hydrocarbons,'' b y H. B. Hass. ALABAMA. Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, January 14. Dinner, 6 : 3 0 P.M.; meeting, 7:45 P.M., "Formation and Destruction of a Paint Film," by Wm. Krumbhaar. CINCINNATI. January 4. Speaker, Gustavus J. Esselen, Gustavus J. Esselen, Inc. CLEVELAND. January 17. "Chlorination and Nitration of Saturated Hydrocarbons," by H. B . Hass. COLORADO. University of Denver, January 16. Dinner, Faculty Club, 6:30 P.M.; meeting, Chemistry Lecture Room, 8:00 P.M., "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and I t s Application," by H. H. Willard. CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
Trinity College,
Hartford, January 14. Meeting, 4:30 P.M., "Studies on the Mechanism of the Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia," by P. H . Emmett. DAYTON. January 10. "Some Factors in Detergency," by Foster D e e Snell. DETROIT. January 16. Meeting, 8:00 P.M., "Microanalysis in Communication Research," b y B. L. Clarke. EASTERN N E W YORK.
Schenectady, Janu-
ary 12. Speaker, P . H. Emmett, The Johns Hopkins University. FLORIDA. Tallahassee, January 14. Speaker, C. A. Kraus, President-elect o f the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY.
INDIANA. Indianapolis, January Speaker, Gustavus J. Esselen. K A N A W H A VALLEY.
January Esselen.
5.
6.
Charleston, W. Va.,
Speaker,
Gustavus
J.
LEXINGTON. January 7. Speaker, Gustavus J. Esselen. LOUISIANA. N e w Orleans, January 13. "Formation and Destruction of a Paint Film," by W m . Krumbhaar. M I D L A N D . January 17. "Microanalysis in Communication Research," b y B . L. Clarke. MILWAUKEE. January 3. "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and I t s Application," by H. H. Willard. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, January 5. "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Its Application," b y H. H. Willard. MONTANA. Bozeman, January 7. "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Its Application," by H. H . Willard. NASHVILLE. January 9. Speaker, C . A. Kraus. NEBRASKA. Lincoln, January 17. Dinner, 6 : 0 0 P.M.; meeting, Avery Laboratory of Chemistry, 7:30 P.M., "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Its Application" b y H . H . Willard. N O R T H CAROLINA.
Raleigh, January 17.
Speaker, C. A. Kraus. NORTHEASTERN. Boston, Mass., January 13. Speaker, D . B. Bill, Harvard Fatigue Laboratory. NORTHWESTERN
UTAH.
University
of
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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GBODESY AND GEOPHYSICS. Washington, D. C . , September 4 to 15, 1939. SOCIETY O F RHEOLOGY.
Mellon Institute
of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 2 8 to 29. W O R L D AUTOMOTIVE ENGLNEELRING C O N -
gress. N e w York, Indianapolis, D e troit, and San Francisco, M a y 22 t o June 8, 1939. Conference o n Instrumentation in Process Industries LANS have been formulated for a conP ference on Instrumentation i n t h e Process Industries, sponsored b y t h e Chemical Engineering Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., on March 2 t o 3, 1939. The purpose of the conference is to Bring about a better knowledge of the advance made i n measurement and control in the process industries. An exhibit will be held i n conjunction with the conference. C. C. Monrad, of the Department o f Chemical Engineering, is in charge of t h e arrangements.
Utah, January 13. Dinner, Union Bldg., 6 : 0 0 P.M.; meeting, Physical Science Bldg., 8:00 P.M., "Ultraviolet A. I. C h . E . National Student Fluorescence and Its Application," by Meeting Registration H. H. Willard. P U G E T SOUND. Chemistry Bldg., UniverN THE November 20, 1938, issue o f t h e sity of Washington, January 11. DinN E W S EDITION, page 607, i n connecner, 6:30 P.M.; meeting, 8:00 P.M., tion with the registration of the American "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Its ApInstitute of Chemical Engineers National plication," b y H . H . Willard. Student meeting in Philadelphia, NovemR H O D E ISLAND. Providence, January 13. ber 7 and 8, 1938, we listed o n e delegate Speaker, P. H . Emmett, T h e Johns from the North Dakota Agricultural Hopkins University. College. This was in error, a s t h e deleROCHESTER. Lattimore Chemistry Labogate from North Dakota represented the ratory. January 2, speaker, Joel H. student chapter of t h e University o f Hildebrand, University of California. North Dakota, and not the North Dakota January 16, speaker, R. W. Hess, Agricultural College. Johns-Manville Co. ST. LOUIS. St. Louis University School of Medicine. January 9. Meeting, Science Writers Association 7:45 P.M., "Carcinogenic Compounds," E l e c t s Officers by Lionel Joseph.
I
SOUTH
16.
CAROLINA.
Columbia,
January
Speaker, C . A. Kraus.
SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga,
January 16. Dinner, Read House, 6:30 P.M.; meeting, Chemistry Lecture Room, University of Chattanooga, 8:00 P.M., "Formation and Destruction of a Paint Film," b y Wm. Krumbhaar. TOLEDO. January 11. "Some Factors in Detergency," b y Foster Dee Snell. WASHINGTON-IDAHO
BORDER.
Chemis-
try Bldg., Washington State College, Pullman, January 9. "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and I t s Application," by H. H. Willard. WESTERN
CONNECTICUT.
January
16.
Speaker, Leopold D . Mannes, Eastman Kodak Co. WILSON D A M . January 10. Speaker, C. A. Kraus. WISCONSIN. Chemistry Bldg., University of Wisconsin, Madison, January 4. Meeting, 4:30 P.M., "Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Its Application," b y H . H. Willard; dinner, University Club.
Other Scientific Societies AMERICAN ASSOCIATION F O B T H E A D VANCEMENT O F SCIENCE. Richmond,
Va., December 27 t o January 2. AMERICAN
CERAMIC
SOCIETY.
Hotel
Stevens, Chicago, Ill., week of April 16, 1939. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY.
National
Bureau of Standards, Washington, D . C., December 27 t o 29. C O N F E R E N C E ON INSTRUMENTATION IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES. Carnegie In-
EWLY elected officers of t h e National N Association of Science Writers, professional organization of science editors and reporters of newspapers and press associations, are: president, Thomas R. Henry, Washington Evening Star; vice president, Herbert R. Nichols, Christian Science Monitor; secretary, Jane Stafford, Science Service; treasurer, Stephen J. McDonough, Associated Press.