Filler pump and filler piping arrangement for brine evaporators of American Potash & Chemical Corp., atTrona, Calif. Note the 24-inch motor-operated gate valve. Installation by Crane Co., Chicago, 111.
Upper. Marston T. Bogert newly elected president of the International Union of .Chemistry. Dr. Bogert is the first American to be chosen to hold this important office. Right-Hand. Robert E. Swain, recently elected vice president for the United States of the International Union of Chemistry
Harry S. Rogers, president. Polytechnic Institute of^Brooklyn ; Sir David Meek, Indian Trade Commissioner; P. N. Rowe, president, U. S. Shellac Importers' Association ; A. J. Gibson, Special Officer of Lac Inquiry; and W. H. Gardner, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
63-pound quartz crystal from Brazil costs $18 per pound. & Lomb Optical Co. uses it for lenses and prisms.
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Bronze portrait plaque presented to Franklin Elliott Tuttle at the University of Kentucky. Story on page 333.
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Heroic statue of Benjamin Franklin, sculptured by James Earle Fraser, i n Franklin Hall of The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., which was unveiled on May 19.
E. M. Allen, President
J. W. McLaughlin, Treas urer
H. L. Derby, Chairman, Executive Committee
Warren N. Watson, Secretary
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Newly Elected Officers of the Manufacturing Chemist's Association
Gulf Oil Corp's aluminum marsh buggy for transportation in swamps, has 10-foot rubber tires, and floats on water.
