Feb., 1914 THE JOURiVAL OF INDCSTRIAL A iV D E ATGI ATEE RI NG C H E ;MIS T R Y 171 Bverage copper The officers of the local section are : President, F. \br, Weissmann, present Copper found 2900 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Secretary, Stephan J. Name Per cent Per cent Hauser, 1623 Maple Svenue, College Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. Vanadium steel No. 24.. ............... 0.022 0,020 Chrome nickel steel pio. 32.. ........... 0.056 0.056 A more complete statement of the meeting will appear in the Chrome vanadium steel No. 30.. ........ 0 .0i0 0.066 March issue of THISJOURNAL. The titles of papers should be Nickel steel No. 33.. .................. 0.150 0.150 sent to the Secretary, Charles L. Parsons, Box 505, \bTashington, So. 5 A iron (C). ..................... 0.060 0.063 D. C. As a further proof of the accuracy of this method, known The following chairmen of committees have been appointed : amounts of pure electrolytic copper containing 99.88 per cent Executive Committee, Frederick W. Weissmann. of copper were added to the Bureau of Standards’ sample No. Finance Committee, Archibald Campbell. 14 A steel. The mixed drillings were dissolved in 20 cc. of Transportatidn and Excursions, Gordon Farnham. (2-1) nitric acid, 8 cc. of sulfuric acid (sp. gr. 1.84) added and Press, Publicity and Printing, C. T. P. Fennel. the solution evaporated until sulfuric acid fumes were evolved Reception and Registration, J. W. Ellms. freely. The solution was allowed to cool and then 25 cc. of cold Ladies’ Reception, Mrs. J. W, Ellms. water were added and the solution was heated until all the Entertainment, Richard Lord. sulfate was dissolved. The solution was filtered and the filter Smoker, F. C. Broeman. washed with hot water. The volume (not to exceed 75 cc.) Banquet, L. W. Jones. was brought to a boil and the sheet aluminum introduced. Meeting Places, John Uri Lloyd. Procedure was the same as stated before, except that after the CHAS.L. PARSONS solution was decanted through the filter and washed with water, the copper was dissolved on the filter and the filtrate receved BUREAU OF STANDARDS’ ANALYZED SAMPLES in an electrolytic beaker and electrolyzed as usual. The results The Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., is prepared to obtained follow: issue a sheet brass of the following composition, approximately: Copper added Copper found Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Tin .. 1.0 Zinc.. .......... 27.0 0,499 0.49 Lead.. .......... 1.0 Iron.. .......... 0.3 0.998 0.99 Copper.. ........ 70.3 Nickel.. ........ 0.5 1.99i 1.97 2.996 3.00 The fee, payable in advance is $3.00 per sample of about 3.995 3.99 150 grams weight. 4.994 4.98 S. W.STRATTOX, Director I wish to give credit to Mr. George Shuster of the laboratory January 6, 1914 force, who tried out this method and obtained the results stated SYNTHETIC RESINS-CORRECTION above. \.I’ILLIAMB. PRICE We note the following errors in our article under the above title, THISJOURNAL, 6, 3. WATERBURY, CONN. (I) Page 8, Column I, four lines from the end, the equation Oct. 25, 1913 should read: INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONGRESS, 1915. “2HO. CHZ.C~H~OH+ HO.CH2.CeHdO.CH?.C~HIOH.” The International Electrical Congress is to be held at San (2) Page IO, Column I, below the first table: Francisco, September 13-18, 1915, under the auspices of the “ CeHjOCH2.CsH4.OCHz. C6H4 ( )OCH2.CsH40H. ” American Institute of Electrical Engineers, by authority of the (3) Page 13, Column 2, line nine from the end: International Electrotechnical Commission and during the “79 per cent” should read 76 per cent. Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Dr. C. P. Steinmetz L. V. REDMAN has accepted the Honorary Presidency of the Congress. The A. J. WEITH deliberations of the Congress will be divided among twelve F. P. 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Commissioners for the United States PERSONAL NOTES Prof. Theodore William Richards, of Harvard University, ing: Columbia, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Illinois, Cincinnati, has been elected President of the American ChernicalSociety for the Nebraska, McGill (Montreal) Universities, Indianapolis Sec- year 1914. M. T. Bogert and A. D. Little have been elected tion of the A. C. S., and others to be arranged later. directors, and C. H. Herty, Julius Stieglitz, L. H. Baekeland The Alabama Section of the A. C. S. was addressed at the and W. L. Dudley, councilors-at-large, for a three-year period. January 24th meeting by Prof. B. B. Ross, on “The Occurrence An Anglo-American Exposition to celebrate the centenary and Composition of Some Alabama Phosphates,” and by Prof. of peace and progress in the arts, sciences and industries of the C. L. Hare, on “A Study of the Chemical Composition of Cotton United States and Great Britain, will be held in London, from Seed.” May to October. A committee has been organized to represent The International Petroleum Commission of Karlsruhe, the chemical industries. Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, desire to change the Com- Dr. C. E. K. Mees, Director Research Department, Eastman mission into an INTERNATIONALPETROLEUM INSTITUTE, and Kodak Company, gave a lecture illustrated with lantern slides, have requested the Imperial German Government to submit on the problems, equipment and organization for research, in their plan to the countries represented or interested in the Com- their plant at Kodak Park, Rochester, before the New York mission. Section of the A. C. S.,on January gth, at The Chemists’ Club. Mr. Christian Dantsizen and Mr. J. A. Orange, of the General Mr. A. K. Comins, formerly in the leather department of Electric Company Research Laboratory at Schenectady, have A. D. Little, Inc., of Boston, is now with the A. C. Lawrence recently returned from Europe where they spent three months Leather Company, of Peabody, Mass. visiting plants of general interest to the electrotechnical industry. The Wisconsin Section of the A. C. S. met on January ~1st. The Johns Hopkins Medical School has announced the fol- Prof. David Klein gave an illustrated lecture on “Recent De- lowing changes concerning the admission of students: In 1913 velopments in Colloid Chemistry.” the number 3f students in each class was limited to ninety. hir. H. E. Howe, of the Bausch & Lomb Company, gave an In order to receive consideration applications of incoming students illustrated lecture on “Optical Glass” and “The Projections must this year be made by July 1st. After that date the various of Spectra,” before the Western New York Section of the A.