GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5 



general interest ; it is earnestly hoped, therefore, that every member of 

 the various organizations in the chemical and allied industries will 

 recognize the importance of the enterprise and take sufficient interest 

 to justify it. 



AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



BOARD OF EDITORS 



Scientific Series:- Technologic Series:- 



WILLIAM A. NOYES, Editor, JOHN JOHNSTON, Editor, 



GILBERT N. LEWIS, C. G. DERICK, 



LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL, WILLIAM HOSKINS, 



ARTHUR A. NOYES, F. A. LIDBURY, 



JULIUS STIEGLITZ. ARTHUR D. LITTLE, 



C. L. REESE, 

 C. P. TOWNSEND. 



