SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS OF NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEER- 

 ING SOCIETIES 



American Association for the Advancement of Science. St. 

 Louis, Missouri, December 29-31, 191 9. Chicago, Illinois, December, 

 1920. 



National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D. C, April, 1920. 



American Ceramic Society. Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, February 23-26, 1920. 



American Chemical Society. St. Louis, Missouri, April 13-16, 

 1920. Chicago, Illinois, September, 1920. 



American Physical Society. Chicago, Illinois, November 

 28-29, 1919. 



Geological Society of America. Boston, Massachusetts, Decem- 

 ber 29-31, 1919. 



American Society of Zoologists. St. Louis, Missouri, December 

 29-31, 1919. 



American Institute of Electrical Engineers. New York City, 

 February 18-20, 1920. Annual Convention, June 22-25, 1920; place 

 not yet decided upon. 



American Society of Mechanical Engineers. New York City, 

 December 2-5, 1919. St. Louis, Missouri, probably May, 1920. 



American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. 

 New York City, February 16-20, 1920. 



National Electric Light Association. Pasadena, California, 

 May 18, 1920. 



THE MAP-MAKING CONFERENCE 



On July I, 191 9, the Engineering Council addressed a letter to the 

 President of the United States suggesting that a conference of the 

 map-making bureaus of the Federal government be called in order to 

 make plans for cooperation and for expediting the completion of the 

 topographic map of the United States. On August 27 the President 

 referred the matter to the Secretary of War and requested that a con- 

 ference be called. 



The conference was held on September 15-29, and the following 

 fourteen map-making organizations of the Federal government were 

 represented: U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 General Land Office, Topographic Branch of the Post-Office Depart- 

 ment, Bureau of Soils, U. S. Reclamation Service, Bureau of Public 

 Roads, Bureau of Indian Affairs, International (Canadian) Boundary 

 Commission, Forest Service, U. S. Hydrographic Office, and the fol- 

 lowing organizations from the U. S. Army: Corps of Engineers, Mis- 

 sissippi River Commission, and U. S. Lake Survey. Ten national 

 scientific and engineering societies were also represented. 



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