LEWIS MILLS NORTON. 349 



received his degree of Doctor of Pliilosophy from the University of 

 Gbttingen. 



Ou his return to this country he entered the Amoskeag Manufac- 

 turing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, as chemist, where 

 he gained vakuible practical experience which strongly influenced his 

 subsequent career as a teacher of industrial chemistry. 



In 1881 he returned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 as Instructor in General Chemistry. In 1883 he was appointed Assist- 

 ant Professor in Organic Chemistry, and in 1885, Associate Professor 

 in Organic and Industrial Chemistry. The combined duties of these 

 two growing departments proved too much for one man to carry, and 

 Dr. Norton gave up the systematic instruction in organic chemistry 

 at the end of the Institute year in 1891, and after that time devoted 

 his entire thought and strength to the subject of industrial chemistry, 

 in which he was deeply interested. 



In 188S, the Faculty of the Institute of Technology, upon the 

 scheme presented by Dr. Norton, founded the course in chemical 

 engineering. That a course of study was needed which should add 

 to a thorough training in mechanical engineering a thorough knowl- 

 edge of general, theoretical, and applied chemistry was at once evi- 

 dent by the number of students of fine scholarship who entered the 

 new course. Under Dr. Norton's fostering care the course in chemical 

 engineering increased in numbers and efficiency. He gave it his best 

 thought and effort, and happily saw before his death the course estab- 

 lished on a firm foundation. 



The professional paj)ers contributed by Dr. Norton to various scien- 

 tific and technical journals were very numerous, and include a wide 

 range of subjects. The following list contains his more important 

 papers : — 



1878. (With .T. F. Elliott.) Ueber die Einwirkung von Schwefelara- 

 monium auf Pikramid. Ber. d. chem. Gesell., 1878, p. 327. 



1878. (With A. IMichael ) Ueber die Einwirkung des Chlorjods auf 



Aroraatische Amine. Ibid., p. 107. 



1879. Ueber die Einwirkung von Chlorjod auf die Amine der Benzol- 



reihe. (Inaugural Dissertation.) Pamph. 8vo, pp. 36. Gdt- 

 tingen. 



1879. (With A. Michael.) On the Action of Iodine Monochloride upon 



Aromatic Amines. Am. Chem. Jour., I. 255-267. 



1880. (With same.) On a- and /3-Monobromcrotonic Acids. Ibid., 



IT. 11-19. 

 1884. (With C. 0. Prescott.) Continuous Etherification. Ibid., VI. 

 241-246. 



