1 10 Kansas Academy of Science. 



merous contributions to the magazines— notably Harper's— 

 he was the author of "The New Knowledge," published m 190b, 

 "The Chemistry of Commerce," 1907, and "Some Chemical 

 Problems of To-day," 1911. 





ROBERT KENNEDY DUNCAN. 



He made a thorough investigation of the conditions under 

 which the chemists employed in American manufactories do 

 their work, and promoted their welfare by advocating the 

 betterment of these conditions and the greater recognition ol 

 the value of their services. A leading motive in his later writ- 

 ings was to bring together the scientifically and technically 



