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table hydrogen should be 1.008, and not 1.01, if the percentage rule is to 

 be followed. 



The last question asked by the German committee, suggesting the 

 appointment of a small standing committee, was answered affirmatively 

 by every one. The original plan of having a representative from each 

 society would evidently result in the formation of an unwieldy body ; 

 hence the German committee has wisely concluded that a small number, 

 perhaps three, one each from Germany, England, and the United States, 

 should be elected from among those who have had especial experience in 

 the matter of atomic weights. 



The matter is by no means finished. The German committee asks 

 any one who has anything new to say upon the questions under consider- 

 ation to send a brief statement of his views to Professor Landolt before 

 November 15 ; and some new ideas may have been advanced in the 

 discussion in Paris at the end of July. The balloting for the election of 

 the smaller International Committee is already in progress. 



The German Chemical Society, as well as the members of its commit- 

 tee, is greatly to be congratulated on the success of the undertaking, not 

 only because of the immediate gain to chemistry, but also because of the 

 manifest advantages of the growth of scientific cooperation between men 

 of all nations. 



Mt. Desert, Maine, August 6, 1900. 



