34 THE NEW WORLD OF SCIENCE 



which acted in the United States as the great clearing house of 

 scientific information, and as a coordinating and stimulating 

 agency for scientific research and development work in aid 

 of the war. 



So far as developments in the physical sciences are concerned 

 this coordinating and stimulating work was done through three 

 main agencies, namely, first, the executive committee of the 

 Division of Physical Sciences of the Research Council, second, 

 the Research Information Service, and third, the weekly con- 

 ference of the Physics and Engineering Divisions of the Coun- 

 cil. 



The National Research Council, being itself a voluntary 

 association for research purposes of the scientific agencies of 

 the country, civilian and governmental, industrial and academic, 

 it was to be expected that the Executive Committee of its 

 Division of Physical Sciences would embrace representatives of 

 important scientific and technical agencies. Its membership 

 was as follows: Prof. J. S. Ames, representing the National 

 Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. L. A. Bauer of the 

 Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion of Washington, Dr. A. L. Day of the Geophysical Labora- 

 tory, Major A. L. Leuschner of the Chemical Warfare Service, 

 Dr. C. F. Marvin, Chief of the Weather Bureau, Lt. Col. R. A. 

 Millikan, representing the Signal Corps and the Anti-submarine 

 Board of the Navy, Major F. R. Moulton of the Bureau of 

 Ordnance of the Army, Major C. E. Menedenhall of the Bureau 

 of Aircraft Production, Dr. E. F. Nichols of the Bureau of 

 Ordnance of the Navy, Dr. H. N. Russell, associated with both 

 the Engineer Corps and the Bureau of Aircraft Production, 

 Dr. W. C. Sabine of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 

 and the Bureau of Aircraft Production, Dr. Frank Schlesinger 

 of the Bureau of Aircraft Production, General George O. 

 Squier, Chief of the Signal Corps, Dr. S. W. Stratton, Head 

 of the Bureau of Standards and Dr. R. S. Woodward, Head 

 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 



This committee held stated meetings for the formulation of 



