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chemistry in this country. Organic, physical, biological, 

 analytical chemists, etc., joined forces in one huge cooperative 

 scheme. As a result, the organic chemist appreciated more 

 fully the things in physical chemistry, and vice versa, and dis- 

 covered how well the two branches working closely together 

 could solve problems which might baffle one branch alone. 

 Chemists learned more fully the great importance of certain 

 branches of biological chemistry, and biologists got much from 

 the other branches of chemistry. All learned the difficulties 

 in the way of large scale manufacturing, and thought about all 

 of their results in terms of production. They appreciated more 

 fully than ever before that usually there exists a long and 

 tedious path between laboratory test tube experiments and a 

 successful manufacturing process developed from those test 

 tube results. More research has been crowded into a short 

 space of time by one single group than ever before. Chemists 

 from all parts of the country met for a single purpose, High 

 class men who had scarcely a speaking acquaintance with each 

 other before the war became lasting friends, exchanging ideas 

 on research, education, factory management, etc. Many young 

 men of extraordinary latent ability have been developed, and 

 some of the older men have shown their many colleagues that 

 they were better adapted for and could do a first-class job 

 along lines somewhat different from their accustomed duties. 

 All of these things will have an important bearing on chemistry 

 in this country. It may, indeed, constitute an epoch in the 

 science. 



" The direct fruits of the work are, of course, adapted for 

 chemical warfare. It is possible that gas warfare may be 

 outlawed because of its tremendous and fearful possibilities, 

 so that many of the devices developed for chemical warfare 

 will never be used in the future. On the other hand, the 

 thought that went into the development of these devices cannot 

 be destroyed. Men received an intensive training during the 

 development by which they will profit. " It is also true that 

 some of the results have direct and important applications to 



