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sonian Institution, made by Clarke and blindly " adopted " 

 by the American Chemical Society. 



I have taken up the laboratory work done under the 

 direction of Edgar F. Smith, and as I do not accept human 

 or official authority, but exclusir'cly depend on Nature, I have 

 thrown out the errors introduced by the servile use of the 

 "official" atomic weights of Clarke and the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



As a result I find the atomic weight of arsenic to be 75 

 exactly, based upon the actual determinations made. 



Thus, Professor Edgar F. Smith, is compelled to testify, by 

 his work, against the official fraud and against the American 

 Chemical Society, of which he has been President. 



I consider this case a most important and highly instruc- 

 tive one. 



If the teachings of this case are lost upon American 

 chemists who desire to do atomic weight work, the contam- 

 ination by the rotten science of Washington, has penetrated 

 deeper than I would suppose possible. 



No Reduction to Vacuum. 



For my work I have taken, as stated, the direct results of 

 the actual weighing, without the so-called reduction to 

 vacuum. I really did not wish to enter upon explanations, 

 because I desired to avoid all criticism not absolutely 

 necessary. 



But I know that Clarke and official science at Washing- 

 ton, in and outside of the Smithsonian Institution, will 

 immediately condemn my results for omitting this reduction. 



I seem to hear that penetrating voice, officially com- 

 manding: 



" Reduce to Emptiness! Without Emptiness and Vacuity, 

 " there is no Exact Science, neither in the Smithsonian 

 " Institution, nor in the Government Bureaus. 



u Reduce to Vacuum. In Vacuo Veritas." 



Accordingly, I must take up this subject also; for I want 

 this value, As = 75 exactly, to stand, because it is true. 



The thesis referred to (p. 22) and Clarke (1. c., p. 215), 



