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advances in chemistry that have been made during the 

 Journal's period, and of the part that the Journal has 

 taken in connection with them, and there seems to be no 

 doubt that this progress has not diminished during more 

 recent times. 



The present tendency of chemical research is evidently 

 towards a still greater development of organic chemis- 

 try, and an increased application of physics and mathe- 

 matics to chemical theory and practice. 



The very great improvements that have been made in 

 chemical education, both in the number of students and 

 the quality of instruction, during the period under dis- 

 cussion, and particularly in rather recent times, gives 

 promise for excellent future progress. 



Note. 



1 It appears that the most accurate experimental demonstration ever made 

 of this law was that of E, W. Morley, published in the Journal (41, 220, 

 276, 1891). He showed that 2-0002 volumes of hydrogen combine with one 

 volume of oxygen. 



