A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTES TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Friday, December 11, 1908 



CONTENTS 



The New York Section of the American 

 Chemical Society: — 

 Introductory Address hy the Chairman: 

 Db. L. H. Baekeland 817 



The Warfare of the Future: Hudson 

 Maxim 820 



Public Lectures on Medical Subjects at the 

 Harvard Medical School 831 



The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship . . . 832 



The International Association of Medical Mu- 

 seums 832 



Sectional Meetings of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science 833 



The Annual Dues of Members of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of 

 Science : De. L. 0. Howard 834 



Scientific Notes and Neios 834 



University and Educational News 837 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



An Electric Storm on the Washakie 

 Needles: Owen Wister. A Notable Cloud 

 Banner: B. M. Vaeney. The Training of 

 Industrial Chemists: Professsok J. Bishop 

 Tingle. The Tariff and Scientifio Books: 

 De. R. p. Bigelow 837 



Scientifio Books: — ■ 



Ward on Climate: 0. L. F. Rust's Ex- 

 Meridian Tables: G. W. Littlehales. 

 Groth's Chemische Krystallographie : Peo- 

 FESSOB Edward H. Keaus. Sabin's House- 

 Painting and Maire's Modern Pigments: 

 Pbofessob a. H. Gill. Tyler's Man in the 

 Light of Evolution: Pbofessob H. W. Conn 841 



Special Articles: — 



Recent Discoveries in the History of the 

 Common Eel: De. Theo. Gill 845 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society 

 of America: Pbofessob HIaeold Jacoby 

 and F. H. Seaes 846 



The Convocation Week Meetings of Sci-entifio 



855 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review sbould be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



NEW YORK SECTION OF THE AMERICAN 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS BY THE 



CHAIRMAN » 



In opening this session of our society, 

 and as an introduction to the subject of 

 this evening's program, I dare take the 

 risk of making a few general remarks. 



Our meetings have for object not only 

 to bring before members facts and ideas, 

 but more specially to provoke discussions. 

 I consider a paper without a discussion as 

 an unfinished program, and I sincerely 

 hope that the subject of to-night will lead 

 to a lively exchange of ideas. 



For us, if we are worthy of the name of 

 chemists, our God means Truth ; and noth- 

 ing helps so much to correct our views and 

 to arrive at the truth as an honest dis- 

 cussion: "Du choc des idees jaillit la 

 lumiere. ' ' 



I believe that in our meetings we can 

 go beyond the dictates of cold, boresome, 

 uninteresting formality. There is no de- 

 partment of science more closely inter- 

 woven with the welfare of humanity than 

 our field of chemistry; indeed many 

 branches of chemistry have a very direct 

 bearing on economics and sociology. 



Every speaker who appears before us 

 has the right to treat his subject in ac- 

 cordance with his own sincere convictions. 

 Anybody who speaks about explosives is 

 naturally led to talk of their uses for 

 defensive and aggressive purposes. To 

 deny a speaker this privilege weuld be as 



' Delivered at the Chemists' Club in New York 

 City, October 9. 



