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will be loaned by exhibitors. In many cases 

 there will be lectures to take the audience 

 through a pictorial tour of a plant and they 

 will be shown machinery and processes in the 

 manufacture of materials that, until then, had 

 never been previously shown. Many of the 

 films are at present being made and are ex- 

 pected to be finished in time to be shown at 

 the exposition. A few of these films are as 

 follows : 



Making of Black Powder, 



Manufacture of Iron, 



Manufacture of Fertilizers, 



Mining and Manufacturing of Iron, 



Manufacturing of Silk, 



Making of Blotting Paper, 



Silver Mining, 



Manufacturing of Varnish, 



Asphalt. 

 Two other features of the exposition that 

 have been added this year are a large section 

 showing the opportunities that await the chem- 

 ist in our south and known as the " Southern 

 Opportunity " section and a section for the 

 " Paper and Pulp Industry " composed of ma- 

 terials and machinery used in the manufacture 

 of paper and other related products. 



The " Southern Opportunity " section is an 

 ambitious undertaking to display the latent 

 wealth in the undeveloped resources of the 

 south. It will show that the materials have 

 formerly been shipped to foreign countries to 

 be enhanced in value by manufacture and re- 

 turned to the original producers at a greater 

 price. 



The Bureau of Mines is preparing an elabo- 

 rate exhibit that will cover much space — it will 

 be a working exhibit, one where the visitor 

 can see the " wheels go round." 



The exposition will be opened by Dr. Charles 

 H. Herty, president of the American Chem- 

 ical Society and chairman of the exposition 

 advisory committee. Mr. Francis A. J. Fitz- 

 gerald, president of the American Electro- 

 chemical Society, and Arthur B. Daniels, presi- 

 dent of American Paper and Pulp Association, 

 will also make addresses. 



The American Chemical Society, whose an- 

 nual meeting is being held during the week 



and in conjunction with the exposition, has 

 arranged for conference meetings at the ex- 

 position. Other meetings of the society will 

 be held at Columbia University, at the College 

 of the City of New York and the Chemists 

 Club. 



The Chemists Club, which is a few squares 

 from the Grand Central Palace, has been se- 

 lected as the headquarters of the American 

 Chemical Society, and on Monday afternoon 

 the council of the society will hold a business 

 meeting there, followed by a dinner tendered 

 to the council by the New York Section. 



The A merican Electrochemical Society has 

 arranged a series of meetings beginning on 

 Thursday morning, September 28, with the 

 " Made in America " technical session at the 

 Grand Central Palace. This session will be 

 devoted to papers and discussions on the varied 

 electrochemical industries of America, fol- 

 lowed on Friday morning by another technical 

 session, devoted to the theoretical side of elec- 

 trochemistry. Registration will be on Wed- 

 nesday evening at the exposition, headquarters 

 of the society being at the Electrochemical So- 

 ciety booth. 



The Technical Association of Pulp and 

 Paper Industry, which is also holding meetings 

 in conjunction with the exposition, is arrang- 

 ing headquarters in the midst of the " Paper 

 and Pulp Industry " Section on the second 

 floor of the Grand Central Palace. A large 

 number of interesting papers are promised on 

 the technical aspects of pulp and paper manu- 

 facturing. On Friday morning the meeting 

 will be held in the auditorium at the Grand 

 Central Palace, and the afternoon meeting will 

 be a joint conference with the American Chem- 

 ical Society. 



The members of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety and the American Electrochemical So- 

 ciety will receive badges which will admit them 

 to the exposition without further tickets. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Sir T. Clifford Allbutt has been elected 

 president of the British Medical Association. 

 A message of congratulation was at the time 

 sent to him on the attainment of his eightieth 

 birthday which occurred on July 20. 



